Moorish tree Photo

Photographer’s Note

Always to Sintra, the Castelo dso Mouros (the castle of the Moors), fortress of the VIIIth century, set up by the Moors, when they occupied Portugal.
Today it is very well maintained ruins, and are the place of very pleasant visit that contrasts with the magnificent gardens and kitsch of the Palacio da Pena.
Down from ramparts, we have a magnificent sight on Sintra and on Lisbon but this morning there there was a thick fog, but which gave a mystic charm to these ruins...

Photo originally argentique , pulled by the CD of the laboratory photo, what explains the noise.
I removed the color to give it a more mysterious aspect.

In french, moorish (maure) sounds like dead (mort). So this tree is a dead moorish tree !

Galmeida, laurent, dimitrisT, jhm, Emazevedo, SoupDragon, aznegrao, ngythanh, elihesamian has marked this note useful

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sharkattack (268) 2005-01-08 5:21

this is piece of art......how did you find this beautiful fog.....awesome frame......well done.........

Galmeida (12559) 2005-01-08 5:25

A interesting and well composed B&W work of a scenery of a known interesting Portuguese Castle. The composition is very original and beautiful, with the tree in perspective. Well done, have a happy new year, and thanks for sharing!

Durius (1224) 2005-01-08 5:36

Well composed, very nice, interesting picture ...

jp80 (8437) 2005-01-08 5:36

Ah oui, quelle ambiance ! Cette brume amplifie le sentiment de "peur" que nous inflige l'arbre biscornu au premier plan. Le bruit ne me dérange pas du tout, et embellit encore les pierres je trouve. Superbe, ça va directement dans mes favorites ça !

Pascal

laurent (336) 2005-01-08 6:05

Salut Hughes,
tres beau W&B, vraiment mysterieux...
J'aime le cadrage et la compo.
Felicitation
Laurent

dimitrisT (932) 2005-01-08 8:05

Great atmosphere, great composition! A castle, a naked tree and fog? It couldn't be any better! B/W was a good choice to emphasize the spooky and mysterious feeling! Very nice!

jhm (83446) 2005-01-08 11:25

Hi Hugues, I think this is a painting with pencil, the B/W contrasten are formidable lovely. The composition is very original and beautiful, with the tree in perspective and the castle tower in the background.
My compliments for these.
Greetings John.

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-01-08 13:31

Grandiose, est un peu fort mais fort est plus juste. Belles masse et lignes, brouillard subtil, clarté et netteté ou il faut.
Bravo
Jean Michel

maya (0) 2005-01-08 14:58

Yo! Great picture! The sarroundinds really fit with the deadness of the tree !
Good job hugues!

Emazevedo (209) 2005-01-08 19:54

Great picture! The thick fog, the old tree and the castle tower gave it a wonderful misterious mood.
Excellent composition!

gaby (19793) 2005-01-09 7:02

Hugues,
je vois que tu n'as pas perdu ton temps pendant tes vacances au Portugal - l'ambiance de cette photo est fabuleuse.
Bon dimanche
Gaby

SoupDragon (652) 2005-01-10 4:27

Absolutuely wonderful!
This is one of the best pieces that I've seen recently - I think it is fantastic. The detail on the tree, the brickwork, all contrasted by the mist trying hard to wash out the picture. Great contrast, and a wonderfully dramatic composition!
Wow.

joseelias (367) 2005-01-10 8:30

I've been here recently and took many photos! This was one of the points I found very interesting but didn't have this great mist.

Good view on this tower, and I lve the dead tree. I also like the mist which creates the illusion of distance in such near objects. Good choice for BW.

I think i would crop almost half of the space between the left border and the trunk to uncenter the tree a bit more.

cyril (2748) 2005-01-11 6:22

Bonjour Hugues,
Tres bonne idee cette conversion en Noir et Blanc.
C'est vrai que cela renforce le cote mysterieux de la photo.
Cette arbre est tout simplement superbe et la toile de fond composé par le chateau est magifique.
Tres tres belle photo

Cyril

supereira (9576) 2005-01-12 5:25

Great shot.I like the B&W choice.Good point of view and prespective.I like the composition and framing.I like the tree.Good textures and light.Well done!

jasmis (51047) 2005-01-12 8:34

Wow! Excelent photo. Amazing fog, fine sharpnes and B&W - good choice. Well done.

flydragon (0) 2005-01-15 4:31

Bonjour Hugues
quel ambiance ici !!
j'aime bcp les photos de brume
toujours une atmosphère étrange
elle est encore bien plus étrange
avec cette arbre en premier plan.
bravo une tres belle photo
••simon••

vert demain

aznegrao (10246) 2005-01-15 8:41

Gosto da apresentação em B&W, na minha visão isso ceu mais força e interesse e esta bela composição, parabens Hugues.
Rgds.
aznegrao.

