Castelo Novo, historical village (1202) Photo

Photographer’s Note

Place : Castelo Novo, it is a Historical Village of Portugal

Region: Beira Baixa / Mountain of Gardunha (zone center of Portugal)

Theme:Castelo Novo, historical village (1202)

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Dwellings and streets typically built in granitic stone.

Set in the superb amphitheatre formed by the Serra da Gardunha, Castelo Novo has some surprisingly beautiful manor houses that once belonged to the region's noble families.

Built in the 12th century but badly damaged by the earthquake in 1755, the castle was described as "new" (novo) because another one already existed in the immediate vicinity, having been abandoned because it was inadequate for the region's defence. This is how the village came to acquire the name of Castelo Novo,( New Castle).
I hope you guys like it.

*If your target is not our extraordinary beaches, you must visit our Historic Villages, for sure, you’ll not loose your precious time. There, you’ll find a sort of beauty natural stuff. All in all impossible to see in any other place in the world.

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pat0500 (21513) 2007-04-08 13:15

Hi Filipe,
Lovely great picture and excellent point of vew.
Very nice perspective of the small street, good light and very pretty colours.
Very good shot..!
Best regards and " Happy Easter "
Patrick

levocan (2253) 2007-04-08 13:28

Hi Filipe;
Beautiful colors, well composition.
Best Regards

Levent

AiresSantos (42194) 2007-04-08 13:45

Ola Filipe,
Uma belissima foto de uma das aldeias mais tipicas da Beira Interior. Adoro a perspectiva, as cores e o enquadramento.
Um abraço Amigo
Aires

gypsygirl58 (1329) 2007-04-08 23:09

Hi Filipe,
I like this!! Great composition, the eye is led in nicely by the stairs. I love the old stonework and moss. Excellent sharpness and details and good perspective. Looks like a great place to visit! Well done and TFS
Cheers Tina :-)

jonathan_hart (22576) 2007-04-09 5:40

Hello,
I love that kind of street, beautiful one, good POV, nice colors, good sharpness, well done !
Regards,
Jo

Cara (2029) 2007-04-09 6:13

Olá Filipe,
Bonita perspectiva de uma bonita localidade.
Gosto das cores e do pov escolhido.
Bom trabalho,
Daniel

gabrielpat (6551) 2007-04-09 18:08

hi Felipe,
an interesting view of this old village.
i think you put a bit too much sharpness,so there is some noise.

stego (22360) 2007-04-09 21:28

Olá Filipe,
Um pov fabuloso, uma luminosidade e umas texturas incríveis. Muito impressionante! Quase que dá para sentir o cheiro a humidade daquelas pedras.
Um abraço, José.

wishlist (4133) 2007-04-10 4:31

Hello Filipe,
very well detailed this shot, maybe a bit oversharpened but it looks nice anyway.I would have tried a conversion to b&w or sepia..
Best regards
Igor

jlbrthnn (38055) 2007-04-10 12:42

Hello Felipe,
I like much this very pleasant view in this old historical village. I like also the old stones and moss on walls and ground. The colours are soft and well rendered.
Well done
Bravo
Cordially
Joël

Charo (31671) 2007-04-11 7:35

Hola Filipe,
Preciosa imagen de este lugar con el encanto de sus casas de piedras cubiertas por el musgo.
Excelente captura, color y nitidez.
Cheers
Saludos cordiales
Charo

Vato_Law (11680) 2007-04-11 17:22

Olá Filipe,
Realmente as ruas das nossas aldeias tipicas do interior fazem as delicias de qualquer fotografo e esta tua foto não foge a esta realidade. São excelentes as cores e texturas que podemos apreciar nesta rua e nestas casinhas de pedra. A luz da foto está bem captada e dominada e nem sempre é fácil conjugar as áreas mais sombrias das ruas com a maior luminosidade dos espaços abertos.
Se tivesse que apontar qualquer coisa à tua foto seria um pouco de 'sharpness' a mais mas no entanto esta é uma foto que aprecio muito.
Um abraço.
paulo

adores (15567) 2007-04-12 18:15

Alô Filipe!
Conseguiste uma excelente perspectiva desta bonita aldeia histórica. A composição está muito bonita, a nitidez e a luz estão muito boas, o que sei que aqui não é exactamente fácil. Bem conseguida!
Anabela

