Photographer's Note
This Post is a RP of one of my first pictures at TE.
So as I like this picture and this place my first approach was increasing image size, a few PP rectifications and a added better information guideline note in this Serie with MAP View and other Links.
Resulting RP Final Modifications: This post is a improved version of the original picture with some PP rectifications for a better post and also complementar guideline notes that were missing in this Serie. I used a little cropping in the lower part, incresead a few of contrast and saturation, decresead brightness, resized for 800x600 and a final touch of Neatimage.
INFORMATION: This is a typical Portuguese Chimney of a old Monsaraz village house. This is my third photo of this Serie of my first postings at TE. As you know in old villages and towns, we capture details in narrow street views and this is my tribute to this beautiful white and blue place with a very nice old typical atmosphere and architecture.
LOCAL: This village, is a touristic and historical old reference of Portugal. Is a fortified village with a Castle, in the interior South of this country, at the province of Alentejo, and near the frontier with Spain and the brother village of Reguengos of Monsaraz a few miles near that is well known for his good wine.
This next information guidelines are done by two great TE Photographers about this village.
By VAGABOND: Monsaraz is a Medieval village, born inside the remparts of an old Castle, 50 kms or 35 miles SE of Evora Town and 40 kms or 25 miles away of the East Portuguese border. Every building was rebuilt in the last decades and are now worth a look. At the old remparts, it is possible to have a good view to the new Alqueva Dam, built recently at the Portuguese course of Guadiana River
By RETAGGER: The tiny medieval walled town of Monsaraz with it's narrow cobbled lanes is one of the most atmospheric places in the Alentejo as it still retains much of it's medieval charm. The rural way of life has stayed much the same for centuries and generations of farmers have gone about their daily lives almost untouched by the busy world around them.
The town was handed over to the Knights Templar before Dom Dinis added the castle and fortified walls in the 14th century. From these walls you can gaze east over the Guadiana river to neighbouring Spain, or west across the great plains of the Alentejo.
IMPORTANT Note: About this place I will show all the other TE Contributions to this old and historical village that is also like another Portuguese village that is OBIDOS a place also to visit and that you can see here: Link
For a real Google Localization of this old Village and where I took the shot you will visit here: Link
I hope you enjoy this RP, Chimney and Links.
Fernando
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efigesta
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(12188) 2006-01-11 5:06
Ola Amigo
um rp muito interessante, uma perspectiva muito boa, com uma imagem tipica de portugal e mais uma vez com uma boa nota
abraço
manuel
Graal
(103040) 2006-01-11 5:16
Hi Fernando,
interesting backstreet, nice architecture. I like the composition and colours. Good note also. Well done.
Rgs, Aleksander
papagolf21
(152605) 2006-01-11 6:01
Bonjour mon ami Fernando,
À force de voir vos magnifiques photographies du Portugal, cela me donne une envie irrésistible d'aller visiter ces magnifiques lieux. Hélas, nous avons deux chiens, et nous ne voyageons jamais sans nos animaux !
Merci de nous faire profiter de ces endroits qui ont beaucoup de charme.
Amitiés.
Philippe
aloyho
(6798) 2006-01-11 6:52
Hi Fernando,
This is definately an improvementcompared to the one in WS. I like this unique architecture and using the shadows to show the other side of the narrow street is a good idea. I find the decorations on the wall interesting - something very local. Well done!! All the best.
jhm
(211734) 2006-01-11 8:06
Hi Fernando,
I found your original absolutely not bad, the differents are not so great, the sharpness an clarity are better, your playing again with sun and shadows, on the front, I like always the simple picture with depth and good perspective as well this!
Best regards, thanks for extra visit!
Greetings from Belgica,
John.
agpires
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(0) 2006-01-11 8:42
Hello Fernando,
pretty photo of these pretty typical chimney of a southern part of Portugal, and I like the immaculate white of the walls lit by the sun and the shade of the lane, I propose a small WS to you to reinforce this effect.
Regards, Armandino
feather
(51130) 2006-01-11 8:50
I tried to compare this with the original and I can't seem to get that feature. Looking from one to the other I can't see much difference. The light/shade contrast certainly made exposure difficult. As well as the ornate chimney I also like the patterns made by the shadows.
Kath
weswang
(18247) 2006-01-11 13:00
Hi Fernando, I appreciate your informative note. I find it is very helpful. It is an attractive small village to strolling around. A nice capture of the quiet relax environment together with the special styles of the architect. Well done.
carper
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(96) 2006-01-11 13:08
ha fernado Friend,
a well taken shot the details are nice in this typical Portuguese Chimney, a well composed shot, good job.
gr. jaap
jemaflor
(146382) 2006-01-11 13:30
Hi Fernando,
Difficult shot with this strong contrast and a white wall ! Interesting details and TFS this typical chimney.
Fixfocus
(9385) 2006-01-11 14:03
Hello Fernando,
A simple but very effective and well balanced composition.Good handling of the strong contrasts,very well seen and captured.
Greetings,
Hermann
Retagger
(26) 2006-01-11 15:12
Hello Fernando,
Excellent photo, under not so great lighting conditions, of the small town of Monsaraz. Walking thru this town takes you back in time when life was very hard and also very simple.
I really like this town because that are not many tourists and does not get crowded and the locals are extremely nice.
David....
Emile
(20352) 2006-01-11 15:55
Hola Fernando.
Nice picture with a very interesting chimney, good colours and compo. Very good architecture, simple but beautiful. Thank you for your interesting note.
Well done.
