Down Asmara Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

Down Asmara is just what it is. The capital of Eritrea is located at 2400 m altitude. The meaning of Asmara is unification or the united. The legend says that three tribes came together and formed a single unity...Asmara. This picture is taken a Sunday afternoon along the way that leds to Massawa, maybe 7 km from the capital. I parked the car and walked down hill. The sun was shining and there was something in the air. At the corner you can see the old rail road build by the Italians during the colonial era. This railroad goes all the way down to the city port of Massawa. The train is operational only for happenings, you have to rent it.

Regards

Woladorsky

robertosalguero, TopGeo, Deepforest, scroller, pboehringer, dougie, jmcl trouve(nt) cette note utile

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robertosalguero (110) 2007-10-05 0:38

Ese camino a la derecha parece tener bonotas vistas. El panorama es muy interesante. Ademas los colores oscuros le dan mas drama a la imagen. Bonito angulo para captar el valle y las nuves. Ha de ser una gran experiencia pasear por estos parajes. Gracias Rolando.

Roberto

TopGeo (22027) 2007-10-05 0:43

Hi Rolando
A ideal idea based on the power and pattern of clouds it works in making an composition and an excellent scene with mountains and this view,,Bravo Georgios

Deepforest (8813) 2007-10-05 1:56

Hi Rolando,
what a view!! Really impressive... The slope and road on the right are beautifuly sunlit. The sky is nice, it gives interesting contrast here... I like this photo.
I read about this road in the past, it must be unearthly :o)
Best regards my friend from rainy and bleak
today Cracow,
Andrzej

Stepan (27175) 2007-10-06 3:12

A beautiful pov, a feeling of freedom, a sensation of fresh air... Simply a great place, well captured.
Stéphane

bostankorkulugu (33830) 2007-10-06 4:50

lovely shot and an informative note as i know very little about the horn of africa... the dof is cool and the golden light aound the railroad adds a warm touch to the compo... congrats rolando...

all the best

korkut

thanks a lot for your kind words:)

pboehringer (770) 2007-10-08 14:27

Rolando,
I can see that you felt like something being in the air. The light conditions are very beautiful and you captured it with a great composition of this landscape. The rightportion of the image with the "italian" railroad is simply fantastic. I would be proud to have this shot in my galery, although in that case I would have used a polarizing filter and that clouds would have been even more popcorn like. That is probably the next thing that you NEED! A circular polarizing filter - the most important filter of all.
Regards, Peter

UnTrained (0) 2007-10-09 4:04

Hola Rolando,
I like this composition with the railway on the beautiful coloured hill, the long valley disappearing in the mist and the good clouds with impressing contrast. A fine captured landscape from a good high POV.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

scroller (2883) 2007-10-09 5:39

Hej Rolando,

I tought that I had given a comment on this photo. Its rough landscap and one can imagine the difficulties building this rail road. The rail in the afternoon light gives a nice break from the rest of the valley. The weather conditions seems to get worse.

You are lucky to experience all advetures in different countries.

Hälsningar
/stefan

dougie (2920) 2007-10-12 0:45

Hi Rolando,
This is an interesting landscape with great depth and distance. The sublte colour variations are very pleasing and more like a painting in oils. Very enjoyable. Thanks.
Dougie.

mirarer (4405) 2007-10-18 14:21

Hola Rolando,
Me gustan mucho la luz y ese cielo tan denso. Y la línea de ferrocarril en la ladera de la montaña. Tiene que ser un viaje interesante.
Saludos,
Mirari.

jmcl (14037) 2007-11-04 21:30

Hi Rolando,

This is wondrous .. almost a fantasy landscape of infinite dimension .. beautiful angle of light across it .. reminds me of oil on canvas ... incredible point of view .. wonderfully executed.

take care,

John

siislam (290) 2008-01-19 15:45