Bluejeans (32391) 2007-04-13 8:04

ola Filipe que fantastica rua desta aldeia , as cores estão muito bonitas , bom enquadramento ,parabens!!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

P.s. Na tua ultima critica a uma foto minha , resolvi colocar em Workshop a foto a cores ,espero que gostes .
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/France/photo616073.htm

cjcampbell (143) 2007-04-13 11:18

Ola Filipe. Great composition. The door adds a needed spot of color. The picture emphasizes the great age of the village.

cozy (966) 2007-04-13 14:09

Hello Filipe,
Excellent POV, wonderful colours! The textures are great, feels almost as if I'm standing in this beautiful little street! I love places like this!
Wonderful photo!
Regards,
Costa.

patdeph (17918) 2007-04-13 15:43

hi Filipe
very nice small street with much details,nice colors,good POV.We have really the impression we can enter inside.very well done.
Pascale

Pascale (10184) 2007-04-13 16:22

Bonsoir Filipe
J'aime beaucoup cette perspective sur cette rue de vieux village.Très beau rendu de ces pierres verdies par le temps et la porte rouge apporte un plus dans cette photo.
Bon week-end
Amitiés

danos (32538) 2007-04-14 3:36

Hello filipe,
nice this alley-way with the green verdure on it.I like these well done stone made houses.Beautiful colors and great composition.
Regards,Danos

cuneyt-sb (6559) 2007-04-15 2:08

Hi Filipe
I searc all your gallry and there are lots of nice shots.
This one is also very good, Colors and POV is great ,
TFS/Kind regards

TeresaT (10733) 2007-04-15 15:06

Olá Filipe,
Muito bonita esta vista da ALdeia de Castelo Novo.
O POV e o sharpness estão perfeitos.
Gosto especialmente do musgo nas paredes e no chão, dá um colorido muito bonito à foto.
Bom trabalho!
Cumprimentos
Teresa

Xalkida (11740) 2007-04-18 3:10

Ola Filipe!

Magnificent work here. The greeny path and the fine rocky houses are excellent to make a fine composition. Great sharpness and fine colors. Well done.

saylan-cb (12726) 2007-04-19 3:44

Hi filipe
Great perspective a very good POV and good colurs.İntresting place,well done
TFS/Regards

Bruno40 (6440) 2007-04-20 11:15

Filipe
Great composition, really beautiful colors. The moss on those stones makes this framing one of my favourites.
TFS
Jorge

xuaxo (5739) 2007-04-20 12:13

Olá Filipe
Ora aqui temos uma foto de uma aldeia medieval. Isto é uma autêntica viagem no tempo.
A perspectiva, com a rua afunilando até à escadaria, está muito boa.
F

ChrisJ (70283) 2007-04-24 6:13

Ola Filipe

I like the upward pov & superb use of diminishing linear perspective. The green coated steps are unusual. Good sharpness & colour. Obrigado!

mvdisco (11531) 2007-04-27 10:30

Bonjour Filipe,
Beautiful picture of historic village of Catelo Novo, I love your point of view and composition with beautiful colors, great shot Filipe..well Done ..
Michel

utkue (3420) 2007-04-28 6:17

Olá Filipe,
Wonderful perspective, excellent stone buildings, cadrege and composition. Congratulations.

colinbrenchley (6133) 2007-05-03 18:21

Filipe
Good shot with the perspective leading along the path and up the stairs. Another shot with a distant figure would also be good.
Regards Colin

belido (16555) 2007-05-12 11:11

Olá Filipe,

linda composição dessa charmosa ruela. Os detalhes das texturas estão fantásticos. Portugal, o qual temos como nosso primeiro colonizador, e sua arquitetura parecem nos propiciar belas imagens como essa sua. Parabéns!
Abraço,
Carlos

quetzal (3467) 2007-05-13 3:28

Hello Filipe,
Very nice composition with this old street. I appreciate the framing and the beautiful covered foam stones. Well done.
Regards
Jean-Louis

derek3755 (2341) 2007-05-22 7:31

Hi Filipe

A beautifully composed picture showing lots of detail of this moss covered stone walls and steps.

