ARCH, ARCH, ARCH...II Photo

Photographer’s Note

PLEASE, NO POINTS ON THIS POST. This is a collaborative effort, in which I took the photo and posted it, then my friend, George Grabarczyk, polonaise performed his magic in PhotoShop. The original photo was posted on 26 October 06, and his ws appeared on 12 January 07. I am, however, including the original note for its historical and geographic value.

The Island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea is known for its walled medieval city, the Knights of Rhodes — legendary veterans of the Crusades to the Holy Lands — and for its immense statue, the Colossus of Rhodes, between whose legs small ships would sail in entering the city’s port. Indeed, this was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Occupied through the centuries and the millennia by the Greeks, Romans, the Crusaders, the Ottoman Turks, and finally the Greeks again, it supports a polyglot society. According to Homer it was in Rhodes that the Greek ships grouped before sailing north to lay the siege on Troy.

The photo was shot in the walled medieval city, with a Nikon N90 onto Kodachrome 64, and just recently scanned. I have seen this particular alleyway half-a-dozen times, but this was the only time it was clear of mopeds, and presented a timeless image -- how it might have looked six or seven centuries ago.

ivo, doubay, stego, KemaLMerT, Emiel_Skyfreak, Nilay, Yar, sabanuluca, salvator, MLINES has marked this note useful

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xavshot (63133) 2007-01-13 11:21

Bonsoir Bulent
une très belle ambiance dans cette photo. Le cadrage est excellent et met bien en valeur cette succession d'arcades. Belles teintes
amicalement
Xavier

ivo (376) 2007-01-13 11:22

Hello Bulent,
Composition ***
Subject ***
Perspective ****
Colour and light ***
Crop ***
Frame ***
Sharpness ***
Generally ***
Note ***
Best regards,
Emma

doubay (5043) 2007-01-13 12:53

Hi Bulent,
one geographical correction:
Rhodes belongs to the Dodekanisos island goup and not to Thrace.
Regards
Andreas

kikh (4) 2007-01-13 14:26 [Comment]

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missninja (495) 2007-01-14 13:37

Hello Bulent!
I like this photo, it has a mystical mood... I can imagine roman legionaries on a nightly round through dark side streets... like in those 60s Hollywood movies as Quo Vadis.
Warm regards,
Nina

KemaLMerT (11218) 2007-01-14 17:26

Merhaba,
Gizem ve endişe uyandıran bir mekan..
Derinlik ve perspektif çok güzel.
Açıklama ve paylaşım için teşekkürler.
Kemal Mert

delic (6735) 2007-01-15 4:34 [Comment]

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ls_photography (8) 2007-01-15 16:16

Bulent! This picture is fabulous. I think I am starting to become very jealous. Beautiful colors and framing :D :D

Emiel_Skyfreak (2976) 2007-01-15 17:58

Fine photo, I like the depth and colours in here. Nice dark and abandoned alley. Cold and inanimate things, not many nice plants or bushes, creates a great mood in the photo. Well done.

pinakie_slg (835) 2007-01-15 21:46

magic created within frame. great job, we call in india Jugalbandi (when two artists come together to create a masterpiece)

silycat (607) 2007-01-16 2:53

Hi Bulent!
Very gotic view, scary and dark, but great composition and use of natural light, well done!

Polonaise (5638) 2007-01-17 0:02

What a challenge, dear Bulent!
How can I restrain myself, from not to praise my limited involvement into this beauty of yours.
The work is done by you...and nobody else.
You've been there and you've touched those walls.
And you brought this beauty to our amused eyes.
Combined with your par excellence note - it's a history lesson no one will forget..
Thanks, my friend.
Don't cease to lead us by the hand into your enchanted world of antiquity.

boonie (777) 2007-01-21 18:18

Bulent
This the second of your posting that you requst no point - well to bad, your going to get them. Wonder capture no matter how it was adjusted. Fine DOF and perspective. That part is worthy of the two points.

Dan

Yar (795) 2007-01-22 13:08

so old, humid, dim and mistique... the only wor that come to my mind seeing the picture. locations looking this way are always appealing to ones attention, IMHO.

a very nice picture presenting an everexisting place

sabanuluca (5170) 2007-01-25 18:09

merhaba,
simetrik ve güzel bir fotoğraf. elinize sağlık.
sevgi ve saygılarımla
şaban

salvator (18941) 2007-02-06 3:29

Hello Bulent Bey,
Photoshop or not photoshop, the end result is what counts really, and I loved this photo. The pov, the composisiton, the depth and the colors are what makes it wonderfull. A complete photo.
For me it deserves to be awarded the points.
Best regards. Salvator.

erel (11542) 2007-06-06 12:13

MERHABA
Çok hoş bir kare ışık ve derinlik çok iyi netlikte süper kutlarım .tebrikler EREL

MLINES (10976) 2007-06-23 1:48

Hi Bulent. There is something about arches which has a very strong attraction no matter whether they are old or new. You present this series of arches well. tfs. Murray.
PS An alley in Barcelona brought good fortune to me in TE a few months ago: www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Spain/photo262985.htm