Iran: Arg-é Rayen Photo

Photographer’s Note

"Copyright © – Attila Szili.
The reproduction, publication, modification, transmission or exploitation of any work contained herein for any use, personal or commercial, without my prior written permission is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved."

Rayen Castle is an adobe castle in Kerman province.Arg-e-Rayen is considered the biggest medieval mudbrick structure of Kerman province after Bam Citadel which was destroyed in an earthquake a few years ago. The castle was built during the pre-islamic Sassanid era,although what is remained today belongs to the Islamic period architecture.
Rayen, located on the foothills of Hezar Mountains enjoys a pleasant climate. The mountain with a height of 4465 meters is the highest mountain in the province and the fourth of Iran.

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tjanze (5674) 2006-05-26 3:58

Hi Szili!
Wow! Fantastic shot.Landscape is amazing.Sand color of everything gives something special on photo.Woman in chador reflecting the moment of country.Bravo!

Paolo (40723) 2006-05-26 4:02

Ciao Attila, un'altra grande foto!
almeno tu non ti sei unito al Giorno della Foto Storta che come un virus ha catturato molti dei Te's!
ottima immagine con questo castello abbandonato e con quella donna spettrale. ottimo fuoco, luce e colori.
grazie, ciao

vinicio (22416) 2006-05-26 4:13

Bella Attila, bei colori e paesaggio, ottime luci e prospettiva, dettagli interessanti come il tetto in primo piano, bel posto insomma, complimenti.
Ciao
Vinicio

ramthakur (1501) 2006-05-26 4:18

Nice image, Szili.
The earth colours of the fort are very impressive.
The snow-covered mountain in the BG adds to the beauty of this composition.

alekpet (4659) 2006-05-26 4:18

Hi Attila.

This a classic one, not only because of the different elements which are nicely arranged, but also because of the overall quality of the imafem great sharpness and great contrast of colours.

take care, Aleks

larevedere (1257) 2006-05-26 4:28

Hi Szili!
Fascinating photo! There is only one word to describe it - GREAT!
Best regards,
Olaf

Floydian (30970) 2006-05-26 4:34

Hi Szili,
Wow man, what a great picture you got here.
The old castle with the snow top mountains in the distance, simply wonderful.
And then, the cream on the cake, the woman in black, makes it all complete.
Are real gem in your gallery.
Excellent work...superb..!!!
Regards, Henk

barrufeto_77 (25845) 2006-05-26 4:59

Hi Szili.

Excellent sharpness & colours. Superb.

Nice sense of depth.

Rgs, Oscar

gilou530 (35374) 2006-05-26 6:25

salut attila
architectured'un autre temps avec en fond cette montagne enneigée, cadre bien choisi et couleur ocré magnifique.
amitiés
gilbert

sufi (9568) 2006-05-26 8:35

Merhaba Attila...
Incredible scene and wonderful composition, my friend... Wonderful colors, light, details and clarity, as usual... Of course great shot and very detailed and educational note...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

rosaline (0) 2006-05-26 12:16

Hi Szili
Excellent quality here. The tones of brown are fantastic and provide excellent contrast with the mountain ranges behind. The inclusion of the lady is a nice added bonus. Great stuff.
Aubrey

leo61 (43438) 2006-05-26 12:41

Hi Attila!
Really great shot.Wonderful colors at the castle and a fantastic background with the snow covored mountans.With the woman in black a good composition.
Nice WE,regards,
Leo

Graal (58209) 2006-05-26 14:31

Jó napot Attila,
very interesting castle, great colours and nice frame. I like this view a lot. Well done photo.
Rgs, Aleksander

Gustaw (21670) 2006-05-26 15:26

Hallo friend!
Beautiful photo! Nice colours, good shot!
Marek

Fis2 (46011) 2006-05-26 16:14

Witaj Attila!
Wonderful place, curious architecture. Interesting colors. Good composition. Mountain pleases me in profundity. Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

andante (7092) 2006-05-26 17:31

Ok... you did find how to cross the magical portal to fantasy lands and you are rubbing it in our faces... this photo shows a vision of a land only describe in books. Superb job, my friend.

