Along lake Nasser, a photo from Aswan, Inland

Photographer's Note

Picture taken, close to the end of the day, along lake Nasser on the New Seboua site. This is one of the sites, together with Abou Simbel or New Amada where egyptian temples were moved before the finalization of the great Aswan dam. On the upper left is the Maharraqa temple, the smallest temple of the site, that was build at the time Egypt was ruled by Rome.
The New Seboua site is very impressive, especially at this time of the day, with the orange earth and blue waters of lake Nasser.
The picture is taken from the location of the Dakka temple, the two people walking are the guardians of this last temple who had just closed for visits.

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tashi-wangmo (30) 2004-11-01 15:19

HI!
You got some amazing colors here!Intense orange with a contrast blue!Looks great!!Congrats!

avigur_11 (22535) 2004-11-01 15:20

Excellent contrast and light, beautiful colors. Very good shot of this lake.

scalerman (26900) 2004-11-01 15:23

Great notes, I remember the flooding when I was a kid, reading about it in the NG and the moving of Al Simbel (sp?). Great, scorching coolor Michel.

Hanssie (11022) 2004-11-01 15:24

Superb orange colour, great shot, very nice composition and with some fine details, nice work from you, Michel !

jboj (251) 2004-11-01 15:34

it's a really great shot! the colours are stunning, the two figures very eye-catching with those long shadows cast. well done :)

vapours (8264) 2004-11-01 15:36

Great colour in this shot, I can just feel the sun beaming off the sand and bouncing back at me. Very warm feeling.

brkgnd (268) 2004-11-01 15:55

Michel. This is the most beautiful tone of orenge I have ever seen. Very well captured.

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jbweasle (9393) 2004-11-01 16:28

Wonderful colours and a very interesting landscape. The two lonely figures with their long shadows really complete the scene. Good notes too.

Rinie_Hoff (9340) 2004-11-01 17:01

Hi Michel, these colors are so intense because of the beautiful evening light. The composition with the two persons and the temple on the diagonal is very strong, but the best are the colors, of the sand and of the water.
Long shades, and the big empty space filled with those two persons.
Very well seen!

alford (4063) 2004-11-01 18:45

Great colors captured here Michel! Very nice! and great notes too, very informative! Good work!

cgrindahl (6113) 2004-11-01 20:24

These colors are wonderful and I can't help but wonder whether they are natural or the product of over saturation. Judging from the other work you've posted thus far, I'm inclined to believe they are natural. When I download the image and reduce saturation I come to what my mind tells me this scene SHOULD look like. But I've been wrong before.

As I've said to you before Michel, I very much appreciate what you bring to the board. Since you write so well in English, I would also welcome an introduction to yourself, ideally with a photograph. I know that some folks wish to maintain a certain level of anonymity but those of us who hang around invariably choose to make ourselves better known. My hope is that you will choose to continue to bring your excellent work to TE. Your photographs are fine and your descriptions are wonderful. Welcome.

christina (2040) 2004-11-01 20:45

Quite beautiful and striking!The figures help describe the vast , open space. The orangesand acts as a perfect complement to the blue water. Very nice!

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bibiweb (8) 2004-11-02 3:37

Bonsoir Michel,
Des couleurs splendides et très contrastées. J'aime bien cette composition avec les deux personnages au premier plan qui se dirigent vers le lac. A la vue de cette photo je me réjouis d'autant plus de mon départ pour l'Egypte dans moins de deux semaines!
Amicalement
Brigitte

Didi (61589) 2004-11-02 5:39

C'est la première fois que je vois le lac Nasser sur TE.
C'est un vrai paysage Martien si les couleurs sont asscociées au coucher du soleil.
Joli paysage et je regrette de n'être jamais venu ici lorsque je vivais en Egypte.

Rockyboy (20598) 2004-11-02 5:44

Quelles couleurs! Ce rouge est incroyable et la composition de la photo est superbe. J'adore ces 2 personnes en bas et leurs ombres. Bien vu!

cetrocomix (309) 2004-11-02 10:16

Très bien vu Michel! Extraordinaires et surprenantes ces couleurs! Et la composition avec les deux personages en bas à droite est parfaite... toujours ces petits détails qui font toute la différence dans une photo.

nilolabrador (1469) 2004-11-02 11:55

Quelles belles couleurs! Les deux femmes donnent le la (et la vie) a l'endroit.
Superbe!

ChristianS (2997) 2004-11-02 14:57

Very beautiful picture! The evening colours are superb, very nice contrast between the nubian desert and the lake. The picture is very well composed and well balanced by the two men in the low right corner and the small temple and the distant hill in the upper left corner. Well seen and captured!

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kaychambers (1198) 2004-11-02 23:28

Hi Michel,

Well presented image. The sand's orange colouration broken beautifully by the blue lake. Your inclusion of a pair of subjects whose merged shadow falls towards the top LH corner add nicely to the image's composition.

Great job.

Regards,

Vic, Singapore.

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RGatward (20108) 2004-11-03 3:40

Beautiful colours, but IMO it's the two walkers that make the shot. Great work again.

