The Blue City, a photo from Nuoro, Sardegna

Photographer's Note

Ok, it's a joke, it isn't a Blue City...it isn't a Sardinian version of Jodhpur or of Sidi Bou Said!
It's a large blue building on the main square of the oldest citycentre of Posada, a beautiful small village on the eastern coast of Sardinia.

I went for the first time in Posada in the 1970...i cannot remember that 'cause at that time i was just 9 months old...but i have some pictures! I was there!
Then i went in Sardinia with my parents every summer until the 1985 (except the 1975 in Corsica and the 1982 in the Tuscanian Islands), and we visited Posada every summer, 'cause it's really close to the wonderful beach of San Giovanni.
In the 70's and in the beginning of the 80's Sardinia wasn't a touristic destination. Few ones and for the largest part in the 3 main touristic areas: Costa Smeralda, Stintino and Alghero.
All the rest of the island coasts wwere completely empty of toursits, but also by local people, that still in the 25-30 years ago didn't have a good feeling with the sea (except in the big cities). The largest part of the villages and the small cities of Sardinia aren't settled on the coast, but in the inner Sardinia, on the hills or in the mountains. An heritage of the time of invasions, a time long more than 2000 years!
So just to 20 years ago the beach was completely empty of people also in August!

This blue building was pretty collapsed in some 70's pictures took my by father...and it wasn't blue, but brown as all the other ones of the village! But in the past 3, 4 years the major of Posada did a great work on the renovation of the historical city centre, located on the top of a rock with on the upper part a tower, that in the past August i visited for the first time...in the other more than 15 times that i visited Posada the tower was copletely collapsed from decades. It was completely rebuilt and today it gave a wonderful 360° view on the Posada area and on the 4,5 kilometers white sand stripe of San Giovanni Beach.
Other buildings have today warm colours on the facades and many other ones were under renovations. A great job.
In this picture another view of the main square from another point.

Model: NIKON D40
Software: Ver.1.10
Exposure Time: 10/6400 sec
F-Stop: f/22.0
ISO Speed Ratings: 1600
Focal Length: 18 mm
Date Taken: 2007-08-10 14:54
Metering Mode: Pattern
File Size: 192 kb

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papagolf21 (152607) 2008-05-30 1:42

Bonjour, cher Paolo,
Merci, Paolo, de nous prιsenter vos fabuleux voyages ΰ travers le monde et de votre pays.
La maison bleue se marie ΰ merveille avec le ciel. Une place qui donne envie de flβner ΰ travers la ville.
Un pur rιgal.
Amitiιs.
Philippe

jurek1951 (42198) 2008-05-30 1:45

Hi Paolo,
Great perspective and beautiful architecture.
Beautiful colours and details.Well done.
Georg

Kielia (24077) 2008-05-30 1:50

Hi Paolo,

first of all: your note is very interesting. And the photo is amazing! Great perspective and very fine colours.
Thank you for sharing!
Best regards
Harriet

dip (21408) 2008-05-30 1:53

Hi Paolo,
beautiful image with Mediterranean atmosphere,
good point of view and framing,interesting blue house,
well done,
Dimitris.

barni (15751) 2008-05-30 2:21

Hello Paolo
Belle image avec un bleu qui domine de belle maniθre l'image.
Regards
Christophe

John_F_Kennedy (43797) 2008-05-30 3:37

A beautiful point of view giving a good impression of this interesting place! Well done.
Best wishes,
Achim

riclopes (35577) 2008-05-30 4:06

Olα Paolo, I actually thought in Greece...it seems a wonderful and pretty place to spend some relaxed days. The light seems not to be the best of the day, but I like a lot the atmosphere. Excellent complementar pictures along with a great note.
Ciao,
ricardo

pastadog (13111) 2008-05-30 4:43

Well yes Paolo, I had thought it was somewhere in Tunisia indeed, both because of the blue color and also for the shapes of the building. Nice shot and interesting note, TFS. Daniel

bobocortis (16090) 2008-05-30 5:02

Ciao Paolo.
So cosa vuol dire fotografare in Sardegna d'agosto alle tre del pomeriggio. Hai fatto un miracolo. Peccato quel cavo, che comunque hai mimetizzato facendogli condividere il percorso di alcune linee dell'immagine, peccato anche il poco contrasto fra facciata e cielo ma, come ho detto, con quella data e quell'ora hai fatto anche troppo.
Ciao.
Bobo.

belido (19934) 2008-05-30 5:04

Ciao Paolo,

at the first sight it looks some greek view and the walls painted in light colors, almost white. Very interesting place. You managed the light very well. It was a difficult situation but you did it with perfection. Nice highlight/shadow and exposure. Beautiful!
Regards,
Carlos

mehmetemin (7231) 2008-05-30 5:09

Hi Paolo
Good composition! Very nice colors and lights!
Best regards
Mehmet Emin

Leonidas2008 (0) 2008-05-30 5:39

Excellent colors and lovely place you show us here, Paolo.
BR, Leonidas

jusninasirun (17529) 2008-05-30 5:43

Hello Paolo. ou are right about the title. Pleasant blue with pink background architecture. Good detail and sharp image in pleasant perspective. Well done and best regards. Jusni

parbo (11092) 2008-05-30 5:54

Ciao Paolo,

This is absolutely unexpected surprise with blue colored facade. Very attractive one with small light plays on its facade. Arches in dark, old style terracotta roof tiles makes your already unique photo a rich one while visitors adding life to the scene. Very informative posts in workshop versions too as same in your note. Congratulations. Have a nice week end.

