Good Morning Mindelo, a photo from Sao Vicente, Barlavento

Photographer's Note

Quote from Wikipedia:
Mindelo (Mindel’ in Cape Verdean Creole), is a port city on the Cape Verde in the northern part of the island of São Vicente. Mindelo is also the seat of the parish of Nossa Senhora da Luz, and this island's municipality. The city is home to 96% of the entire island's population. In 1885, Mindelo was the switching station for the first Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable. In 1912, Mindelo became an important cable station in the world. Mindelo became the cultural capital of the Portuguese-speaking country/state along with the Lusophone capital in 2003. Mindelo is also considered as the cultural capital of Cape Verde.

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xuaxo (6854) 2010-03-21 10:24

Hello!
Outstanding view of the outskirts of Mindelo. A magical moment captured.
Greetings,
Francisco

leo61 (0) 2010-04-27 11:30

HI Reijo!
Last december I``ve seen Mindelo and Porto Novo/Santo Antao in such a light.
Great contrast with the brown,vegetationless mountains,and a perfect POV.
Regards,Leo

faraujo (1707) 2010-08-22 6:31

Hi Reijo
Your gallery has a very nice shot, some are very graphical :)
...but desert a special atention.
The compo here is very interesting with diferent plans, the light, colors and the details.
Mindelo, a colorfull place in hard place.
did you scan it from the paper or from the negative?
Good WE
Filipe