Chenini panorama, a photo from Tataouine, South

Photographer's Note

I hope that those who remember my earlier post of this place with pov simliar to this one won't mind the repetition. I didn't resist showing a broader view, although the sharpness of the larger version doesn't satisfy me.

The rest of the note is a transcript of that from the earlier post.

Chenini is an old Berber village on the South Tunisia desert. It is almost deserted now, but not completely. Many, if not all the houses are half troglodyte (some or all of the rooms are actually caves excavated in the soil), so they are naturally acclimatised to resist the harsh climate, very hot in the Summer (more than 40 deg. Celsius) and cold in Winter (less than 10 deg. C.).

It's amazing how people manage to live from agriculture in these desertic region, where even the desert palm trees dry completely if they aren't cared. We were told that they only do agriculture when there is rain and that doesn't happen every year.

I posted a WS showing one of the so called 'oasis' (agricultural) fields of the village, so you can have an idea of the kind of land from which these people manage to extract their food.

Weblinks to more info: Wikipedia, Lexicorient.

Location (latitude, longitude): 32.91,10.261 (not highly accurate)

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ribeiroantonio (22730) 2007-03-17 2:05

Ora bem, a colagem est� perfeita ou, pelo menos, eu n鉶 consigo ver nada de anormal. A "Large Version" n鉶 aparece. Ao clicar s� vejo um espa鏾 branco, nem mesmo a p醙ina de fundo do TE.
Quanto � foto, pois na minha opini鉶, o que ganh醩te em largura perdeste em pormenores vis韛eis. Fui ver a outra e acho-a muito mais interessante.
Antonio

Greg1949 (9011) 2007-03-17 2:48

Jose, the self critique is good, and despite the lack of sharpness in the large version the shot is awesome and the note fits well. As for the habitation of the dsert, I asked the same questions when I was in Israel, the people of the desert, no matter their religeon, are amazingly adaptable and rugged. Nice capture.

Greg

elmec (12210) 2007-03-17 5:05

Hello Jose!
Very interesting panorama full of details with clar colours
I like it!
Best regards!

fanch (0) 2007-03-17 6:22

On le voit parfaitement ton panorama ! Il me donne chaud ... vite une bonne bi鑢e ( je n'ai plus de Sagres ...)

Blague � part , c'est une belle photo panoramique . J'aurais cadr� moins au centre ... un petit peu moins
de ciel et un peu plus de terre brul閑 au premier plan !

Amiti閟 !

feather (51130) 2007-03-17 6:45

It looks totally deserted and I'm surprised some people are able to eke out an existence in such hostile terrain. Good choice of pano crop to concentrate on the buildings.
Kath

UnTrained (0) 2007-03-17 6:56

Ol� Jos�,
the view itself was already criticised by my in the first one. I focus on this version, hope you agree. I don't think that the sharpness is not sufficient (also in the large version), it is more (for me) the lack of contrast. It is just not easy to see differences in the upper part beside the window holes. Looking at the houses in the lower part, middle of the left half before the brighter ground (also on the right half) it is much more visible because of better contrast by different colours. A quick grey one of this showed me this more. Please remember, I praised the colour spots in the first version. For me it is the content here, which is for our eye not the challenge but for a camera. The quality you achieved couldn't be better in this technical environment. May be a better chance with HDR/DRI or what I think: morning or evening light.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

cobbydale (1958) 2007-03-17 7:48

A good shot Jose, conveys well the feel of an arid desert place. Simple but effective.
TFS. Leon.

berseph (1758) 2007-03-17 11:43

Beautiful shot Jose. Contrast between the sky and the village is great, and the POV showing the entire structure is amazing.

sothy81 (9646) 2007-03-17 12:31

HI Jose, this is a nice panormic picture. Great details. Nice lighting. I think it is pretty sharp although in a larger verson. You did well. SOthy

jackart (6702) 2007-03-17 14:29

Hi Jose!

This monochromatic city looks really great. Very good compositions. I like this picture for its simplicity, with domination of two colors of desert: blue sky and Yellow sand rocks, village and everything else.

Regards

Jacek

Benedict (7076) 2007-03-17 22:49

so picturesque!
uma boa composicao (did i write it right...:-)
benedict

rakeshgupta (2672) 2007-03-18 0:46

Hi Jose,
This village in the desert is a model of workmanship and great idea of Tunisians. Good POV and contrast here. This shows how Tunisians try to adjust themselves with the Natures reality.
Thanks for sharing.
- Rakesh

lucasgalodoido (27698) 2007-03-18 17:49

Ol� Jos�!
Curiosa essa imagem, essas casas contruidas na montanha s鉶 muito interessantes! O contraste de cores ficou muito bonito tamb閙!
Parab閚s e Abra鏾!

MIG13 (0) 2007-03-18 19:15

Jos�, � primeira vista parece apenas uma colina. Aos poucos, os olhos v鉶 descobrindo a infinidade de portas e janelas e a bandeira ao alto. Lembra algo do que vi na regi鉶 da Capad骳ia, na Turquia. Bom trabalho, amigo, mesmo a vers鉶 ampliada, que me parece muito boa. Abra鏾! Miguel.

vincz (19113) 2007-03-19 12:13

This place is mazing and i think it deserves a second shot indeed. I like the sand colors very much with the sky. maybe some lack of sharpness but nonetheless a good shot.

capthaddock (28790) 2007-03-20 10:42

Hi Jose -bizarre place, looks completely abandoned, I like how the architecture blends with the natural landscape, it reminds me of Cappadoccia in turkey.

Bluejeans (64251) 2007-03-21 18:32

Ola amigo Jose gostei desta tua panorama , deve ser um lugar fantastico , gostei muito das cores , bonito contraste !!!
Parabens!!
um abra鏾 Gon鏰lo

robertosalguero (292) 2007-03-23 23:49

Hello Jose. It always amaze me how people can build houses out of a rock face and live in them. A true example of human innovative know-how-to. The long picture looks very good and clear and it helps me to realize that the holes I see on the rock face are windows and doors and not caves. Good work Jose.

Roberto

Charo (51290) 2007-04-12 6:11

Hola Jose,
Estupendo panorama, la luz y el color es excelente.
No se muy bien como se hace para enviar una versi髇 mayor, 縫uedes dec韗melo?
Gracias
Charo

paura (25802) 2008-10-19 10:20

Jos�,
Um belo trabalho de pp, amigo, com eficiente colagem. O lugar � lindo, interessante, e est� muito bem apresentado.

Abra鏾

Paulo