SpiritCatcher (119) 2005-01-21 6:54

Absolutely amazing...I love this photo...I love Sintra!
There is an aura of mistery around it!
Great job...5 stars!
Merci for sharing ;)
João

loupiot (3909) 2005-01-21 11:36

Bonsoir Hugues,
Une ambiance un peu mystérieuse émane de ce cliché. Tous les ingrédients sont là : une vielle tour et un arbre mort aux branches tortueuses, qui baignent dans un brouillard épais. Une impression renforcée par l'utilisation du N&B. Bien vu!

vidafuleira (0) 2005-01-27 22:45

Realmente a sua foto ficou com um tom misterioso. Parece que a qualquer momento um fantasma vai surgir para assombrar os turistas.

Bela foto.

sines (0) 2005-01-31 6:52

Ola !

O que eu gosto nesta foto, (alem de tudo com que foi dito) è o facto do tronco da arvore parecer aberto de alto a baixo como se algo terrivel tivesse acontecido...

Bom trabalho

fooeleen (713) 2005-02-02 6:28

i'm looking at your work here, Hugues and this one caught my eye...so mystical!!! like in fairytales or some elves story....beautiful photo with great atmosphere, captured perfectly.

danyy (69539) 2005-02-02 12:28

Bonsoir Hugues,
Je suis un grand passionné des arbres et c'est pourquoi j'adore cette photo, mais là n'est pas la seule raison , il y a aussi cette qualité technique, ce noire t blanc adapté à la mort de l'arbre.

pridel (233) 2005-02-08 6:01

Hugues
Cette photo est vraiment très étrange par son atmosphère brumeuse. l'arbre foudroyé du premier plan est fantastique dans tous les sens du terme.
j'aime beaucoup cette ambiance.
très belle photo
félicitations
Pascal

ngythanh (8496) 2005-02-08 9:37

My favorite!

Regards,

donner64 (284) 2005-02-16 8:20

J'allais écrire: "Ma favorite!" mais qqn l'a déjà fait avant moi. J'aime bcp le cadrage, la place que prend l'arbre, les arbres...
Bravo.

tontonjc (6617) 2005-03-13 14:47

Splendide et fantomatique photo.La compo est parfaite. Superbe !

Bravo

AmiBe (6042) 2005-03-16 10:47

Hello Hugues,
je ne l'avais jamais vu celle-ci, elle est très bien !
Très bon POV (soyons djeun'z), j'aime beaucoup la forme de l'arbre.
Le brouillard et le n/b va très bien à cette photo.
J'en ai une un peu dans le genre sur ma galerie : ici !

caliane (610) 2005-03-18 0:32

oh what a beautiful scene.. it looks like those movies about former times..

elihesamian (26091) 2005-04-28 5:10

One day I added it in my theme,And still I like it very much,...maybe it's a good time to write for it now,because it's a great shot for all the time,...it's a timeless work,too!...amazing and mystriouse foggy situation you had,and tree with the strange form and castle in back add to the atmosphere strongly,indeed well captured and very well composed,great shot,Hugues!
nicely done!

Best Regards
M

devimeuxbe (56406) 2005-05-12 8:09

Bonjour Hugues
Je n'avais pas vu cette image splendide.
On se croyait dans un film d'épouvante. Le contrste veilles pierres et vieilles boiseries set réussi. Les brumes sont superbes.
Vraiment bravo
Amicalement
Bertrand

gilveloso (0) 2005-05-12 18:21

Excelente foto do Castelo dos Mouros.Portugal agradece.Abraço!

cobraphil8 (11652) 2005-05-31 10:53

Superbe rendu, malgré les origines de ta photo !!!

Le côté mystère est bien ressenti, mais c'est surtout cet arbre qui m'a attiré ici.

Bravo pour cette photo en tout cas

vladek (164) 2005-06-11 6:59

Hi Hugues,
Very interestig shot.B&W gives mysterious climat.
I like it.
Regards Vladek

bnallama (3755) 2005-06-14 10:05

Salut Hugues, fond de ta galerie.. :-))

I love the mood and the composition here. Belle photo. bala