Special light in Sanaa

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• fotoguy22 (1805)
• [2008-02-11 4:12]

Lucie, you did it again. This is why you are on my favorites list. The buildings look 3D to me as the haze works to separate them from the buildings in the background. I also think this photo has the look of a painting. Well done.

Greetings from Florida................Greg

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• Lisas_world (1168)
• [2008-02-11 4:13]

Good morning, Lucie,
The photo is aptly titled, for sure! The light is the image's most arresting feature. Coming from New York, my first inclination is to think it is light on smog, but perhaps this is mist? At any rate, the light diffused by it makes it look like a city in the clouds. Nice job.

Regards, Lisa

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• joshy (313)
• [2008-02-11 4:14]

Hi Lucie,

A difficult situation handled so well without loosing any details of your theme. Great composition.
Well done

joshy

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• banyanman (7470)
• [2008-02-11 4:31]

The light you have captured here is just fabulous, Lucie, and a nicely composed shot as well. I love to see photographs of Sanaa on TE as it is a place that is high on my list of 'must see' destinations. This one is quite different to most of the others that I have seen - the soft early morning light and smoky haze gives it a special quality. Cheers . . . David

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• Leilani (1280)
• [2008-02-11 5:59]

Great composition. I think this would work very well converted to B&W. Rgds, Leilani

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• Cormac (25032)
• [2008-02-11 7:34]

Excellent shot! I really like this, with the mist or dust in the distance creating a very interesting perspective as you look farther away. The long lens tends to compress and make landscapes look flat, but the mist gives this depth. Great work!

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• cbrman (13790)
• [2008-02-11 8:56]

Hello Lucie,

On a l'impression de regarder une peinture ! La légére brume donne une très belle ambiance à cette photographie ! J'apprècie tout particulièrement le cadrage qui donne beaucoup de valeur au batiment de l'avant plan!
Bravo !

A+

Dominique

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• niphredil76 (407)
• [2008-02-11 12:38]

Bellisima Lucie! I mean: wonderful light, fading on the building and making the distance so real and a-temporal in the same time.
And what a place. Yemen is my forbidden dream!
Thanks for sharing
Laura
P.S. the pattern on the big building makes it seems a in-ward angle or a waving facade to my eyes.. strange and charming optical effect

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• rbcy1974 (20366)
• [2008-02-11 12:58]

Hi LUcie
What nice light,
I guess it was worth it ot wake up for this,
te view is stunning and the blueish tones you got work well to give a mysterious aura
very well done
Regards
Daniel

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• scalerman (21475)
• [2008-02-12 10:30]

Lucie: yes, a perfectly layered, scalloped, and expertly divided image. Proof that you can extract a powerful image from the seemingly overwhelming. regards, c

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• Glint (1957)
• [2008-02-12 11:23]

hello Lucie,
a wonderful scene with lovely blue tones and lots of layers.
regards
Bev

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• robiuk (9953)
• [2008-02-12 12:21]

Ah Lucie,
an amazing vista from your hotel!
Smokey haze gives something mystic to this beautiful
arabic architecture. New York is one thing, but this
is rock'n'roll!!!
Robi
PS. btw, how come that the top of minaret and that building
in the middle appear to be of a darker hue?!?

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• smarcell (8890)
• [2008-02-15 1:32]

The light is fantastic. I like the different layers of buildings, all in the same tone, and the overall geometrical pattern of this picture.
Stefano

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• Karmenu (1354)
• [2008-02-16 2:02]

Hi
what a beautiful gallery i found here.
Very well done to this one showing the capital of Yemen.
Best regards
Charles

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• mirarer (2722)
• [2008-02-16 12:46]

Hola Lucie,
Fantástica luz y fantástica arquitectura. Una foto excelente.
Saludos,
Mirari

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• ag1993 (616)
• [2008-02-21 11:42]

Hello,
Nice details and colours. Also very nice framing.
Regards
Andrea Gatt

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• woozbman (319)
• [2008-02-25 21:21]

Hi Lucie,

I normally see this kind of atmosphere on pictures of mountain ranges. A bit unusual (for me) to see it in a picture of a big city. You did good to shoot it and share it. Some of the rooftops seem littered with satellite dishes.

Best regards,
Lamberto

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• veronika (5980)
• [2008-03-01 13:11]

Cau Luci,
pekne,az by som povedala tajomne..
Sanaa je urcite zaujimave mesto, chcela by som navstivit.
Pekny vikend
Vero

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• ViktorVaughn (1481)
• [2008-03-03 19:49]

This is a very good shot of Sana'a. I really like the mood you have accomplished here Lucie. I may have put the minaret a bit more to the right of the frame, but a small gripe.

Regards,
David

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• Stepan (26279)
• [2008-03-18 0:39]

This place must be magic and this light is so soft, so beautiful... You captured it precisely and that's well done. Simply great.
Stéphane

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• fotomek (910)
• [2008-05-07 12:32]

well done, reminds me all my travels to- and within the ME..
TFS - Tom

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• Edgar_Delacroix (205)
• [2008-07-31 13:41]

I really like the gradual fade to white from the foreground to the background. There's so many motifs and paterns in this picture that we could analyse it for hours and always find something new, great job.