Silk Road: Sevan lake Photo

Photographer’s Note

Travels on the Silk Road:
One historical branch of the Silk Road from the Black Sea through Tbilisi and Armenia to Tabris in Iran led to lake Sevan in mars Gegharkunik, Armenia. The small rivers feeding into the lake bring some fine volcanic particles that are responsible for the turquoise colour . Armenia impresses with the age of its churches. The Sevanavank (monastery) was built in 874, and was not modified since. It has survived several earthquakes. A second, better conserved but less accessible monastery from he 9th century is at a nearby shore, Hayravank.

The slide was scanned. In the foreground of the church a detracting pile of debris was covered by stamping. The turquoise colour had to be brought to a natural level. The pic was cropped and sharpened. Enjoy!

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ivo (376) 2006-12-31 7:46

Hi Dietrich,

Composition ****
Colour and light ****
Perspective ***
Crop ***
Sharpness ****
DOF ***
Generally ***
Quality ***
Merci.
Very well done, happy new year!
Emma

Buin (38136) 2006-12-31 8:57

Hallo Dietrich!
Ein technisch bestimmt nicht perfektes Foto, ABER dieser Blick und dann dieses rührende Kirchlein - herrlich! Das Alter ist je wirklich ehrfurchtgebietend und offenbar hat es immer Menschen gegeben, die den Wert und den Sinn dieses Gebäudes erkannt haben.
Nochmals, alles Gute für 2007!
Frank

atus (15476) 2006-12-31 9:28

Hoppa, Dietrich! One ot the two countries, I planned to visit on next September. Very well captured shot from a perfect pov and with great perspective.
Tfs and all the best, once again, for the upcoming next year!
Attila

jasmis (50891) 2006-12-31 12:36

Interesting place shown in extraordinary way. Regards and Happy New Year!

Vadim (237) 2007-01-01 12:49

Hi Dietrich!
A nice composition, beautiful colours. And this ancient biulding
had witnessed so many changes, earthquakes, wars... But now there are happy people around it, peace and calmness reigns here...

Vadim.

mzmehr (917) 2007-01-03 4:19

Hi Dietrich,
a very nice shot from churchs land good composition and colors but a little bit out of sharpness.

thanks for sharing
Mohammad

sayat (2944) 2007-01-06 8:22

A very nice composition Dear Dietrich. What is interesting for me is to see how much the vegetation has grown up in a few years. Though your shot contains some noise (due to scanning most probably) it is one of the unique Sevan shots on this site. Great job.
Sayat