Kota Kuala Kedah Museum, a photo from Kedah, West

Photographer's Note

Hello friends in TE,

The Kuala Kedah Fort or Kuala Bahang fort is situated at the northern shore of the Kedah river. It was built as as a protection for the state of Kedah and its capital, Alor Star. The fort was built in 1771 during Sultan Muhammad Jiwa抯 reign and was completed in 1780. The design of the fort was done by Hafiz Sab, who was then hiding the post of Dato� Maharaja Kadhi. Other designers were brought in from India. Gateway was built in the northern part of the fort facing Alor Melaka which was called 揚intu Gerbang Kadapun� (The Kadapun Gateway). The fort has survived attacks by the Bugis, Achechnese and the Siamese. In 1909, when Kedah was officially under British rule, a few government offices was built within the vicinity of the fort, including a lighthouse. A new gateway was built which exists to this day. During the Japanese occupation in the Malay States, the fort was used as their Armed Forces� headquarters until their defeat in the hands of the British in 1945. In August 31 1978, the fort was dubbed a攈istorical land site� by the Department of Museums and Antiquities (currently known as Department of Museums Malaysia) under the 揂rtifacts Act 1976�, Act 165. In November 2000, the Department of Museums and Antiquities has launched excavation works in the eastern and southern parts of the fort, including rebuilding the Kacapuri gateway which collapsed in 1970.

Shot on film.
Olympus XA2 | Zuiko 35/3.5
Fuji Superia 200 | Scanned negative

Thanks for viewing.

pajaran, papagolf21, ourania, agulberk, Graal, danos, kordinator has marked this note useful

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pajaran (111962) 2012-02-02 7:57

Pozdrav.
Vrlo interesantan i dobra tekst o mestu sa datim podacima ...
Lep pogled preko parka sa zelenom travom i cvecem na zgradu muzeja i kapiju, dobra kompozicija.
Dobar snimka i perspektiva, lepe boje.
Dobar rad skeniranjem negativa.
Sve najbolje sa lepim vremenom, kod nas je mnogo hladno, sada je -10. C stepeni, pada sneg.
Srecno.
Paja.

Google.

Hello.
Very interesting and good article on the place of the given data ...
A beautiful view across the park with green grass and flowers on the building of the museum and the gate, good composition.
Good shot and perspective, beautiful colors.
Good work by scanning negatives.
All the best with beautiful weather, here is a lot of cold, now it is -10. Degrees C, it's snowing.
Good luck.
Paja.

lousat (136607) 2012-02-02 8:52

HI Jusni,there are the typical colors of a analog pic there,i thought that were a old pic..ehhee....nice view and impressive details,and a very interesting and beautiful architechture too.Have a nice day and thanks,LUCIANO

papagolf21 (152605) 2012-02-02 11:43

Bonjour, cher Jusni,
Voil� une image fort bien compos閑, et dont l'int閞阾 est manifeste.
La note d'accompagnement enrichie l'ensemble de la pr閟entation avec succ鑣.
La num閞isation est tr鑣 r閡ssie. L'image est de qualit�.
Amiti閟.
Philippe

ourania (51103) 2012-02-02 12:06

Hello Jusni,
this is a very nice picture with a vibrant sunny atmosphere. Perspective is great and the building and its surronding area are presented very well. You've managed the strong light excellently, the shade is clear and brings balance to the picture. The clouds have volume and the sky is fantastic.
Best regards,
Ourania

agulberk (3794) 2012-02-02 14:14

Salam Dear Jusni
Nice composition with a beautiful architectural Fort under dramatic puffy clouds and good presentation with perfect perspective to get sense of depth and excellent light management to get sharpness,clarity and vivid colors.
Warm Regards
Friendly greetings
Have a nice day
Adnan

cargus (13455) 2012-02-02 21:47

An interesting architectural scene, well-framed building.sharpness exposure and natural colors are excellent!...Well done.!!
Regards
Adrian

Graal (103040) 2012-02-03 0:00

Hi Jusni,
very nice architecture of house and the garden. Good scan. An interesting note.
Have a nice day.
Aleksander

danos (110407) 2012-02-03 0:30

Hello Jusni,
nice the view as the presentation of this part of the old Kuala Kedah fort,with the Museum to be placed perfect in the frame.I like the creative perspective as the excellent light and colour management of the image.

Regards,danos

kordinator (8738) 2012-02-03 1:45

Hello Jusni
Beautiful presentation of the eighteenth-century fortress.
It's a nice museum.
Excellent photographs with fine natural colors and excellent clarity.
I like low point of view and composition.
Kind regards
Sa歛

npecanhuk (79329) 2012-02-03 15:31

Hello Jusni!
Nice and interesting location!
Beautiful and attractive picture!
Special regards to the chosen pov, composition and colors!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

jmdias (111407) 2012-02-05 7:11

jusni

a beautiful pov to show details of this marvelous place and its buildings. I liked the framing here. I guess the camera was confused between the shadow and light and the main object is something over exposed. I would cut off the lower part of the compo. anyway it is a nice job and I liked it.

hugs

jorge