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Berber Village Sunset


Berber Village Sunset
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Copyright: Ken Alexander (kensimage) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1253 W: 29 N: 1099] (7325)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 1999-07
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon Eos Elan, Canon EF 100-300mm f/4.5-5.6 USM, Kodak Elitechrome200
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Morocco [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-04-30 11:33
Viewed: 1888
Favorites: 7 [view]
Points: 56
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is sunset in the remote Berber village of Iabessene in the Atlas Mountains, accessible only by foot or mule, with no electricity. Some of the homes are visible (if your monitor is bright enough) in the darker area at lower left. The landscape is barren but the villagers make their surroundings green by diverting the small flow of water in the bottom of the valley into an extensive hand-constructed irrigation system.

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beautiful layers of colours! love it so much!

Hi Kent
Very beautifull picture with theses shadows of trees. I like the light and the différents plans you give to the composition. Well done .
My favorite !!!
Thanks

wonderful landscape shot ken, I believe you have not done any conversion to sepia tone, have you? real nice sunset, love the way the mountains layer in different tones...how I wish I were there...

Hi.
This is pure photo art! I think the different layers of colors is magnificent.
Thank you

Regards
Ivar

Excellent photo. Bravo.

Wonderful composition. I like the layer tones and the trees dark silouhettes.
Sophie

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  • kustom (66)
  • [2005-04-30 15:07]

beautiful, very artistic :)

A lovely lighting and emphasis on the angles of the terrain. Great balance, the sepia tones are well used here.

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  • jpages Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 390 W: 51 N: 461] (1670)
  • [2005-04-30 21:06]

What a beautiful scale of colours, almost a grey scale but in colour.
The composition is perfect, playing with the diagonals, with the mountains silhouettes (from right to left) and with the colours, from the top up left white corner to the bottom right black corner.
Great landscape view, good shot, TFS.
Best regards Ken.

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  • ChrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 8721 W: 919 N: 11602] (56283)
  • [2005-05-01 3:35]

Hi Ken

Superb aerial perspective, with diminishing tones in the ranges from back to front. I like the partially silhouetted diagonal in the foreground. Good work!

Such clarity and interest! This is marvelous work, Ken. The layers of focus and tone and color are so varied and so effective!

Splendide dégradé de couleurs et de superbes silhouettes . le cadrage est parfait.

Bravo

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  • robiuk Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2017 W: 176 N: 2285] (9849)
  • [2005-05-01 21:11]

OMG, thank God I decided to look up what's in your gallery after reading your critique left with bboss.
The composition is superb (can't think of any better for this type of shot) and the tones and layers are superbly rendered.
Also, the balance and brightnes are phenomenal!
Many thanks for this one, Ken and congratulations!!!
Robi

hi ken,
i have this images in my mind so many times when i see terrain of mountains... but yet, i haven take one shot of it. i could never picture it any better in a shot than this one. thanks for your comment to my pics, then i had the chance to met this photo of yours.

cheers,
DS

Nice soft light and haze. The lines of the hills blend well

This image is outstanding IMHO, the repeated patterns of the hills and the lighting is superb :)

Wow ! Very beautiful gradients and shapes !
I really like the fact that we are still able to see the houses coming out from it.

Very well done !

Regards,
Youssef.

This is very nice Ken. Nice simple "V" composition with repetition in slightly diff hues. Cheers!

af

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  • Saar Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 68 W: 4 N: 77] (571)
  • [2005-05-07 12:26]

Wow, great one. The thumbnail immediately invited me to click on this pic. Wonderful, V-shaped mountains. The light is great, and difference in shades is awsume.
The row of trees leading downwards makes the final finish.
cheers, Sarah

the layer of the pic is so beautiful.
Dof is great too.

regards
azad

I love this one, Ken, so simple but so dramatic.
Regards. Kevin

Hi Ken,
I have just browsed through all your albums after I discovered that you had listed me as a 'favourite' (my first one!) and find we have a lot in common in what we try to shoot. But I have never successfully been able to shoot a great picture like this one. I think I have over-exposed when trying similar scenes. I probably would have tried to expose to retain some detail of the village in the bottom left hand portion of the picture, but then that would have washed out the great effect that you have achieved here of the stepped tones of the mountain range on the right. This is a shot I can definitely learn from. Thanks for sharing it.
Cheers . . . David
PS: I think your Morocco album is your best one :)

charming composition... peaceful atmosphere, great one Ken. =)

A classic layered effect in subtle colours. Well done.

Hi Ken!
Superbe photo, les couleurs se declinent progressivement, l'ambiance tranquille est parfaite! Bravo!

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  • Nina Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 827 W: 296 N: 100] (4519)
  • [2005-11-17 17:01]

Great shot Ken, love the monotone, the composition and the recession you cought here. I'll add it to my favourites.

Bonjour,
All the critics before mine tell what I wanted to say: this is a great picture, and I love it!
Thanks,
Christian

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  • capca Silver Star Critiquer [C: 13 W: 4 N: 3] (52)
  • [2006-06-13 16:28]

Hi ken.
This photo is beautiful, i love the colours, the composition, the light...all !
Your gallery is very nice. Well done
Regards

Mari

Très beau dégrader ,les couleurs se déclinent progressivement ça me fais penser au montagne de Corse excellent travail A+ jpphoto

The repetition of hills is amazing as the color graduates as it goes farther over the horizon, the atmosphere here is really great and the fog stimulates that a lot, excellent shot! i'm enjoying your galleries.

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