Pracinha da Igreja, a photo from Sao Vicente, Barlavento

Photographer's Note

The Church of Nossa Senhora da Luz (Our Lady of Light) is the main Catholic church in Mindelo city, São Vicente Island, Cape Verde, built in 1862. In my opinion, this is like a small town church somewhere in Portugal, but in a tropical setting.
The young man in foreground is one of the West African immigrant hawkers that sell trinkets and handicrafts in the streets of Cape Verde.
This place is called Pracinha da Igreja, what means "Little Square of the Church".
In the Workshops there are other views of the church: other day afternoon and view from other corner.

Esta é a Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Luz, de 1862, a principal no Mindelo, ilha de São Vicente, Cabo Verde. Faz-me lembrar uma qualquer igreja numa aldeia ou vila de Portugal, mas num ambiente tropical.
O rapaz encostado à escada é um dos imigrantes da costa ocidental africana que percorrem as ruas de Cabo Verde vendendo bujigangas e artesanato.
Nos Workshops estão outras imagens desta igreja: outro dia de tarde e vista de outro canto.

edal, cengiz, feather, plimrn, SylFondacci, riclopes, RPoole5552, prezntime, Docarmo has marked this note useful

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edal (6804) 2006-08-10 4:31

Hi Francisco!
Your photo makes the best of the excellent lighting to show us a beautiful place on Earth. Of course, if there are people on the spot, there are everyday problems of earning for the living...
TFS
Best regards,
Anton

maki (0) 2006-08-10 6:51

Hi Francisco,
Nice atmosphere with lovely colours and contrasts. I like such PP.
regards,
maki

cengiz (3593) 2006-08-10 7:54

very nice composition francisco, greetings
cengiz

feather (51130) 2006-08-10 10:37

It's interesting to see the little church from different angles, but you cetainly made the right choice to post this as your main post. The light is beautiful and the clarity and sharpness impeccable. Even without the vendor it would be a good shot, but he adds another element of interest.
Kath

leo61 (0) 2006-08-10 12:58

Hi FRancisco!
I feel like beeing there again.Pensao"Chez
Loutcha" where I stayed is only two blocks away and I passed this church many times.
Good Shot and excellent POV.Good view at the diagonal facades and wall.The seller with his bright colored football shirt is agood detail in your composition and I like that you included a small part of the orange house.
Best regards,Leo

Bluejeans (64251) 2006-08-10 14:24

Ola Francisco bela foto de Cabo Verde , uma terra muito bonita e de tradicoes , ja estive em Cabo Verde na Ilha do Sal, gostei muito , parabens pela tua foto retrata bem Cabo Verde

plimrn (21344) 2006-08-10 20:19

Hi Francisco,
I like the way you've framed the church showing the whole square with the trees and the small garden and the man leaning against the fence. Light, color and detail are all very attractive. You keep talking about how dry the place is but what you shoot shows the green bits; I guess we respond more to what's unique. The workshop could be a primary post as well although the one you chose IS better because it has motre interestin detail.

andante (7092) 2006-08-10 21:06

Ola, Francisco, godsto muito da sua foto. I especially like how you have use the perspective to compose the image. Cheers, Enrique

SylFondacci (4087) 2006-08-11 4:35

Olà Francisco,
I was there at this church, took some shots, there was that day more people, some were selling fish ...
Nice compo.
The seller is Senegalese, I assume, I met a lot of them at Sal especially but not only.
Suck links between Dakar and Cape Verde and pretty close.
Sylvie

riclopes (35577) 2006-08-11 8:46

Gosto do ambiente capturado de que falas e das imagens extras em WS. Se aquele personagem estivesse aqui à frente, seria perfeito, mas isso já sou eu a pedir muito (para te parafrasear...). Eu pensava que ias só publicar 2 imagens por semana, mas vejo que andas muito activo...
Ricardo

MIG13 (0) 2006-08-11 21:34 [Comment]

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ribeiroantonio (22730) 2006-08-11 21:36

Está excelente esta tua foto. E a do WS também. Acho que tenho de pôr Cabo Verde nos meus planos futuros de viagens.
António

RPoole5552 (1822) 2006-08-14 21:46

Interesting and colorful shot Francisco. Nice note also.

It's good to see you back at TE.

Best regards,

Rob

prezntime (3946) 2006-08-22 8:21

Hello Francisco.
Excellent POV. The bright colors stand out very well in the lighting. The figure in the foreground adds a nice life to your photo.
I might have cropped the orange building out to the far right maybe, but this does not really affect the photo, it is just feedback for you.
Well done.
Chris

lilimih33 (9918) 2006-09-14 11:13 [Comment]

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Docarmo (9767) 2008-06-25 7:37

Olá Francisco,
Esta foto está linda, com uma luminosidade e cores muito bem dosadas. Os WS estão ótimos também, mas prefiro esta. A presença do imigrante e dos outros tranqüilamente sentados nos bancos passam uma certa serenidade, além de darem vida à imagem, por mais redundante que possa parecer ;-)
Um abraço,
MCV