Ksar of Medenine II, a photo from Medenine, South

Photographer's Note

After the flu that made me stay away from the computer and TE these last days, here it is another pov of the ksar of Medenine, which was already the subject of one of my earlier posts.

The following lines are a transcription of the notes of that post.

This is the ksar of Medenine, a relatively important town in South Tunisia. Although now, like many others, it is largely a tourist atraction and shopping mall to tourists, in Tunisia, normally ksar refers to fortified granaries (no, they weren't usually used as homes) that were used by nomad or semi-nomad people that spent part of the year camped near them. They were fortified to be more easily protected from robbery. Some of them are located on the open country, far from any village or fixed settlement, others, like this one, are located inside villages and towns.

If it reminds you Star Wars, that isn't a surprise, as George Lucas and his team inspired themselves on these constructions to design the scenarios of Mos Espa, the planet where young Anakin Skywalker lived. Actually, many scenes of the movie saga were filmed in Tunisia.

Links: Lexicorient/Medenine, Wikipedia - Medenine, ksar, ghorfa.

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lilimih33 (9918) 2007-02-15 19:41

Hello Jose!
Intersting place and very beautiful colours!
Good sharpness and perspective!
Well done!
Lili

parbo (11092) 2007-02-15 20:31

Ol� Jos�,

You must be one of lucky photographer at front of this beauty. Adobes and its splendid colors are spectacular with their crowded and magnificent architecture. Your excellent view located the minaret cleverly in your scene. Amazing! Congratulations.

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2007-02-15 21:08

O que parece ser uma mesquita moderna do lado esquerdo da foto, fica a destoar um bocado nesta compoisi玢o com todas essas casas de barro (li a nota mas � mais f醕il chamar-lhes casas). Deve ser uma terra muito curiosa e com muita coisa para ver. Sendo a T鷑isia um pa韘 relativamente pequeno, qual � a dist鈔cia a que isto fica de Tunis?
Gosto da tua foto mas acho que est� tudo um pouco demasiado centrado. At� os dois edif韈ios pintados de branco est鉶 sim閠ricamente colocados.
Ant髇io

PS. tamb閙 estive atacado por uma gripe mas o bicho to TE � t鉶 grande que n鉶 consegui deixar o laptop de lado. Vantagens de um port醫il!!!

jmcl (14535) 2007-02-15 21:39

Hi Jos�

I love the almost arch like symmetry you have created in the image with the position of the spire ..

and again this place .. the bricked in door .. the chaotic stairs .. and those arrows ..

it evokes all these random chaotic thoughts .. perhaps much like the random chaotic place that it seems to be.

take care,

John

nadine432 (1128) 2007-02-16 1:28

hello Jose
superbe cette vue sous un autre angle
belle couleurs chaudes
Nad

sadeik (3282) 2007-02-16 3:43

Thats some archetecture, a great shot showing these lovely buildings and a difficult shot to get right. Well done

Simon

adores (46979) 2007-02-16 6:38

Ol� Jos�!
J� tinha notado a tua aus阯cia! Espero que estejas melhor porque isso � mesmo coisa aborrecida.Mais uma bonita perspectiva de Medenine. As cores est鉶 muito boas. Gosto especialmente destas indica珲es para o Teatro.
Boas melhoras para ti!
Anabela

maltese (22909) 2007-02-16 13:20

Salut Jos�
Sympa cette plong閑 dans l'univers de la Guerre des Etoiles. tr鑣 belle architecture, bien mis en valeur par cadrage, beau rendu des couleurs.
Amicalement
Herv�

leonorkuhn (16237) 2007-02-16 20:00

Ol� Jos�

Uma imagem impressionante destas moradias t鉶 diferentes. V�-se que � preciso muita sinaliza玢o para n鉶 se perder neste verdadeiro labirinto. Excelente ponto de vista, enquadramento, luminosidade e cores.

Um bom final de semana
Leonor

cuneyt-sb (6576) 2007-02-17 1:53

Salut JoSe
Interesting architecture , Very good compo, good colors and bright nice shot, Tunusia one of my favorit place to go for holiday, TFS\Kind regards

saylan-cb (12738) 2007-02-17 4:17

Hi Jose
Very good image.intersting place and great photo,well done.
TFS/Regards

Wanda1 (15142) 2007-02-17 12:33

Hi Jose,
Another good closer view of this amazing looking place. I like the warm tones and the unusual buildings. NIce and sharp.
Regards
Wanda

superpau (1464) 2007-02-17 21:40

Hola Jose!
estoy de vuelta. Veo que has estado enfermo, con gripe. Espero que ya estes mejor!

Me gusta esta foto, y me parece muy gracioso todas esas flechas, que te hacen ver en todas direcciones. Para no perder detalle de la foto.

Besos!
Paula :D

pboehringer (770) 2007-02-21 17:29

Hi Jose, I see that even the flu wasn't able to keep for very long time away from TE. You got a lot of new posts during my 2 weeks of absence. Good overall work.
Anyway let me start with the critique here. I have the feeling that I prefer your first Medenine post. The sharpness is definitively better on this here but the composition with the minarete right in the middle doesn't help a lot. Just placing the minaret a little bit to the side would have helped. I hope you understnad what I mean. Probably a human element here would have turned it more interesting, but without the square and only the empty staircases it looks, well, empty.
Regards, Peter

vagabondtravels (6511) 2007-03-04 6:16

Hi Jose

Interesting comp. A bit to cut in half for me but the mosque really stands stong and makes the shot. The arrows are very interesting. Well done.
Ben

ahmetgedikli (25609) 2007-03-06 2:23

Hi Jose,
Beautiful architecture, excellent colors... Great capture and beautiful details. Good work.
Ahmet

paura (25802) 2008-12-04 9:58

Jos�,
As formas aqui s鉶 absoultamente incr韛eis. Eficiente seu ponto de tomada para mostrar essa preciosidade.

Abra鏾

Paulo

ruisc_pt (11594) 2009-08-24 8:49

Ora dif韈il mas composi玢o interesante.
� excelente a forma como aproveitam os materiai sda terra para compensar a agressividade cilmat閞ica.