On the way down, a photo from Portalegre, South

Photographer's Note

From the church of yesterday's post, we had to go all the way down, to return to the main road and continue the cycling trough the fields of Alentejo.

The image is far from perfection and the sunlight was very strong, resulting on a bit of overexposition on the right side of the photo, but I liked this advantage point of view and perspective, from which we could see the landscape and the continuation of the road behind that house downthere.

That electric post at left and the wires can disturb a bit, but there was nothing I could do to avoid them and I'm not too good cloning things out, but feel free to criticize or/and suggest anything else useful.

Taken in a very small village, not so far from the village of Avis.

Clairedelune, Jeronimo, feather, Tue, TeresaT, gypsygirl58, bibiweb, ChrisJ, sarju, Henryk_Bilor, elmec, pablominto, jmdaoudal, pasternak, josepmarin, berek, paura, xuaxo ha puntuado esta nota como útil.

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Clairedelune (4923) 2006-07-18 10:41

Hi Ricardo!
For the first time, I will not be your 70th visitor and commentator! ;)
Great, very appealing photo! Please, leave the wires! I think I will start a wires fan club! Na! They are not always that beautiful, I'll admit, but I feel for them. You know, I will paraphrase Romain Gary in his so troubling book White dog, I'm always on the side of the minority...
Overexposition? Where? I don't think there is that much white pixels at 255 here. So, don't bother with that. Very beautiful streets. The steep foreground one and the one at the back. I love the colors. It is a very enjoyable photo and I am happy to see that you are getting to use your new "beast"! ;) Keep them coming, my friend!
Claire

Jeronimo (1382) 2006-07-18 10:59

Exelente foto ricardo. Me encanta el punto de vista hacía abajo y la perspectiva de esas muy lindas casas.
Bravo.

coco (30439) 2006-07-18 16:41

"Far from perfection" and "Samsung Pro815.

Hi Ricardo.
We shouldn't search perfection, we should search suggerent images.
And... I have no idea about that camara, but I like the photo.

Interesting view of Avis. Remebers me Spanish landscape (well, we are neighbours).
Thanks for share.

manatee (4668) 2006-07-18 16:42

Sometimes the little towns in Portugal remember me some in Mexico and sometimes this places looks more to portugal than Spain, and makes me feel in home, even the wires, in many cityes in Psian this are undergrown in Portugal are in the air, just like Mexico and latinamerica. I like this piciture the houses, shadows, ligth and the guy in the bicycle, the stones street and the road all makes a good composition, I'm a gree you could crop just the top of this pciture to avoid the overexpose, but is just a tiny part of this picture i like this way.

Buen dia

gilou530 (34) 2006-07-18 17:34

salut ricardo
il faudrai pas que les freins lachent dans cette pente !!
super couleur jaune qui en jette un max, beau cadrage
amitiés
gilbert

Tue (92322) 2006-07-18 17:44

Hej Ricardo,
Great view! I like really much to look down the road here and to see another road behind the house as well. The colours are also very nice and pleasant and that cyclist is a wonderful detail. Very good work! :-)
Hilsen,
Lars

gypsygirl58 (1329) 2006-07-18 20:46

Hi Ricardo,
Like the perspective and composition of this photo, the bloke on the bike going downhill and the road continuing farther down. I like the strong sunlight, (we have that here in summer in Australia)I think it enhances the colour in the houses personally! Who's to say it's far from perfection? It's all a matter of taste, personally, I love it!! Really great shot. Well done
Cheers Tina

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2006-07-19 3:24

Passei a tua foto pelo Photoshop e creio que com uma redução de cerca de 15 pontos em "brilho" e um aumento de cerca de 5/6 pontos no "contraste" o resultado é mais agradável. Experimenta e diz qualquer coisa.
De resto, a fotografia está excelente como sempre.
António

bibiweb (8) 2006-07-19 3:29

Ola Ricardo,
Wow! That looks steep. Hope you had good brakes on your bicycle! :o)
You're right about the light which is a bit harsh but the POV is very good and gives a good idea of the environment around the village. Looks like you had a nice time cycling around.
Regards, Brigitte

