The immense horizon, a photo from Guarda, North

Photographer's Note

I really want to share this pic with you! Look at this immensity...
This pic was taken in the highest point in Portugal, my country, named "Torre". Snow is comming! ;)

I hope you like this sinuous road too.. Itｴs really dangerous!

Spoony.

ChrisJ, jhm, Kenny10pin, pione, Aegean, bertolucci, sunny has marked this note useful

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hojper (2832) 2004-11-10 17:18

I had hoped this would be a large view, but we have to content with the normal size. But it really is an impressive view. And as usual there is no traffic on your roads, Carlos. You live in a very empty world ;-) Thanks for sharing.

zto (268) 2004-11-10 17:27

Magnificant view Carlos. Indeed you seem to be lucky with empty roads, or are you just travelug during eh right hours ;) A lovley view.

Cool-ice (5289) 2004-11-10 18:05

The curve of the road makes the difference here.
Without it, the photo would have been more common, with it, your landscape has a welcome graphic aspect.
Excellent !

Oldtree (2457) 2004-11-10 21:00

Hi Carlos. That is one h--- of a view. Wonderful composition with the street making a show disappering after this beautiful curve. Well done.

bpelvan (3798) 2004-11-10 22:13

Eye catching view Carlos. Good perspective. The road looks really dangerous but I like such roads. Sharp and deep picture. Well done. Thanks for sharing...

supereira (9576) 2004-11-11 4:55

Gosto bastante da vista.Boas cores e bom contraste entre elas.Gosto da luminosidade e das texturas.Concordo com o Cool-ice,que a curva da estrada faz toda a diferen軋 aqui.Bom trabalho.

ChrisJ (171822) 2004-11-11 5:09

Hi Carlos

The tilt gives a sense of vertigo in this superb aerial landscape. I particularly like the sweeping curve of the road.

jhm (211736) 2004-11-11 6:42

A splendid picture Carlos, the curving of the road, the rocks with the lovely brown colour, the depth is perfect, but Carlos a pity you the horizon is not horizontal, but it's a great and very beautiful picture, excellent composition.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-11-11 6:53

Great view and also the road is quite bendy too, I would crop it a bit tighter on top, well done though

carper (96) 2004-11-11 6:57

very good one Carlos,
I like the view a lot, the curl in the way makes it very nice, the depth is fantasic, and the horizon is great, very good job

pione (2031) 2004-11-11 8:07

Che bella veduta!!
Colori ottimamente calibrati.
L'immagine nel suo insieme � un invito al viaggio e all'osservazione di questi fantastici scenari!!

Aegean (2571) 2004-11-11 9:22

A classic landscape photo with balanced composition and very nice contrasty colors! The line of the protection bars is a very interesting compositional detail!

RGatward (20108) 2004-11-11 9:35

Immense and slightly tilted :-) Not a serious problem, but I agree with Daniel, I think a tighter crop, much less sky, would improve the compo here, and add impact to the striking landscape. There's nothing much of interest above the horizon here.

bertolucci (14052) 2004-11-11 9:58

Hi Carlos, this is a great capture. The empty road swerves us with a majestic gesture downwards to the fog covered hills & valeys. Very atmospheric, dynamic & graphic in one go. Well done!

sunny (3069) 2004-11-11 14:51

Wow! Love that road, Carlos! :-)) Great opening and depth, with lovely earthy colours and indeed an immense horizon! Great job!

nwoehnl (122) 2004-11-11 14:54

A good variation for your roads series, Spoony, this time with it making a horizontal foreground that bends into the scene at the left. The panoramic cropping surely was called for here, and the deep view across the vast expanse of land is nice. Well done.

maphoto (8082) 2004-11-11 23:55

Fantastic view Carlos, the road makes this shot quite nice, must be a great feeling to be there. The only thing I would change is crop a bit of the sky, you probably kept it because the blue was coming clearer, anyway, well seen.

pamastro (7296) 2004-11-12 0:38

Another very nice shot for the roads series of yours. The horizontal lines here are excellent. The road really is sleek in its appearance here as it streaks across the bottom into the distant valley. The crest lines line up just right with the road from here, too, enhancing the depth and the travel for the eye. Very good lighting, too, and lucky for you it was empty to create this smooth feel throughout. Perhaps a little less sky, but not much less. And it seems tilted with the horizon but if it sacrificed much from the bottom when correcting it then it is definitely better like this. Very well spotted and great view.

waskahegan (0) 2004-11-12 20:35

Deste ponto da vista, a terra parece esticar � infinidade, a curva da estrada faz a diferen軋 aqui.

dkeus31 (27739) 2004-11-14 10:10

Nice curve and great view you have here.

dafema (173) 2008-03-26 8:52