Jewel of Muscat, a photo from Pulau Pinang, West

Photographer's Note

The Jewel of Muscat as seen in my shot in the marina of Georgetown is an exact replica of 9th century Arab ship found shipwrecked of the Indonesian cost near Belitung in 1998. Singapore bought over 60.000 pieces of Chinese pottery, now known as the Tang Treasures, that were found in the wrecked Arab ship. Consequently Singapore and Oman finally agreed to build an exact replica of the wrecked sailing boat in two years, using the same timber, coir rope and palm leaves as the original ship, the 18 meter long Jewel of Muscat was hand built with not a single nail exactly the same way as it was done in the 9th century. On February 16, the replica set sail and embarked on its historic journey to Singapore. After crossing the Bay of Bengal the Jewel of Muscat arrived in Penang on June 2 and left 14 days later for Singapore

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danyy (0) 2010-07-22 23:14

Bonjour Urs,
petit changement de registre et de décors, de couleurs aussi. Une photo qui plait beaucoup, bonnes lumières. On voit que tu as dû réduite la taille de l'image, les cordages souffrent un peu de cette compression.
Amicalement.
Daniel.

mauro61 (53429) 2010-07-23 0:39

ciao Urs,
bella immagine del veliero a riposo in cui hai sfidato con ottimo risultato il controluce.
Mi piace la resa del mare e la tranquillità che emana la foto,
un caro saluto
maurizio

kordinator (8738) 2010-07-23 1:53

Hello Urs
Beautiful composition, nice marina and a beautiful ship.
A good accompanying text that is mentioned and my Serbian.
Beautiful clouds in pozadni
Nice light and excellent contrast.
Perfect sharpness.
Excellent work my friend.
Respect
Saša

riclopes (35577) 2010-07-23 3:03

Olá Urs, excellent note, fine capture of this replica under a strong asian light. I see you had to darken the ship to not overexposed the clouds. It worked well since it makes a nice silhouette with all the ropes and masts flying against the bright background.
best regards,
ric

Cafalex (924) 2010-07-23 8:54

Hello Urs,

A very informative picture. I like the beauty of the boat contrasting with the reality of the present days showed by the background.

Regards,

Alexandre

bona (15057) 2010-07-23 13:43

Very intersting replica of the old ship. It make me flow to a past time. Nice color. Did you enter in the boat?
Hugs
andre

BWJ (3094) 2010-07-23 20:31

Hello Urs,
An excellent note and nicely captured shot of the replica of the old Arab ship. The picture is exquisitely composed with a great POV. The lighting and colors are very nice. It is very well done.
Kind regards,
Betty

pally3100 (3413) 2010-07-24 11:53

salut Urs
très joli sujet bien en valeur par ce semi contre jour,ce bateau est très intéressant comme beaucoup de vieux gréments d'ailleurs j'aime bcp cette prise de vue,amitiés Henri