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kinginexile (2598) 2004-11-11 0:25

Striking deep orange of the sand, in appearance not unlike the red of the powder in your last pix today, which denotes your interest and eye for texture. I am interested by such correspondance in 2 different pix, by the same photographer.

Great shadows of the guardians too, pointing towards the temple.

I hope you did not stay locked in! :-)

ale (1819) 2004-11-28 8:11

Wow this is great Michel!
The light is simply amazing and I love the colours and the shadows here. Very very well done!

naxius (16685) 2004-11-28 8:46

Quelles couleurs Michel! C'est absolument splendide comme paysage...Ca laisse rêveur devant un tel tableau...
L'ombre projetée sur le sol indique une heure avancée déjà, te permettant de bénéficier d'une lumière magnifique.
Du bon travail. Merci pour l'avoir postée.

Alexandre

Homerhomer (4080) 2004-11-28 22:47

Michael, I love this image, fantastic scenery highlighted by evening light, great sense of space, colours and shadows, lovely and well balanced composition, two poeple walking in opposite directions is just an icing on the cake.
Peter

joseelias (0) 2004-12-15 8:23

Excelent composition with a good reading. I like a lot how the temple capture initially my attention but then discover the man at the bottom and then become the main part of the photo. Also the way the shades connect them is very well managed. Great colors.

clodreno (0) 2004-12-15 8:29

Par hasard je découvre et la photo et la paysage. C'est beau..paysage très bien composé et cadré. Les personnages nécessaires à le rendre à mesure d'homme. C'est mieux avec que sans..
très beau.

ChrisJ (171146) 2005-01-11 3:27

Salut Michel

Good color & excellent sidelighting from the right. The Maharraqa temple ruins on the left look interesting. Tres bon!

sohrab (7439) 2005-01-14 14:44

hey i missed this one...
this is a really good photograph michel
the colours seem just a little oversaturated.. did you do any postprocessing.. or was this natural. if it's natural then i have to say that this is some really amazing light. your composition is really brilliant.
how come you're not posting that often?
take care

sengir (4956) 2005-01-31 19:44

This picture has a really good composition, it has terrific mood - beautiful work.
At the first moment I thought it has too strong contrast, but I think it works good here - desert has such strong, eye-attacking contrast.

danbachmann (1746) 2005-02-25 9:58

Fantastic colors here - the warm of the sand and the blue of the water. The setting sun gives long shadows which point into the picture.

KevRyan (22956) 2005-04-06 16:33

Beautiful colour contrasts and a fantastic composition Michel - the sense of scale given by the foreground figures is great.

gordan (229) 2005-04-28 5:35

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azadys (717) 2005-04-28 6:00

Wow. nice shot.
good comosition and good lighting.

regards
azad

rbcy1974 (20758) 2005-04-28 6:06

Hi Michel,
THis image is perfection, goes to my favorites. The position of the people is perfect, their shadows, the sand, the colours.
Really great
Daniel

nerve (10231) 2005-06-13 7:03

Hi Michel,
Such a fantastic shot,
colours, shadows, POV, DOF, composition
its all beautiful and nicely done..
Congrulations.
Cheers.

AmiBe (6042) 2005-06-15 6:32

Hello Michel,
cette image est magnifique !
La lumière chaude du soire est superbe, j'aime la diagonale formée par les personnages et le petit temple.
L'eau bleu du lac Nasser contraste bien avec ces couleurs chaudes.
Bien vu.

keribar (43841) 2005-06-21 23:53

Salut Michel,

Je viens de découvrir ton portfolio, et en autres celle-ci.. En une mot seulement c'est magnifique ! La diagonale, les tons du coucher
la simplicité et pour prime les deux hommes au bon endroit.. Une photo qu'on oublie pas.

Bonne semaine - Izzet

fixed (3836) 2005-09-13 5:08

je découvre ta galerie Michel ...
bravo ...
... une très belle image ici !!!
un contraste de fou et très belle scène ... !
et des couleurs sublimissimes !!
SUPERBE
RE bravo
A bientôt
Arnaud

mukesh (446) 2006-01-09 7:29

Beautiful saturated colours and an unusual scene Michel. Specially like the way you have composed it. Very well done & tfs.
Mukesh

ahmetgedikli (25609) 2006-01-19 14:48

Hi Michel,
Great shot and excellent colours. I like the composition : Impressive landscape. Very well captured. Thanks for sharing
Ahmet

cessy (13647) 2006-02-28 8:10

very nice picture
excellent moment, nicely captured and composed

Danzi (2461) 2006-02-28 8:27

Fantastic shot Michel!

Your shot is really powerful! The strong contrast between the dark blue lake Naser and orange earth. You've created an extremaly mysterious atmosphere!
I enjoy it a lot and thanks for sharing!

*Denis

deblink (2548) 2006-07-10 19:17

Hi Michel, What an impressive shot. The colours are so intense. The people in the foreground make the scene near on perfect. Thank you for sharing.
Cheers, Debbie

ewasting (762) 2006-09-07 16:06