La Koutoubia Photo

Photographer’s Note

The emblematic mosque of Marrakech, by a cloudy time and a strong wind, the light makes the stone redder than reality, people sited around gives an impression of calms, where as just in with dimensions the centre town is in full effervescence

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Mesofius (102) 2005-07-12 17:51

Very nice. Especially the clouds came out very well, though they are a bit grainy, perhaps you overused sharpness effect.

pedrocarmo (1275) 2005-07-12 19:01

Hi Gilbert

Nice photo. I like especialy the contrast between the mosque and the sky. But I have to agree with Stan the clouds seem a litle bit grainy.

Anyway nice photo

Coyotyto (1299) 2005-07-13 3:29

Bonjour Gilbert,

Une jolie vue de la Koutoubia qui ressort tres bien avec ce ciel bien charge ! Ca n'arrive pas si souvent autant de nuages par ici :o)
Peut etre un peu deterioree par le post processing, les nuages en particuliers presentent un peu de grain.

Amicalement,
Youssef.

ballyna (1689) 2005-10-05 13:56

hi gilbert,
a very different form for a mosque,nicely captured.the tree and the people around both give us a scale and the power of the wind:-)the clouds add your compo.
regards

rosaline (0) 2005-11-22 13:36

Gilbert
You bring back good memmories with this picture. I have been to this mosque and what a fine site it is. The picture gives a contrasty shot with vibrant colour.
nicely done
Aubrey

BlaiseCendrars (0) 2005-12-24 7:43

Salut Gilbert! Great sense of motion of the wind in this one, thanks not only to the palm but also to the way people are sitting to protect themselves. Light is phenomenal as is the selection of the view. Merci beaucoup et Joyeux Noel! Chris

smash2707 (2516) 2006-02-16 8:31

Beatiful shot. I like the cmposition with tha people around taking a rest and teh palm tree. I would have cropped the tree leaves that can be seen on the upper left side. The clouds on teh sky make it look huge and give teh picture an extra. Regards, Yvonne

Ramy (771) 2006-05-17 15:58

Hi Gilbert,
This is a great tower of this mosque. I love the powerful effect of the sky in the background. Pretty dark but well taken, great POV and DOF.
Regards, Ramy.

PixelTerror (86036) 2008-02-29 1:45

Salaam Gilbert,
Tiens t'avais poste ca aussi dans tes jeunes annees, quand je l'ai vue dans ta presentation ca m'a paru tout naturel de la ressortir un vendredi ;-)
Elle semble penchouiller un poil a droite mais ton petit coolpix t'a donne un bon rendu dans ces conditions de lumiere, c'est bien d'avoir des gens pour donner l'echelle et montrer que l'endroit est anime.
Bonne journee jY

giorgimer (20750) 2009-07-03 14:18