Best Regards,

Ertugrul

stamatis (2565) 2008-05-30 7:48

Ciao Paolo
foto gestita molto bene
con dei colori stupendi
saluti da Stamatis

Gerrit (62042) 2008-05-30 10:33

Hi Paolo,
well composed with the streetlight and the cables as leading lines. Fine coloring too.
Regards, Gerrit

xavshot (69835) 2008-05-30 11:17

Bonsoir Paolo
tu as su profiter de cette belle lumiθre pour rendre ces couleurs e notamment ce bleu. J'aime beaucoup l'ambiance de l'image. On ressent la chaleur. Bravo.
Xavier

Clementi (52514) 2008-05-30 13:39

Ciao Paolo,
diciamo che vista l'ora con un sole cosi' forte piu' di questo non potevi tirar fuori, avrei preferito vederla con le prime luci del mattino oppure con la bella luce calda del tramonto e sicuramente ci sarebbe stato piu' contrasto tra le case ed il cielo.
comunque e' sempre una bella foto
Giorgio

bostankorkulugu (42866) 2008-05-30 15:32

i will have to go back to sardegna one day -after 20 yrs- for sure to see the real beauty once again... posada seems like a lovely place to be... and "blue" is the colour... night and day...

;)...

jonathan_hart (21276) 2008-05-30 19:30

nicely framed, good light and colours, a nice place
regards
jo

leo61 (0) 2008-05-30 22:47

Hi Paolo!
Good comparism with Jodhpur!
Nice shot of this wonderful blue painted house,well composed with this lamp at the side.Good management of the strong light,too.
Regards,Leo

TopGeo (38220) 2008-05-31 0:16

Hi Paolo
excellent shots! impressive pictures from a beautiful region. Good colours and quality beautiful prospect and clarity, good work, I praise
Geo

Budapestman (82620) 2008-05-31 2:42

Hi Paolo,
Great shot for this place with amazing colours. The composition is very attractive I like the peaceful atmosphere and the nice details. Very well done! Have a nice weekend
George

Dyerco (10185) 2008-05-31 7:39

Hi Paolo
A pleasing shot of the old part of town. It's nice to see them revive the old buildings rather than replace them with new monolithic structures.
Phil

capthaddock (28790) 2008-05-31 13:03

Indeed I would have guessed Morroco, Tunisia or India. I see you started travelling long before I did, even if we are almost exactly the same age.

Flavia (10352) 2008-06-01 6:18

Hi Paolo,

Very nice place it seems this village. The too WS give aditional view to this cute town. It seems that the space to look for a POV was quite small, as the streets look narrow there. You got a nice POV and good compo, it would be even better with a perspective correction, but them you would probally lose part of the nice lamp which completes the compo... Beautiful blue colors here.

Regards,

Flavia

AiresSantos (56155) 2008-06-02 0:44

Ciao Paolo
Beautiful view of this blue village on the eastern coast of Sardinia. Nice POV and details. I like the architecture and how you managed the light
Best wishes
Aires

rigoletto (34279) 2008-06-02 8:09

Besides the beauty of its coloring and softness, your note, which includes a long personal history of the building, also amazes me. Very nice photo and a nice joke in the title :)
Ciao,
Deniz

marietom (34611) 2008-06-02 9:21

Hello Paolo,

Belle composition bleue ! Le ciel s'y est mis aussi !
Bonne soirιe
Marie

carper (96) 2008-06-02 9:25

fantastic colours here my friend,
a very good composition, good quality and nice to look at, very good photojob, have a nice evening Paolo. Italy- Netherlands 2-1
gr. jaap

difty93 (545) 2008-06-04 7:38

Ciao Paolo,
foto molto particolare e con un'armonia speciale!
veramente ben fatta!

Photo Information

Copyright: Paolo Motta (Paolo) (41258)
Genre: Τοποθεσίες
Medium: Έγχρωμο
Date Taken: 2007-08-10
Categories: Καθημερινότητα, Αρχιτεκτονική
Έκθεση: f/22, 1/640 δευτερόλεπτα
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Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση, Workshop
Θέμα(τα): Your favorites III° [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-05-30 1:29

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