Derek

robob (3640) 2007-05-24 11:51

Hello Filipe,
C’est un endroit très intéressant et fort pittoresque.
J’aime beaucoup toute cette mousse verte qui grimpe un peu partout.
Très bon point de vue et cadrage.
Amicalement et à bientôt,
Robert

marietom (31974) 2007-06-05 17:04

j'adore ces villages de vieilles pierres, où parfois quelques portes de couleur viennent égayer les tons. Très belle image.
Marie

oochappan (22032) 2007-06-16 10:36

A roling stone gathers no moss, this alley did indeed, a very crispy edition maybe still a slight soft focus possible for screen, but perfect for printing as such. The curving perspective street takes us along the moss walls up to the stairs, well composed Filipe
greetings
Henk

bazal (7898) 2007-06-16 12:48

Hi Filipe.
It's not so common to see a picture and say "wow, this is a picture I would have liked to capture!". And this one made this effect to me since I've seen the miniature. I like the central street with its beautiful stairways and the way it lead the eyes through the fantastic textures of the old walls. It inspired me a little ws, but it seems that you do not allow workshops?
It's really nice to discoveryour album. Thanks for sharing!

[workshop] [compare] +

angelsimon (2466) 2007-06-19 9:51

Hola Filipe.
Gracias por visitar mi galería, yo escojo esta foto de la tuya porque me parece una excelente composición y sobre todo por las texturas que se aprecian en el empedrado de la calle y las paredes de esas casas, el pueblo parece muy interesante y antiguo, con una construcciones bastante homogéneas que le dan al lugar un encanto especial.
Un saludo y felicidades por este excelente trabajo.
Angel Simón.

carper (64936) 2007-06-19 13:01

a very nice one out you archive Filipe
great perspective shot here, good details and a super qualityjob, yes I like the good job here, well done.
groet Jaap

barni (14541) 2007-06-19 17:51

Bonsoir Filipe
Une petite ruelle très photogénique.
Belle réalisation.
Christophe

berek (28909) 2007-07-10 22:00

Hi Filipe,
very god point of view and also perspective I like interesting architecture. well framed picture. greetings from Istanbul
Burak

Benedict (7062) 2007-08-02 22:38

hi filipe,
i like the compsition of this antique-looking habitation showing all the century-old details of most everything captured. however, it looks to me that you have, i think oversharpened it, or did you?
benedict

anavazao (5592) 2007-08-30 15:35

olá,
parece que o tempo não parou está espetacular a perspectiva e o musgo dá uma vida propria á foto! Fica bem Ana:)

vedra (0) 2007-09-28 4:56

Hi Filipe,
Your shot is a bit too sharp, but I do like this narrow old street with no sign of life. I imagine this place was once lively and filled with people. I also like how this slightly curved street ends up with stairs.
Vedrana

aofl (1085) 2007-09-28 7:42

Bonita foto, aliás coo grande parte das que vi no teu site
Armando

brevbrev14 (372) 2007-10-01 8:04

Hi Filipe, in Portugal there are wonderful villages!
the architecture here reminds me to our region Valle d' Aosta...
Here there are villages like this with these ol fantastic textures..
another good one!
ciao!
Valeria

dareco (17104) 2008-06-13 4:20

You have such a wonderful gallery!! I really love this one, the detail is excellent as are the colors. A really beautiful picture!
TFS and have a good day!

PaulVDV (5208) 2008-11-23 10:41

Olá Filipe,
A very beautiful street in this village. The picture is well detailed and very sharp. I really like this presentation of the street like it really is with the mossgreen walls and path and with the small plants on the wall (right side).
Best regards, Paul

Photo Information

Copyright: Filipe Rocha (sacavem) (8301)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-02-22
Categories: Castles, Architecture, Ruins
Camera: Kodak Easyshare Z740, 35-80mm/f.3.5
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Map: view
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): (Your Favourites*) added by members, All My Account #1 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-04-08 13:08
Favorites: 1 [view]