Best regards,
Enrique

imrek (4) 2006-05-26 18:21

Hi Attila,
very well composed panorama and perfect quality...an interesting castle and good note...Well done!!!
Have a nice weekend!
regards,
imre

izmirli (3219) 2006-05-26 18:43

merhaba dear attila
wonderful picture.wonderful castle.wonderful interesting colours.very good composition and mountains.well done.
best regards my friend attila.
gürkan akçakır.

jmdias (19489) 2006-05-26 20:31 [Comment]

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Angshu (33863) 2006-05-27 4:23

Superb setting, superb shot Attila. Fantastic mud buildings excellently portrayed in panorama format. I like the snow capped mountain in the far BG. Amazing place!
Regards
Angshu

riclopes (33035) 2006-05-27 4:49

Hi Attila,
Another great shot of this attractive historic place. Very interesting medieval mudbrick shown in here, along with a good and informative note. Excellent details in a very clear and sharp image. The woman in black adds interest and it's also very nice to see the Mountains in the back. Also like your brown frame. Superb work!
Thanks for sharing and have a nice weekend,
Ricardo

stranger (720) 2006-05-27 5:31

I really like you job,Sharp, Good lightning, foreground & background are greatly chosen ...

TFS,

Shahab,

efigesta (12181) 2006-05-27 5:34

Hi Szili
great composition here, the colors the light, pov all perfect
regards
manuel

josepmarin (33839) 2006-05-27 6:29

Hi Attila,
A beautiful composition where the battlements of this castle frame beautiful mountains snow-covered of background.
The sky is magnificent, and you have obtained great sharpness and smooth and beautiful colors, in addition, the woman who appears in the image also gives to a life touch and the reference of the dimensions of the set.
Well done.
Regards,
Josep

rabdelnoor (2973) 2006-05-27 13:17

Hi Attila,
A great shot indeed. I really like the contrast foreground castle against the snowy mountains, and nice inclusion of the woman in the scene. Very well composed shot. I only didn't like much your wide brown outside frame, but this is just my preference. I think the overall result was great.
Take care
Ricardo

turkamerikali (4772) 2006-05-27 17:24

Hi Attila,
Excellent Old Castle shot my friend.
I like your pov,softness,colors,mountain bg,framing,lighting and note.Bravo!TFS:)
tOLGA

saamb (1004) 2006-05-27 18:46

Szili,
very nice shot. wonderful sharpness and contrast. i like this background and the woman's exist.
thanks for note and sharing
SAAM

gaby (19793) 2006-05-27 22:42

Attila bonsoir - your landscapes are great - I like this one, with the snowy mountains in the background - the technical quality is perfect and the woman in the foreground is +++ -
Have a nice sunday
Thanks
Rgs
Gaby

jbweasle (9294) 2006-05-28 4:48

Hello Attilla, this is a nicely lit shot with good colour and contrast. The lady in her black clothing adds local context. I like the mountain in the background too. There's a little evidence of your post processing work along the ramparts but nothing too serious.

PixelTerror (86334) 2006-05-28 7:05

Hi Attila,
Another fascinating view, old architecture on a background of spectacular mountains, I like the presence of the veiled woman who adds a bit of life in this scenery, good pano framing too that makes it wider.
Have a nice sunday,
Jean-Yves

nika (0) 2006-05-28 7:47

Hi Attila ! your pictures are really kurva jo!! the cadrage , point of view , definition and the place is really breathtaking !

szia amigo!

Cricri (43270) 2006-05-28 8:50

Hi Attila,
Vue interessante sur ses vielles pierres, les montagnes, sur cette dame en noir qui donne de la vie a cet endroit, superbe couleurs et lumiére, compliment et merçi
amitiés
cricri

Buin (37854) 2006-05-28 13:42

Hallo Attila!
All is said by the others - I am late but not too late - but I want to tell you, that this is a realy great picture with a breathtaking atmosphere! (By the way, I dindn't recognize you in the new Intro-photo ;-)
Greetings from Germany!
Frank

pablominto (40894) 2006-05-28 13:42

Hello Attila,
Beautiful colours and details in this very well framed scenery!
The D70 delivers the goods for sure, photo tech this is very nice stuff!
I like your composition, and the person in black brings mystery into the scenery...
Greetings,
Pablo -

Emmie76 (2009) 2006-05-28 14:05

Hi Szili,
I like the different views we have here : the foreground with the lady, the castle and then the Hezar moutains. The colors are fantastic.
And finally thanks for the explanatory note.
Emma

Mistral (13694) 2006-05-28 16:09

Bravo Attila,
mi piace la tua inquadratura. Di Rayen io non ero riuscito a cavare nulla di buono.
La tua nota è molto interessante.
Buona settimana!
Luca

CRATEOS (7274) 2006-05-29 10:59

what critique you can make for this foto??is sow clear sow smooth sow well balanced the thema the colors the light of course!!!!a Great one ..TFS my frend for this beaute!!1 Phocas

Gerrit (35883) 2006-06-13 8:35

Hi Attila,
I missed this one.
Beautiful place and picture.
Thanks and regards, Gerrit

Henryk_Bilor (20367) 2006-06-15 4:54

Hello Attila
Amazing place. I love the capture of the castle with the mountain in the background. Very interesting shapes of the building.
Regards

marjan (6085) 2006-06-15 14:58

Hi Szili, excelent shot with fantstic viuew and explanation. TSF
Marjan

arturo (31) 2006-07-07 8:10

Hi Attila,

amazing murals spreading against this exiting, partly snowy mountainious background...such a wide angle was probably asking for a nice panoramic crop...colour tones are very dusty increasing the almost mysterious atmosphere of this place...cheeers, arturo

MIMACSKA (291) 2006-07-17 15:12

Szia Atus!
Bomba jó ez a lép! Ez a homok színű előtér és a távolban a havas csúcs!!!!!
Minden teljesen éles! Nekem van még mit tanulnom! :-)

coolio (482) 2006-07-18 18:57 [Comment]

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abulafia (4802) 2006-07-23 11:07

Great shot Attila!
beautiful setting, specially the sky in the background is nice.
TFS
Harry

vhemmati (616) 2006-08-15 13:52

Hi,

This is so interesting for me since my hometown is Kerman and I lived there for 18 years but never had a chance to visit this citadel. Thanks for showing it to me and I appreciate if ou can post more pictures from the region.

TFS

-Varahram

benkrut (3395) 2006-08-17 21:44

Hi
This is a magnificent castle located in the beatiful mountain scennery. The picture seemed to be very quiet and abandoned to me at first, but then I saw this woman coming! Interesting effect.
Too bad I didn't see this place. I was passing Kerman in the bus, but my visa was too short to visit other cities. At leats I saw Bam before the earthquake.
Take care
Henryk

asadi-s (108) 2006-10-17 21:34

WOW.. a perfect shot of this beautiful place. I like it

paura (38670) 2006-10-30 7:06

Attila,
Wonderful shot from this amazing place, friend. Excellent POV for show this beautiful hall.

regrads

Paulo

jaja1970 (1286) 2006-11-03 8:44

Hi Attila,

Very nice shot of Iranian heritage.
The compo and colors are wonderful.
TFS and also for useful details.
Best Wishes,

Jay.

Atousa (3434) 2006-11-04 6:37

ُsalam,
Very nice image of this castle.
I like the colors n composition and the useful note.
The woman 's role in this shot is like a medium between old n present time ;although all persian women do not wear like that :).
TFsharing
Atousa

Julian_K (1055) 2007-01-13 12:03

Hello Attila,
Gorgeous photo! The snow on the mountains are a great contrast to the earth colour of the citadel below. The olady in the foreground also add character to this photo. Thanks for sharing,
Jules

bokaie (129) 2007-03-13 0:02

well done, excellent contrast, good angel, nice mountain in the backdrop, but it would have been nicer without the woman. I find people spoil shots more than 99% of the time

manada (6237) 2007-07-16 14:23

Stasera sono in Iran, nel mio viaggio attraverso le meraviglie del mondo attraverso i tuoi occhi.
Mi ha colpito la composizione della foto, con moltissimo spazio dedicato anche a ciò che è fuori.
Il castello ha un colore incredibile e questa donna solitaria chissà dove è diretta...
sembra venuta fuori dalle rovine.
100 pt per questa foto sono meritati.
Al prossimo giro :)
Freddy

Bruno40 (6440) 2007-07-22 23:30

All in one!.
Great informative note, and antastic photo, including a human to give sense of dimension, snow mountain in the bg, good composition of this castle, razor sharp, and nice colours.
Just one question: is the surface of the wall that smooth, or is it the result of noise reduction?
Salute
jorge

jrodtx (6) 2008-03-18 10:09

We don't often get to see photos of Iranian castles, which to me are as equally fascinating as European ones. Thanks!

Photo Information

Copyright: Attila Szili (atus) (15476)
Genre: Lugares
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-04-21
Categories: Castillos
Camera: Nikon D70, Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G ED DX, Hoya Super HMC PRO1 67mm Sky
Exposición: f/8, 1/4000 segundos
More Photo Info: view
Versión de la foto: Versión original
Tema(s): Castles of Iran [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-05-26 3:55
Favoritos: 5 [Ver]