maki (0) 2006-07-19 4:04

Hi Ricardo,
Yes, this perspective is interesting with a continuation of the road down side. You're right with the strong sun, but I know You can't wait till the sun will be less "powerfull". i was in Alentejo before 6 days (Portalegre, Marvao...) and I can remember sun work very well (with the temperatures about 45 C). But this picture is still good, it shows us some charm of this beautiful region.
regards,
maki

feather (51130) 2006-07-19 4:07

I don't see that the white is over-exposed; it's bright white in full sunlight - that's all. We can even see the texture which we wouldn't if it was over-exposed. I think you handled the light brilliantly and with your new toy too. Because the cables are mixed in with the scenery they are not so noticable, so I wouldn't worry about that either.
I agree with you about the composition and POV. Looking down the hill and then beyond gives the shot so much depth. I don't know if you had to wait patiently for some human life, but the cyclist is the icing on the cake.
Kath

carper (96) 2006-07-19 5:37

very nice one Ricardo,
the very nice look down, the lines and the details and the fantastic dof made the composition very interesting, good colours and quality, very good job.
gr. jaap

ChrisJ (171822) 2006-07-19 6:40

Ola Ricardo

I like the continuation of the 2 downward sloping (& seemingly disconnected) roads. Good sharpness, color, & lighting. Parabens!

PixelTerror (0) 2006-07-19 7:42

Ola Ricardo,
I share Kath's opinion that the whites are just plain brilliant whites and not overexposed, knowing the shooting conditions in Portugal it's a good point for your new camera and your shooting skills. I see a debate going on about the wires, they should not be cloned just for the sake of it, when a wires network is an integral part of a village scene as here then it has to be kept, and technically speaking it would not here be possible to clone them out without significantly alterating the photo quality. And I like too this descending perspective, but I should stop talking here as you need to get back on your bike, I see Madame Ricardo is well ahead already ;-)
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

Vato_Law (12732) 2006-07-19 17:04

Olá Ricardo,
Concordo com a opinião do Henrik Bilor, pois fazer esta descida e ficar travões deve ser uma situação no minimo aflitiva. Quanto à foto, gosto muito da perspectiva da qual tu a tiraste e especialmente do contraste entre a paisagem dentro da vila e os campos ao fundo. Boas cores e luminosidade captadas.
Um abraço
Paulo

TeresaT (10806) 2006-07-19 18:28

Olá ricardo,
Bonita perspectiva desta rua tão inclinada.
Gosto dos montes com as árvores ao fundo.
E apesar da luz estar bastante forte acho que te saiste muito bem.
As cores também estão muito naturais.
Finalmente acho que hoje vou conseguir dormir...sempre está um bocadinho mais fresco..só espero que se mantenha assim por mais uns dias...já estava a desesperar com tanto calor.
Beijinhos
Teresa

bantonbuju (51815) 2006-07-20 1:26

love this countryside of portugal, the white walls with yellow/blue/red stripes;
see how much a human can "improve" the image? without the rider this picture would look as if missing something, place would look "empty" a bit;
best wishes, j.

Henryk_Bilor (20803) 2006-07-20 4:25

Uff Ricardo, what an impressing image. I think that to ride there one must have very strong brakes... Uch, I like the perspective very much. Great!
And the quality is perfect for me, maybe your note is about other photo ;).
Regards

sergio1 (12152) 2006-07-21 5:29

Hola Ricardo
Perdono pero estoy un poco despistado ultimamente con tus fotos, jejeje. Ahora que tengo un momento puede ver tus ultimos post.
Este me gusta mucho por la perspectvia que ofreces y por el detalle de la solitaria calle unicamente transitado por el ciclista.
Excellente luz y colores dentro de marco muy limpio.
Que tengas un buen fin de semana y loi disfrutes
Saludos
Sergio

elmec (12210) 2006-07-22 2:48

Hello Ricardo!
This is so lovely place!
I like this street with white -yellow houses and the fields in the back!
Best regards!

pablominto (53746) 2006-07-22 3:29

Hi Ricardo,
Very pleasant point of view, amking this steep street look like really steep! Did you ride your bike down there??
Very nice place, this village... and you depict its beauty well!
Good natural colours and fine details, very good feeling of depth!
Greetings,
Pablo -

