Van Castle Vista, a photo from Van, East Anatolia

Photographer's Note

There was a sheer drop of 100 metres on the left so I was more concerned with my footing than whether the man gazing out at Lake Van was exactly in the right angle and position. Somehow I managed to get the horizon reasonably straight. Lake Van is a large lake in south eastern Turkey and was formerly Armenian territory. And before that Urartian. I hope the track out to the small pinnacle at left was a goat or sheep venturing out. It looks far too narrow & dangerous for people. Van Castle and City is in the south eastern part of the lake. The castle is behind me here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Van

pajaran, pierrefonds, Royaldevon, ikeharel, Fis2, COSTANTINO, jhm, jean113, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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holmertz (102672) 2021-09-03 2:54

Hello Chris,
I saw this view (minus seated man) in 1971. I still remember that I had to be very careful when finding my way down. There's a nice contrast between the green fields and the strangely cyan coloured lake.
Regards,
Gert

pajaran (115861) 2021-09-03 3:08

Pozdrav.

Interesantan i lep pogled, lep trenutak, dobar tekst ...
Lepa priroda, dobro pokazana sa lepim bojama, kontrastom, petrspektivom i uhvacneim trenutkom.
Lepo mesto za odmor sa lepim pogledom.
Dobar rad, lepa fotografija i secanje.

Zelim vam sve najbolje za vikend.
Paja

pierrefonds (114422) 2021-09-03 4:44

Bonjour Chris,

La distance entre le château et les montagnes en arrière-plan donne de la profondeur à la composition. La prise de vue permet de voir les détails des ruines d'une partie du château Van. La lumière donne un bon rendu aux couleurs de l'image. Bonne journée.

Pierre

Royaldevon (85932) 2021-09-03 6:04

Hello Chris,

This photograph makes quite an impact!
The f/g looks high and dangerous, yet there is a figure nonchalantly gazing out to the sea!
By contrast, the b/g looks idyllic: flat, beautiful tones, like a storybook place!

My warm regards,
Bev :-)
Well done you for capturing such a shot safely!

ikeharel (113319) 2021-09-03 6:33

Hello Chris,
Superbly given scale to the high cliff agains the valley and big van lake beyond. Colors combined well in fine contrast.
Good evening,
Ike

Silvio1953 (221563) 2021-09-03 8:47

Ciao Chris, fantastic view from castle, excellent clarity, wonderful natural colors and splendid light, very well done, my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

lousat (139236) 2021-09-03 9:51

Hi Chris,fanstic view from the Van castle,with the bright green of flat land close to the lake,i like the natural view and colors, the alone man too is a special bonus. Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano

Fis2 (170717) 2021-09-03 11:32

Witaj Chris!
Wonderful place, view is impressive.
Van Castle makes imp[ression, I love it.
Excellent framing and colors.
Very well done my friend.
Have a nice weekend.
Krzysztof

COSTANTINO (116452) 2021-09-03 11:44

Hello dear Chris
and have a nice day
and a happy week end
I like this peaceful
landscape
great contrast between
the rocks the green fields
and the horizon...regards
Costantino

ifege (48055) 2021-09-03 20:56

Hi Chris
A superb one with its different layers - the unusually shaped rock, the verdant green back by the lake and distant hills. The person on the right helps add scale.
cheers
Ian

jemaflor (147104) 2021-09-03 23:28

Hi Chris,
Beautiful landscape and view from these mountains, interesting colors contrast, well managed your view with the lonely man on the top of the rocks, tfs.

jhm (211736) 2021-09-04 0:17

Hello Chris,

I like your fantastic panorama view about this area.
The rocks in foreground make your picture attractive
Excellent sharp and clear photographed.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John

jean113 (27853) 2021-09-04 11:38

Hello Chris, the man provides us with a sense of the scale of the foreground features; not the easiest of terrains to walk on!
The view is quite special with the lake and the mountains seen in pastel colours.
Thanks for sharing.
Kind regards, Jean.

mcmtanyel (68479) 2021-09-27 20:36

Hello Chris,
Another part of Turkey that I would love to see, nicely rendered.
Regards,
MT