Guellala pottery, a photo from Medenine, South

Photographer's Note

This is the outside of a tourist shop specialising in ceramics, as every tourist shop in Gellala. I have doubts about the 'authenticity' of these jars, but I guess they are really handicrafted in Guellala and I suspect that most of the ceramic industry of the place is much tourist oriented.

Guellala is famous in Tunisia for its pottery.

You can find aditional notes on Jerba on the first of my posts the Guellala museum.

Location (latitude, longitude): 33.728794,10.854734

sufi, naval, bostankorkulugu, pboehringer, cuneyt-sb, zeca, sergio1, paura, elifpetan, maloutim, tzourob has marked this note useful

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zokakelt (1157) 2006-11-08 12:09

Nice, clean and sharp shot. Great colours and very good idea. I like it.
Very well done.
Zoran

fanch (0) 2006-11-08 12:14

Hello Jose :

I am absolutely amazed by that sharpness ... And compo is also pretty nice and so for everything !
I wish i could give you several green faces for this one ( of course , one of my favourites )

Amiti閟 .

sufi (9588) 2006-11-08 13:01

Merhaba Jose...
Wow... It's a colorful composition and very cute photograph... The point of view, the light and the details are perfect... Also perfect sharpness and clarity...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

dospordostres (1170) 2006-11-08 13:27

Hola Jose,
Very nice photo with a lot of details and natural colors. I like it a lot. Best,
Daniel

naval (172) 2006-11-08 15:10

hi Jose
nice colors and good composition, i like the dust on the jars, it makes the shot more real...
TFS
Ali

bostankorkulugu (42866) 2006-11-09 7:11

wonderful composition...hats are superb, so are the colours...congrats jose
korkut

pboehringer (770) 2006-11-09 10:46

Marvelous composition showing the colorful turistic souvenirs of Gellala, Jose. I hope you also bought something for you and didn't just satisfy with this outstanding picture. The diagonal postioning of the ceramic and the hats on top of it gives a quite vivid impression.
Good job!
TFS, Peter

superpau (1464) 2006-11-09 12:09

Hola Jose
pens� que hab韆 ya criticado esta foto, pero parece que no...
Bueno, lo que me gusta de la foto es la forma en que las vasijas estan inclinadas. Y ese sombrero que lleva una de ellas puesta! :D Los colores sobresalen, especialmente el celeste y el turquesa... el encuadre esta muy bueno, acompa馻 a las vasijas en su inclinacion! Es lindo ver una variacion de colores en tus fotos :D
Besos
Paula.

Benedict (7076) 2006-11-10 0:27

hats off for this posting!
clear, bright and colorful!
benedict

cuneyt-sb (6576) 2006-11-10 3:43

Hi Jose,
Good focusing and nice colors, very well done framing and idea , well done regards

zeca (19762) 2006-11-10 22:20

Ol� Jos�, meu xar�!
Lindas cores nesta foto de 髏ima qualidade! A nitidez � perfeita, possibilitando ver at� mesmo a poeira sobre os vasos. Muito bom trabalho!
Abra鏾,
Zeca

darrasin (2860) 2006-11-22 0:03

Hello Jose! Very nice eye here in finding a dramatic composition in the tourist shop. It's somewhat like a "patterns" shot but the hats break it up and add additional interest. The sharpness and colors are very good.

My friend, this reminds me an experience I had in a pottery shop in Greece once where I brought in a tripod and ended up knocking over and breaking many, many pots. It was very embarrasing and expensive as I had to pay for all the pots. And I didn't even get a nice photo like this!

Regards,
Doug

MIG13 (0) 2006-11-27 17:04

Oi, Jos�! Foto plasticamente bonita e original, de composi玢o cuidadosa e belas cores. parab閚s! Abra鏾! Miguel.

sergio1 (12152) 2006-11-29 6:47

Hola Josep

Este tipo de fotos bien apretadas y llenas de detalles y colores son una de mis debilidades. Este es un buen ejemplo de manejo contraste y definici髇, adem醩 de pov y composici髇. Recuero muy bien Tunisia de mi viaje hace a駉s, desgraciadamente en aquella epoca la tecnolog韆 digital no estaba en el mercado y unicamente tengo fotos con c醡ara anal骻ica.
Muchas gracias por tu visita.
saludos
Sergio

paura (25802) 2006-12-01 16:15

Jos�,
Lind韘sima fotografia aqui. A excelente fotometria e as lindas cores propiciaram essa grande fotografia.

Um abra鏾

Paulo

dsidwell (9783) 2006-12-27 0:35

Hi Jose. I really like your sense of pattern, and this image shows it off quite nicely! The hat is an added bonus! Well done.

batalay (41261) 2007-01-26 21:15

Hello Jos�,

I had been looking forward to writing about this photo. The composition and exposure are excellent. The colors are vivid, and what is very subtle is the strong diagonal element in the photo. Another subtle touch, the taste of the proprietor of the shop presumably, is the hat on the pottery (one might have been enough). Lately I have been putting frames around my photos, in an attempt to present them to the salient best. Well this image does not need a frame/mat. It would detract.

On another point, the collaborative slide w/George (polonaise) that I had posted, "Haunted," has been "axed" as having been posted before. I thought reposting was possible. It is a shame, because, even without points, it would have been a veritable gem in the general TE collection, especially after George's post-processing.

Have a good weekend,

Bulent

RADEEH (2802) 2007-03-16 11:27

Hi Jose
The quality of the shot is amazing. The sharpness and the colours are mindblowing.The pattern is quite impressive.The details of the hat and the pottery is well seen. A great document on these art work of Djerba. TFS.
Regards
Radeeh

elifpetan (1204) 2007-03-30 11:40

Hi Jose,
These pots are very lovely. The colors are so nice, also the hats. You created a beautiful compositon.
Greetings.
Elif

sarahnatalie (697) 2007-06-21 21:54

I have missed this lovely photo of yours. I really like the presentation here, with the random hats and miscellaneous stuff in the background of the pots. Nice bright colours make for a very attractive photo. The way the pots are on an angle is also very effective. Nice work!
Sarah

mikeo (12129) 2007-08-24 13:39

Heya Jose:)
what a nice photo, especially the hats on the pots give the funny look:)

well done
Aga

Photo Information

Copyright: Jose Pires (stego) (24132)
Genre: 风景
Medium: 彩色
Date Taken: 2005-08-01
Categories: 幽默
Camera: Olympus E-300, 14-45 mm Zuiko Digital, UV
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/90 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Map: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Tunisia 2005
Theme(s): Handycrafts of the world, !Your favorites, !Top rated early posts [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-11-08 12:01
Favorites: 1 [view]