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alvaraalto
(42804) 2006-01-11 17:23
Hi Fernando,
My first association was a cruise-ship in Greece. The white and blue of the walls reminds me to my visit to Rhodos long time ago. Excellent composition and nice contrast between sun and shadow.
Groet Rob
singuanti
(15250) 2006-01-11 21:55
Hi Fernando. I was thinking this didn’t look very familiar then I saw you posted this a few months before I joined TE. I compared the two side by side and there is certainly a nice improvement and is a much stronger shot. Nice PP work Fernando!
ChrisJ
(171340) 2006-01-12 3:50
Ola Fernando
I like the graphism of the shadow against the wall. A good, strong diagonal ads dynamism. Excellent color sharpness & lighting. Parabens!
cjmm
(4479) 2006-01-12 6:11
Ola Fernando,
The perspective in the image is serves very in showing that beuatiful house (and I like better this one than the original version).
You managed the contrast very well in a capture that is not that easy for digital cameras dynamic range. (Dark shadows and very strong highlights).
Will be back tomorrow :-)!
Best regards,
Carlos
hojper
(2832) 2006-01-12 11:51
You know Fernando, I don't find a great difference between the two versions. But the idea is good to take up some of our earlier (unexperienced) posts and rework them. I find the chimney the most interesting part and it would merite a photo on its own.
Amirsun
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(2122) 2006-01-12 12:55
A nice capture from this small village, Fernando!
Well seen and well composed with a informative note attached.
Tanks for posting.
Regards, Amir
Niara78
(0) 2006-01-12 17:45
Recently, a dear TE friend of mine and I had a dream, a daydream, and imagined we were strolling through the narrow alleys of a beautiful place, somewhere in Portugal. Now I see your photo, it reminds me of our daydream, and it makes me happy.
Please post more of these beautiful villages (I remember now also your shots of Obidos)...they make us dream :-)
Thank you, Fernando!
faraujo
(1707) 2006-01-12 17:56
Olá Fernando
Foi com fotos de Monsaraz que começamos a nossa epopeia aqui no TE.
O Alentejo é uma região que que pouco conheço e como tal tenho poucos registos fotográficos (em película 35mm, e que pena tenho por não ter registos mais recentes.
O facto da tipicidade das ruas alentejanas serem estreitas fazem com que não se consiga tirar proveito de melhores angulos, no entantoa sua intenção de captar o máximo da rua com o conjunto da casa com a chaminé foi, dentro do possível, boa. No entanto, é uma casa rica em detalhes que por si só davam boas fotgrafias.
Um abraço
Filipe
pablominto
(53746) 2006-01-13 5:39
Hi Fernando...
Interesting... not often you see a decorated chimney! And the colours are white & blue, of course... Nice capture of the little shop with display outside, nice job!
Reagrds,
Pablo -
riclopes
(35577) 2006-01-13 5:40
Olá Fernando,
Excelente trabalho! Fiquei realmente surpreendido com este RP, depois das impressões que andamos a trocar acerca dos posts iniciais. Já ando a pensar fazer o mesmo há algum tempo, mas ainda não tomei a decisão.
Aliás, por pouco não critiquei a versão antiga que se teria perdido agora...
Com este RP, acaba por reencaminhar a atenção dos membros para esta fabulosa vila de Portugal, acompanhado das habituais excelentes notas e com complemento de informação de outros membros do TE, sobre o mesmo local. É a verdadeira atitude de partilha!
A vista desta ruela está muito bem enquadrada, com destaque para aquela bela chaminé, embora o que me atraia mais nesta imagem, seja o jogo de sombras rendilhado, provocado pelos beirais do telhado sobre o cal branco da parede.
Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho e iniciativa!
Muito obrigado pela partilha,
Um abraço,
Ricardo
pitai
(3985) 2006-01-13 7:37
Eu acho muito boa Idea fazer um RP. Ainda por cima se é nossa primeira foto. Wow! Estive a comparar ambas versões, e gostei das modificações efetuadas. Eu acho muito importante ter modificado o tamanho, assim da para apreciar melhor a imagem,. Tenho reparado que o contraste foi incrementado, cá acho um problema, se bem as cores tem mais vida ao mesmo tempo a sombra tem ficado mais escura. Por isso eu recomendaria ter feito um incremento seletivo do contraste. Deixando as sombras na tonalidade original.
Finalmente acho k ate o pequeno ruído da imagem original foi filtrado. Gostei do resultado final, um abraço, Gabriel
sergio1
(12152) 2006-01-16 5:48
Hola amigo Fernando
Buen tiro y punto de vista. la compo esta genial y la definición y iluminación inmejorable.
Buen trabajo
Sergio
jmdaoudal
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(82) 2006-01-17 3:28
Despite the shadow, there is a great interest for the white space of the whole and the simple decoration.
The chimney is very interesting too and in the light.
I like the perspective.
jean Michel
john_c
(24666) 2006-01-23 14:15
Hi Fernando,
A well composed shot of this interesting architecture. I like the play of light and shadow here. The low angle POV allows for a good appreciation of the unusual details of the exterior. Well seen and captured.
John
xavshot
(69835) 2006-02-10 13:16
très belle perspective due au choix excellent de ton point de vue. Très beau graphisme et j'aime beaucoup les détails de la photo
Bravo
Xavier
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Copyright: Fernando Guedes Almeida (Galmeida)
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- Date Taken: 2004-08-24
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- Camera: OLYMPUS C-4000 ZOOM
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- Date Submitted: 2006-01-11 5:05
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