:-) BRB! OK-

jmdaoudal (82) 2006-07-22 6:32

There is a very good rendering of the going down road due to the facades, I like the colors especialy this yellow which is for me typical from your country (supplier might be rich)..
Like too the depth to the countryside and the light
Jean Michel

chrisnet (23062) 2006-07-22 8:25

Hello Ricardo,
J'ai remarqué dans tes images que tu saisissais les perspectives avec beaucoup de réalisme.Dans cette vue,on se rend parfaitement compte du dénivellé des routes,celle qui descend et celle qui monte.C'est très bien fait,bravo!
Un saludo
Christian

pasternak (15185) 2006-07-22 9:46

Olá Ricardo,

Very nice POV here, I like the fact that the road goes steeply down and then we can see it continuing behind the house. Very good perspective, several layers that work perfectly together. Good to include this cycler as well. And the overexposure does not bother me at all, in fact I like the light and colours, gives a real feeling of summer.

Cheers
Alexander

sarju (5324) 2006-07-24 10:46

hi Ricardo,
I guess i will start with this photo in your gallery and bring up the 50 for this photo. I am not a big fan of wires, but in this case, there is no way that I would have cloned them as I believe that they bring out the strong character for this scene.
I love this view ... minimalistic composition with no sky at top and the emergence of the road after the house in the center.
nice work mate .... thanks for the share ... regards ... sarju

josepmarin (59385) 2006-07-31 11:36

Olá Ricardo,
Bonito paisaje el que se aprecia al fondo de esta foto. Es muy buena, tiene una perspectiva y una profundidad muy fuertes, y la pendiente de esta calle es impresionante. Si la subiste en bicicleta tiene mérito.
Los colores de las casas son muy bellos, el blanco tan luminoso a la luz del sol, en contraste con el amarillo, tienen mucha fuerza gráfica.
Aunque a veces yo he clonado algún elemento extraño en alguna de mis fotos, en este caso a mí no me molestan los postes y los cables eléctricos, simplemente están ahí, y no hay que eliminarlos. Otra cosa sería eliminar una grúa de una construcción, por ejemplo, porque afea la imagen. Pero en este caso yo creo que has hecho bien manteniendo los elementos originales.
Un trabajo muy bueno, me gusta.
Un saludo,
Josep

aralda (1240) 2006-08-05 7:13

Hi Ricardo,
Nice scenery. Great view from a Portuguese town. I like the sun and the wires: they are part of the landscape.
Raluca

Angshu (56760) 2006-08-22 23:33

Ola Ricardo
This perspective looks great..down down all the way. The composition is great & the cyclist, well, it was worth waiting for . The white houses with yellow borders look very nice indeed for your framing, for a picture that offers fantastic depth.
Regards
Angshu

berek (50518) 2006-09-01 4:16

Hola Ricardo,
cute and colorful street. I love the long and slim road. very good perspective and point of view. Take care.
Berek
my overall evaluation -> :-))

prumod (8300) 2006-09-01 12:51

hi ricardo
this one is very nice in composition and depth. i like your timing to capture the cycler in right profile.
best regards
pramod

njmv79 (611) 2006-09-08 2:04

Olá Ricardo,
This is one the many images we can experience in Alentejo, very good PoV and DoF,
TFS,
Nelson

paura (25802) 2008-07-01 16:50

Ricardo,
A paisagem poderia passar facilmente por uma aqui do Brasil. Interessante a nossa herança cultural arquitetônica. O rampa é incrível. Espero que sua bicicleta tenha bons freios.

Abraçao

Paulo

xuaxo (6854) 2008-07-08 13:19

Também ainda não tinha visto esta. Não me importam os "defeitos" que apontas na nota. Gosto muito desta visão vertiginosa. Espectacular.
F

jmdias (115100) 2009-04-27 16:10

ricardo

posso até sentir o cheiro no ar, o clima. saudades do alentejo. já estou adiando há 2 anos minha volta, este ano já não poderei ir como queria, uma chatice..
linda vista, a luz e os detalhes e recantos do casario e seus jardins estão muito bonitos. tenho um close up na minha galeria mostrando aquela espécie de cactus, é peruano

abraços

jorge