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Photographer’s Note

The Giralda is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville, one of the largest churches in the world and example of the Gothic and Baroque architectural styles. The tower's first two-thirds is an Almohad minaret which, when built, was the tallest tower in the world at 97.5 m in height (around 1100 DC). It was one of the most important symbols in the medieval city.
The tower is constructed in several distinct parts from different cultures. It was usual in that period, infact, to recycle several materials from previous coltures (for example, they re-used some Roman columns to make some parts of the Mosque)...I shot this pic from the Reales Alcazares, those wonderful, famous gardens very close to the Cathedral.

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La Giralda è la Torre campanaria della Cattedrale di Siviglia, una delle più grandi chiese al mondo, esempio di architettura gotica e barocca edificata su un antico minareto della moschea risalente alla dinastia almohade che, quando fu costruito, era la più alta torre del mondo con i suoi 50,85 m di altezza (intorno all'anno 1100). È stato uno dei più importanti simboli della città medievale.
La torre è costruita in molte parti da diverse culture. La sezione principale, islamica, è la più parte antica. Iniziata nel 1156 per ordine del Califfo Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb al-Manṣūr dall'architetto Aḥmad ibn Baṣo, è stata completata nel 1184. Il materiale proviene da diversi edifici più antichi, comprese le pietre delle rovine della città romana di Italica,cosa molto consueta per le costruzioni di quel periodo: si era soliti infatti "riciclare" elementi architettonici presi dalle rovine di civiltà precedenti. La Giralda non ha scale, ma 34 rampe, che consentivano al muezzin, a cavallo, di salire in cima alla torre per intonare l'invito alla preghiera, l'adhan. In questa foto ho ripreso la torre dai Reales Alcazares, i giardini reali che si trovano molto vicini a questa meraviglia.

PaulVDV, leo61, syd1946, ciakgiak, BWJ, Uhu, pierrefonds, sweet_universe, Loic_bzh, NickPavlakis has marked this note useful

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dta (6225) 2009-03-25 10:57

Hello Rikk ,
What a beautiful POV you have chosen to take this shot . The wonderful church is superbly framed by the nice palm trees . I like the warm colors , too .
Regards

PaulVDV (5395) 2009-03-25 12:31

Hello Rikk,
A very beautiful picture of La Giralda surrounded by the overwhelming vegetation.
The different green and yellow tones of the palmleaves contrast nice with the light blue sky.
Best regards, Paul

leo61 (43830) 2009-03-25 12:33

Hi Rikk!
Good shot of this nice tower.
I like how it is framed by the many palmtrees.You found a good POV and I like too the contrast between blue and green.
Regards,Leo

Beppo (1374) 2009-03-25 12:46

Hola Rikk,

"Sevilla has a special color ..." this is what it says in the song and this picture demonstrates, good composition.

Josep,

sunamoon (5061) 2009-03-25 13:48

Hi!

La luz intensa y los colores vivos muy caracteristico de Sevilla,
Me gusta la perspectiva y los contraste de colores fuertes,
buena definicion! Atractiva captura!

Saludos,
Elena

syd1946 (17965) 2009-03-25 14:32

Hello Rikk,
Beautiful composition in beautiful colors and an architectural interesting!

Greetings,
Thomas

ciakgiak (11364) 2009-03-25 15:04

Finita l'attesa, adesso sappiamo dove sei stato!!!
Ciao Rik, bell'esordio, ne vedremo delle belle allora. Bellissimo POV, la torre che si erge dalla vegetazione è una chicca.
Ciao ciao
Giorgio

diomed (4689) 2009-03-25 16:54

Ciao Rikk,
bella architettura verticale ottimamente incorniciata dalle palme e dai colori magnifici.
Complimenti
Antonio

BWJ (1777) 2009-03-25 20:19

Hello Rikk,
The cathedral is framed attractively with the palm trees. I like the rich colors and contrasting bright blue and green. Lighting is well handled. Thank you for the good note.
Kind regards,
Betty

tinvin (326) 2009-03-26 11:24

nice framing and vibrant sunny colors also...this one is a postcard perfect view for me.

sacimar (7704) 2009-03-26 12:57

Hi Rikk,

beautiful composition, I like the palm frame you chose for La Giralda, warm colours and good details, good job,

Regards

Sergio

Uhu (7448) 2009-03-27 2:35

Oh, such a beautiful object - and beautiful greenery in this month! We still have snow here, and today in the morning was - 10 C - what a March this year, grrr!
Great photo!

eversmile (6455) 2009-03-27 9:22

Hi Rikk!

I like very much your Pov, with the palm trees that frame the bell tower and hide the rest of the landscape. It gives the feeling that this is out of time. The colors are beautiful and the contrasts are good. Well done!
Regards
Marine

Waylim (11163) 2009-03-30 12:58

Hello Rikk,
The POV here is really wonderful, looking through all this beautiful palm, giving great sense of warm essence of spain. Rich tone and color, nicely saturated, Good enough sharpness but can be a little bit stronger. Good work and really nice composition. Thanks
Way

pierrefonds (26691) 2009-04-04 12:15

Hi Rikk,

The trees are farming well the cathedral. The point of view is showing with precision the details and colors of the bell tower of the cathedral. The intensity of the light is enahncing the colors of the picture. Have a nice day.

Pierre

barrufeto_77 (25945) 2009-04-05 16:20

Hi Rikk.

Excellent POV with that palm trees! It really not seems to be Seville.

Well done!

sweet_universe (1693) 2009-04-09 9:13

Ciao Rik!
Innanzitutto grazie per i tuoi preziosi commenti...
Che dirti? La Giralda mi fa tornare alla mente all'estate del 2004, quando ebbi la fortuna di girare l'Andalusia per una ventina di giorni e subirne il fascino.
Lo scatto coglie in modo esaustivo il "campanile", accolto in una cornice davvero unica. La luce è davvero ben gestita.
Auguri vivissimi di buona pasqua.
Marco

Loic_bzh (7061) 2009-04-23 4:57

Ciao Rikk!

Nice POV: the tower seems to be lost in the middle of the jungle! :)) Perfect light & colors...

Cheers,

Loïc

NickPavlakis (492) 2009-04-28 7:51

Hi Rikk, glad to see you've evolved to the world of photography. I can see you have little to improve in this photo here. Let's say some color balance manipulation needed and some sharpness for start. You'll find the way for improvement through repetition of the same catch.
Regards
Nikos