From the top of the city walls Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is again my birth town, Portalegre. While my earlier posts were shot on the East side of the city walls, now I present you the West side.

I confess I had never been in this place before the day I shot this one. Like much of other areas of the town, this area was subject to some considerable upgrade works, which look good to me overall. Before those works, the outside of the walls at this area was just an unpaved empty field with some bad looking half ruined houses and if there was way to get through the walls, it was anything but obvious.

I am not so satisfied with the PP, I think the light lacks "punch" (contrast?), but couldn't do better without either burning out those white walls bathed by the sun or turning the shadows almost black. Maybe I should check if I was dumber than usual the day I did the PP and make another try, but I am too lazy to do it.

WS: A view towards the other side, turning 180 degrees, showing one two landmarks of the town which are clearly seen in any profile view: the cathedral and the Palácio Amarelo (Yellow Palace).

Link to all my posts of Portalegre: *

Location (latitude, longitude): 39.292962,-7.432894

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mehmetemin (7217) 2008-09-03 17:58

Hi Jose
Good composition! Very nice colors and lights!
Best regards
Mehmet Emin

Morac (20491) 2008-09-03 21:51

Bonjour José,

J'aime bien cet ensemble de lignes qui partent un peu dans tous les sens, ainsi que l'arbre devant son mur blanc.
Bonne journée
Marc

patshoo (944) 2008-09-03 23:04

Attractive scenery,Strong perspective line had performed the depth to this scene and good position of wall line in this frame,Well contrast of line and form of building to create the natural frame to emphasize the vanishing on the left side,good sharpness and well light too.Good work,TFS.

UnTrained (0) 2008-09-04 2:40

Olá José,
I like the play of lines in this one, partly shadow lines, partly real. The start of the wall in the corner tears the eye to the end, good idea of this one in vertical. The workshop would be worth also to be an own posting.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

ifanik (20542) 2008-09-04 3:42

Hi Jose
Very beautiful capture my friend
Nice colours and POV
Bravo
Best regards
Nick

berek (28919) 2008-09-04 9:22

Hi Jose,
interesting point of view. I like depth and your idea. lovely blue sky. best wishes.
Burak

lucasgalodoido (16605) 2008-09-04 16:40

Olá José,
interessante essa foto, e coitada dessa árvore, concretaram o solo e ela morreu... curioso esse caminho também.
Parabéns e Abraço

Docarmo (8840) 2008-09-04 19:23

Olá José,
Eu sabia que deveria haver túneis e labirintos nestas construções. Parece até abrigo antiaéreo ;-) A imagem está muito bem assim, não sinto falta de mais contraste.
O WS está uma graça! Para dar razão à Consuelo (cfreire), vou já dizer que prefiro o WS... uma recaída do vírus do WS ;-)
Obrigada por partilhares vistas da tua terra natal conosco.
MCV

John_F_Kennedy (31473) 2008-09-05 5:58

Beautiful colours and great composition. I like your photo very much.
Best wishes,
Achim

ruisc_pt (6206) 2008-09-05 13:22

Olá Zé Pires,
A imagem está quanto a mim bem como está e insubstituivelmente fabulosa.
O WS é um espectáculo!

A terra onde nascemos é sem dúvida a 2nossa terra"
ab
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2more wow

paura (38484) 2008-09-06 13:57

José,
Uma bonita composição, mostrando de forma eficiente essa bela região. A profundidade de campo é fator de destaque.

Abraço

Paulo

xuaxo (5743) 2008-09-11 10:13

Olá José,
Está vistosa, mas não gosto muito desta foto. Está assim a dar para o confuso. Não se percebe bem o que queres mostrar ou para onde é que estavas a olhar, ou o que é que te chamou a atenção para disparares para aqui.
Um abraço,
F

Bluejeans (32439) 2008-09-19 10:39

Oi amigo ,
Bonita composição com estes muros paralelos levando o nosso olhar para o céu foi o que mais me chamou atenção as nuvens , gostei das cores , parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo