Troubled sky Photo

Photographer’s Note

In the summer there are times when it seems that there are too many people at the coast around the Cap de Creus. But, only few kilometres away, in the Albera Mountains, one is amazed by the absence of the crush of tourists and the hectic atmosphere. This grandiose protected area starts at the Spanish French border, leading since 1659 along the mountain combs of the Pyrenees, and reaches approximately to an imaginary line between the villages of Capmany, Espolla and Vilamaniscle.

The Albera Mountains are not particular high and were therefore in earlier times the simplest connection between the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe. During centuries, particularly during the Middle Ages, the Albera Mountains were quite inhabited. And in no other part of Catalonia can one find such a large number of megalithic structures (Menhirs and Dolmen) as within these low mountains with their gentle silhouette. The megalithic structures prove that the area was populated during the Neolithic age between 3500 and 1800 before Christ. There are about twenty sites of megalithic origin.

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bfly (5737) 2004-09-02 17:06

what have you done and how have you done Gal ? beautiful..amazingly sharp and clear and yet soft..dark and yet all well lit and seen..very good pciture I think..thanks..

Cool-ice (5289) 2004-09-02 17:30 [Comment]

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spence (1679) 2004-09-02 20:15

Superb sky and I love the blue of the mountain range in the distance. Great dark moody effect - I'd be interested to know what post processing you did, if any. Love the frame, too.

soundsangels (1695) 2004-09-02 21:22

WWWooooowwwww!!! very strong...and beautiful. Here you had capture a rare "atmosphere".....
Bravo...very well!

carper (65234) 2004-09-03 0:24

great one Gal I love it,
Very goods playing with colours, the sky and the view are exelent, I like it very much great one Gal

Oldtree (2457) 2004-09-03 3:14

Hi Gal,
you have achieved quite a dramatic effect with the grey clouds in the top. And the blueish glow in the middle part I like also. I would have loved to have a little bit more details in the foreground, but I also would like to have a lot more money. Some things you get and some not. That's life. ;-)

papagolf21 (56483) 2004-09-03 4:05

Un ciel terriblement menaçant, inquiétant, mais tellement beau (quand on ne se retrouve pas en dessous si la pluie ou l'orage vient à se déclencher).
Une très belle prise de vue avec des superbes dégradées de couleurs.
Très bien fait Gal.

RGatward (19747) 2004-09-03 4:52

This is an unusual shot for you. This reminds me of something from some of our regular landscape artists. Very dramatic sky, great philosphical note, as usual.

flydragon (0) 2004-09-03 5:22

haaaaaaaaa du grand Gal ;o)))
un ciel exceptionel
Jesus va parler aus Hébreu
je suis heureux de retrouver un Gal
qui travail avec les nuages comme tu l'a
fait sur tes premieres photos en N&b
superbe et respect ,o)
Simon

pts demain

Proxilva (2157) 2004-09-03 6:26

heeeee if i had lived back then i would build a summer house here aswell ;) I like the view... the clouds are verry threathening, but somehow light aswell (strange)...

and i just thought you were this tourist kinda guy, you know towel-to-towel on the beach with your gettoblaster (playing Boy George)... an hour in line for an icecream, but i guess i was wrong pal...

you've done some very professional processing on this photograph Gal, this is one for on the wall...

ma-tibou (4566) 2004-09-03 7:03

Un ciel fantastique avec à l'horizon des couleurs bleues composition formidable Bravo;
Amitié;

Spoony (3539) 2004-09-03 12:06

What a fantastic sky!
What a fantastic colors!
What a fantastic horizon!
What a fantastic... photo!

pridel (233) 2004-09-05 6:44

waou !
ce ciel de fin du monde est hallucinant. dans la compo il prend toute sa place prêt à tout dévaster. j'aime beaucoup les lignes bleues sur l'horizon.
Félicitations
Pascal

ephemere33 (9729) 2004-09-05 16:38

Je n'attends plus que la main de Dieu sortir des nuages et venir nous faire la morale...très belle couleur dans les nuages...semblerait un début de tableau de Daly...c'est la vallée dans le bas en bleu???...en tous belle composition...bon job pour le rendu de l'athmosphére...amicalement BI

Georges (11183) 2004-09-06 9:58

Un effet dramatique sur la texture nuageuse qui donne a cette image une bonne attraction visuelle.
J'aime bien le degradé qui part du gris vers le bleu au centre de l'image c'est trés bien capturé ca .
Bravo Gal

ChrisJ (70351) 2004-09-09 3:47

Very moody & atmospheric. Good note too.