Storming Main Street Photo

Photographer’s Note

This view shows the upper main street of Obidos, this beautiful village often seen on TE. I do not think this street perspective has been presented before, it is taken from the castle entrance. There are quite a lot of people in this frame for a shot of mine, but it's a characteristic of this nice place that it gets stormed by tourist hordes. The lower main street, parallel to thisone to the left, is a lot quieter, maybe the reason is that it does not have shops...

siolaw, singuanti, bibiweb, pboehringer, Lynette, chrisnet, xuaxo has marked this note useful

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siolaw (25914) 2006-08-19 5:47

Salut Jean Yves,
On voit bien a quel point Obidos est touristique sur cette photo.. celles qu on voit d habitude tendent a le cacher!Bon POV,details bien nets et couleurs agreables...
Bien réalisé
Bon week end
Laurent

jmdaoudal (82) 2006-08-19 6:22

Obidos par ci, obidos par là, mais je ne me lasse pas de cet endroit fait pour la photo.. Les personnes dedans ? je pense qu'il faut en montrer, et ici elles ne gènent pas, ici dans ma région touristique, j'ai des collections de photos avec personne (à l'automne et au printemps) et l'été avec quelques touristes pleins de couleur (ce sont ces dernières que souhaitent les offices de tourisme pour leur publicité :-))
Bien fait la rue qui va loooooooooin.
Jean Michel

ryno (4627) 2006-08-19 6:34

Hi Jean Yves, this is a great shot of a beautiful, picturesque village. I like the terracotta rood tiles, the geraniums, cobblestone street and the blue detail. Of course, it would have been better without all the tourists, but that's the reality. An impressive composition. Regards,
Ryno

jinju (14265) 2006-08-19 7:38

Hi JY,

cool street scene, focusing not on a spectacular castle but the simple street. Im happy. To me, monuments speak little, but streets speak loudly. Nice view of the general life here, with a nice central figure to focus the story on. I guess he is a film photog, as he is looking at that Kodak flag with such interest.

singuanti (15240) 2006-08-19 23:14

Hi Jean-Yves. I like the fact that you didn't chop anyone off and you included them with space to spare. I think I see a slight blue or cyan cast but it's really pretty minor. The pathway makes for a great leading line too.

bibiweb (8) 2006-08-20 2:28

Bonjour Jean-Yves,
Une scène vue toute simple qui montre la réalité de cet endroit touristique. J'aime ton POV en plongée qui permet de découvrir la rue dans toute sa longueur et la vue sur les colline au fond donne une profondeur supplémentaire à la compo. Par contre je constate que ce genre de vue n'attire pas les commentaires et c'est dommage.
Bon dimanche.
Bibi

pboehringer (770) 2006-08-20 11:09

Salut J-Y, this scene reminds me of some street scenes of the former portuguese colony - Brazil. I seems to me that you didn't adventure to go to there. The same architecture that you present here is called in Brazil the colonial style. Makes sense ... However, I never would see such scene in Brazil. The tourists look more casual and not everyone would expose so easily there cameras around their necks.
That little tower on the top of the picture adds so much to the composition.
Best Regards, Peter

artin (147) 2006-08-20 15:30

Great shot
how come with this f value you achived such a good dop
really nice
Artin

saigon (5541) 2006-08-22 4:36

tiens cette photo me fait rapeller que peut-etre je vais au portugal courant septembre.
ben a ce que je voit y a plein de touristes la bas aussi!
j'aime beaucoup ces maisons blanches typique au sud!
aldo.

chrisnet (20378) 2006-08-22 4:44

Salut Jean-Yves,
Je constate que tu es un grand voyageur devant l'Eternel!Cette rue passagère est très pittoresque,j'aime beaucoup ton cadrage et la perspective.Les fleurs aux fenêtres ajoutent une note colorée très agréable.Par contre,je me demande si le ciel est naturel,il me parait bien uniforme.Très bonne composition.
Excellente journée
Christian

Lynette (1615) 2006-08-22 7:04

Hi JY
this is a great shot of a beautiful village. I like the geraniums, cobblestone street and the blue details in this composition. nice point of view too. Well done!
Lynette

xuaxo (5917) 2006-09-27 16:20

I've been several times to Óbidos and my feeling is:
yes, it's very nice, but sometimes it doesn't seem a real town; it's more like an open-air museum, with a lot of souvenir shops, "stormed by tourist hordes". Or, as TE member Livia (lestans) wrote about a similar place: "It is lovely, but it is also on the point of becoming a piece of kitsch if it becomes too lovely".
So, I like Óbidos but I'm on the point of hating it. Your photo illustrates my feeling.
F