Mission of Mulegé I Photo

Photographer’s Note

WS UPDATE
After Jerzy chalanged me, I tried two versions in B&W.
What do you think?

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A pause in my Alentejo's series and a jump to Mexico, to show this lateral wall of the 'mission' of Mulegé.

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From Wikipedia:

The Misión Santa Rosalía de Mulegé is a Spanish-founded mission in Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico, in 1705. The original mission was founded on the banks of the Río Santa Rosalía, (also called Río Mulegé) which leads into an estuary off the Sea of Cortez. Flooding of this river estuary destroyed much of the mission in 1770, leading to it being relocated to its present site high above the river.

Mulegé is a town in Baja California Sur, Mexico. It has a population of approximately 3,100. It is perhaps best known outside of Mexico for John Steinbeck's comments in his 1941 journal Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research - "the port charges are miscieveous and ruinous" and "there may be malaria there".

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In this adress you can find more information about this area and a panoramic photo from this church to the Oásis around the town of Mulegé:

http://virtualguidebooks.com/Baja/BajaSur/Mulege/MulegeViewpoint_FS.html

And in here, more about the Spanish missions in California:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_missions_in_California

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Scanned from the negative

elihesamian, Tue, pablominto, ChrisJ, efigesta, Henryk_Bilor, berek, aznegrao, manatee, paura, Amaz has marked this note useful

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elihesamian (26091) 2006-05-09 15:30

Ricardo,

This is a nice informative shot,with a great perspective,the cactus are fine elements here,the shot is bright a bit,although it show a hot sunlight from Mexico,but could controlled,still it's great,not a major problem,...very well composed and Thanks for sharing,Ricardo,

Best
M

Tue (25608) 2006-05-09 15:55

Hej Ricardo,
The angle to show this wall is well chosen. The stones create a nice pattern and also some kind of repetition effect. A good addition are the cactusses, good work!
Hilsen,
Lars

bantonbuju (48626) 2006-05-09 16:40

ola ricardo,
well, the idea for this picture is clearly very interesting, but the execution failed a little: overexposure or actually results of the harsh light are quite visible; advice? maybe some more saturation, some highlights/shadows pp? finally - b/w version?
plus - i'd love to see more of portugal :-))
tc, j.

izmirli (3155) 2006-05-09 17:31

merhaba ricardo lopes
interesting mexico.very good wall and cactuss.lovely interesting colours.
best recards.
gürkan akçakır.

coco (27848) 2006-05-09 18:48

Hola Ricardo.
Jerzy is right about the overexposure and the postprocessing.
And is a pity.
Anyway, interesting shot and note.

Regards.

jmdaoudal (82) 2006-05-09 19:10

Hi Ricardo,
this tight perspective from this old wall is a succes anyway, "dry colors" and he cactus makes a mexican mood.
Well done
I like it
jean Michel

pablominto (40634) 2006-05-10 0:15

Hi Ricardo,
Impressive cactus as a fine starting point for exploring your image!
A strong perspective on the building, and I think the missions must be among the more important establishments up through history of Mexico...
A bit overexposed, some PP may help out
Greetings,
Pablo -

Angshu (33641) 2006-05-10 3:37

Good idea Ricardo, but I tend to agree with Jerzy about the OE part. The cactuses make good accompaniment..maybe you should try B&W as a WS
Friendly Regards
Angshu

jasmis (50360) 2006-05-10 4:33

Sharp theme :)) Interesting idea. Well done, indeed. Regards.

sergio1 (12150) 2006-05-10 4:37

Hola Ricardo
VIVA MEXICO LINDO !!!!
Buen angulo de tiro y composición. Los cactus como no podía ser de otro modo están muy presentes. La potente luz del momento te lo puso dificil pero sabias lo que tenias que hacer. Intentaste arreglar la sobreexposicion con photoshop??? Tal vez ganaras algo. Pero de todos modos me gusta la foto y la nota.
Sergio

ChrisJ (70203) 2006-05-10 5:09

Ola Ricardo

Wonderful color & pov, with good repetition of the cacti. Perhaps I would darken the left side of the image slightly? Good work overall, & tfs.

efigesta (12181) 2006-05-10 5:35

Ola Ricardo
tipico local mexicano este com os catos na parede, boa perspectiva e visto ser um scanner a cor se encontra boa tb
abraço
manuel

Henryk_Bilor (20365) 2006-05-12 8:43

Ola Ricardo
Nice view at the wall of stone with the plants along. Good capture.
Regards

fito_coach (128) 2006-05-26 12:11 [Comment]

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berek (28901) 2006-05-28 7:15

Hola my friend,
I like perspective and horizontal &vertical working. Cactus are so interesting. TFS. Have a nice Sunday .
B.Erek
Meaning Sense :-)
Framing :-))
Idea :-))

aznegrao (10230) 2006-07-02 19:48

Esses detalhes são para bom observador como voce. Ficou lindo esse confronto dos cactos com o muro.
Abraços.
Amigo.
aznegrao.

manatee (4285) 2006-09-19 3:41

I love the second picture in B&W loks like the cinema of the 40's or 50's is so nice I like it. The cactus (Sahuaro) is beauty give it a little of lonely and sadness but beauty too.

Exelent composition of this place. I hope some day you cna return and please contactme maybe if we programing this we cna make a journal togueter.

Have a good morning

paura (38388) 2008-03-30 16:55

Ricardo,
Interessante que sempre que eu penso em México me vem à mente um cactus grande associado a qualquer paisagem. naquele novo teste de "onde estou" na entrada do TE essa seria uma foto não difícil de identificar. Bonita fotografia.

Abraço

Paulo

Amaz (6732) 2009-09-02 2:29

Excelente composição, Ricardo!!
Bela cores e extraordinária perspectiva!!
Bom ângulo de tomada, amigo!!

Lindo travalho!!!

Um abraço,

jmdias (19225) 2009-12-02 6:46

ricardo

lindo pov e enquadramento, gosto em especial da beleza dos cactus, sua grandeza e a beleza de suas formas. acho a foto um tanto pálida, mas nada que estrague o conjunto,. belo trabalho

abraços

jorge