King Tuthmose III, a photo from Luxor, Inland

Photographer's Note

An exhibit of Pharoah (King) Tuthmose III taken inside the Luxor Historic Museum using available light and no flash. I've given the eye a little more contrast in photoshop with a darker pupil/iris and a lighter sclera. Originally they were both yellow. From Wikipedia:

"Tuthmose III was the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. During the first 22 years of Thutmose's reign, he was co-regent with his stepmother and aunt, Hatshepsut, who was named the pharaoh. While he was shown first on surviving monuments, both were assigned the usual royal names and insignia and neither is given any obvious seniority over the other.[3] He served as the head of her armies.

After the death of Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III's later rise to pharaoh of the kingdom, he created the largest empire Egypt had ever seen; no fewer than 17 campaigns were conducted and he conquered from Niya in North Syria to the Fourth Cataract of the Nile in Nubia.

Officially, Thutmose III ruled Egypt for almost 54 years and his reign is usually dated from April 24, 1479 BC to March 11, 1425 BC; however, this includes the 22 years he was co-regent with Hatshepsut. During the final two years of his reign, he appointed his son and successor, Amenhotep II, as his junior co-regent. His firstborn son and heir to the throne, Amenemhat, predeceased Thutmose III. When Thutmose III died, he was buried in the Valley of the Kings, as were the rest of the kings from this period in Egypt."

Luxor Museum is a must see & almost as good as the Cairo Museum. In some ways better, as it is without the crowds. I've cropped the piece at right as it was jagged and broken and did not contribute to the main section at left.

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He is wearing an 'atef' crown. Had to look that up too!

"Atef is the specific feathered white crown of the Egyptian deity Osiris. It combines the Hedjet, the crown of Upper Egypt, with curly red ostrich feathers on each side of the crown for the Osiris cult." (Wikipedia)

papagolf21, snunney, holmertz, pierrefonds, alvaraalto, ikeharel, COSTANTINO, jhm, danos, Fis2, Cricri, Royaldevon, ktanska has marked this note useful

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papagolf21 (145094) 2018-04-06 1:14

Bonjour, cher Chris,
Magnifique prise de vue de cet 駘駑ent haut en couleur et en int駻黎.
La mise en image est parfaite.
Merci pour la note.
Amiti駸.
Philippe

snunney (130965) 2018-04-06 1:50

Hello Chris,
Excellent capture of this ancient sculpture. Well exposed with very good colours and sharpness permitting us to see every little detail.

holmertz (83300) 2018-04-06 3:24

Hello Chris,
I like how the light shows the unevenness of the painted slab. The effect is definitely 3D. It's a fantastic work of art and the light processing of the eye probably made an improvement of the image.
Kind regards,
Gert

gervaso (27393) 2018-04-06 4:11

Hello, Chris!

Beautiful painting of this Pharaoh, with very nice colors and on a wall captured with excellent light and texture! The details are shown with perfect sharpness! Wonderful composition! Well done!

pierrefonds (93555) 2018-04-06 4:52

Bonjour Chris,

Le cadrage serr� met l'oeuvre d'art en 騅idence. La prise de vue permet de voir les d騁ails of the artwork related to the Pharoah Tuthmose III. La lumi鑽e met en valeur les couleurs de l'image. Bonne journ馥.

Pierre

Sergiom (115636) 2018-04-06 5:49

Bonjour Chris

C'est plaisant de constater que les dieux 馮yptiens pr馭駻aient nous montrer leur profil plut que de nous regarder dans les yeux.Superbe gestion de la lumi鑽e et rendu des couleurs.

Amicalement

Serge

alvaraalto (38634) 2018-04-06 7:20

Hello Chris
Always fascinating to admire ancient Egyptian art. It always amazes me how beautifully styled these objects are designed. Here you can nicely discover a certain relationship with art deco.
Nicely displayed.
Have a good week, groet Rob

Silvio1953 (191219) 2018-04-06 8:44

Ciao Chris, great view of fantastic artwork, fine details, splendid sharpness and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend have a good weekend, ciao Silvio

mesutilgim (115430) 2018-04-06 9:20

Hello dear Chris,
Very nice capture of this old Aegyptian artwork taken with very good light management and sharpness.
Many interesting and usefull notes makes it a perfect TE entry.
TFS and have a nice weekend
MESUT ILGIM

COSTANTINO (93422) 2018-04-06 9:44

Hello dear friend and ha e a nice time
and a happy new day
excellent exhibition of Pharoah King Tuthmose
great work and useful notes
welle exposed with beautiful colors
regards
Costantino

danos (110395) 2018-04-06 11:17

Hello Chris,
nice presentation of Tuthmose III,with the old renaming colours to make it even more impressive.The excellent light and colour management enhance even more the details of his figure.

Regards,Danos

Fis2 (142643) 2018-04-06 12:09

Witaj Chris!
Amazing detail.
Very interesting bas-relief.
Excellent frame, colors and light.
Very impressive picture.
Have a good weekend.
Krzysztof

Nicou (188446) 2018-04-06 13:14

Hello

Grandisose vue et image quelle suclpture et repr駸entation quelle tonalit馥t vue fantastique ce rendu sur la pierre une mervielle quel chef d'oeuvre.
Bravo et amiti�
Nciou

abmdsudi (81564) 2018-04-06 19:24

Hi Chris
Love the lighting effect here, wonderful deep colours and textures, and the angle that you've taken this from. Contrast to bg is absolutely ideal to make it "come to life" !! Great presentation too, Congrats
Best regards

Cricri (176) 2018-04-06 23:17

Hi Chris
Belle pi鐵e du mis馥, une sculpture parfaitement capturer dans une bonne lumi鑽e, le rendu excellent des d騁ails et des couleurs
Bon Weekend
cricri

kasianowak (14001) 2018-04-06 23:52

Hi Chris
Nicely captured. Side lighting brings out the textures and makes the image look very 3D.
Best wishes
Kasia

jhm (191357) 2018-04-07 0:32

Hello Chris,

Back to the history with this splendid work.
Made in high quality.
An excellent composition and good presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

Royaldevon (64322) 2018-04-07 1:12

Hello Chris,

There has been interest in Egyptology for centuries!
What a pity that thieves were unafraid of pillaging the tombs or we would have been able to see even more about this amazing time in Egypt's history.

You have shown us an excellent photograph of this plaque taken from inside the museum. The 3D effect is very well captured; the textures and the colours are also of a high standard.

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

ktanska (36425) 2018-04-07 3:36

Hi Chris,
It must be an unforgottable experience to see such ancient artworks very near the place they were originally buried, and much later found. Simply amazing. And your shot is very clear. Sidelight shows 3D details perfectly.
Kari

jmdias (91937) 2018-05-04 10:02

chris

I liked a lot of relieves and pieces of art like this and I am ever taking photos, most of time with a not good quality.this sample is perfect and we can enjoy the great job of the artist.

take care

jorge