Between the Old-town and Abu-Tor, a photo from Jerusalem, Yerushalayim

Photographer's Note

Another view of Jerusalem from the Haas Promenade. This panoramic viewpoint offers an overwhelming sight of the east part of Jerusalem, with the Old City and Old-Walls, including Mount Zion domes and towers the Temple Mount,
To the upper left, is the modern Jerusalem, first built out-of the old town walls in the mid 19th century.

The barren-land trough area between the Old-city walls, just south to the Dormizione basilica and the Abu-Tor houses, where the small green grove, is the "Gehanna": The valley of Hinnom, traditionally known in folklor - a free translation to English as "Hell" (read the Wikipedia page about), on the map: 31.7705, 35.228 . Superstitiously, almost no-one is taking a walk down there...

It was a 25˚C and light wind on a bright day, -1/3 exp. Bias, a cropped 16:9 aspect ratio.
Ike

pajaran, papagolf21, cornejo, ourania, pierrefonds, stego, jcpix, abmdsudi, mcmtanyel, macjake, jhm, PiotrF, pili51, adramad, ChrisJ, swapankumarroy, Hansaphotos, Cricri, Kielia, danos has marked this note useful

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pajaran (116915) 2014-09-10 9:03

Dobro vece.
Lep pogled na grad ...
Dobar snimak, kontrast i perspektiva, lepo pokazana arhitektura.
Lep grad.
Prijatno vece i mirna noc, srecno.
Paja.

Good evening.
A nice view of the city ...
Good picture, contrast and perspective, beautiful architecture is shown.
A beautiful city.
Good evening and peaceful night, good luck.
Paja.

Gerrit (62042) 2014-09-10 9:14

Hello Ike,
Fantastc panorama you had there. Great view and very informative. The open space on the right sight is remarkable.
The towers and old remparts are impressive.
Regards, Gerrit

lousat (139906) 2014-09-10 10:56

Hi Ike,very nice large view on Jerusalem,an excellent choice of the moment,this diagonal light is perfect to create a nice 3D effect,very impressive detail everywhere too despite the distance.Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

papagolf21 (152607) 2014-09-10 11:22

Bonsoir, cher Ike,
Tr鑣 int閞essante note d'accompagnement permettant d'appr閏ier davantage la composition repr閟entant la ville et ses 閐ifices.
Tr鑣 bonne soir閑.
Amiti閟.
Philippe

mesutilgim (0) 2014-09-10 11:46

Hello dear Ike,
Nice panaromic view of this eternal city.
For those who have ever been there -I was one of them- many well known points and monuments.
A perfect TE entry with many usefull notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

cornejo (61504) 2014-09-10 12:07

Hello Ike, another interesting view of this historic town, very well captured with great pov pretty good in this picture. An image with good sharpness, depth and quality. Nice good job perfectly done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this interesting work.

Good night and happy rest of the week.
Warm greetings from southern Spain.
Angel.

ourania (51103) 2014-09-10 12:42

Hello Ike,
the view is comprehensive and interesting, you considered well the layout of your presentation and ensured great sharpness and clarity although the light did not come from a favourable angle. After reading your note, the barren piece of land became more attractive, it's intriguing to see how the old superstition borders the modern city. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a good night,
Ourania

Silvio1953 (222747) 2014-09-10 13:12

Ciao Ike, great view of fantastic city, good POV, excellent clarity, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

pierrefonds (115408) 2014-09-10 17:28

Hi Ike,

The wideness of the city is giving depth to the composition. The point of view is showing the details of the buildings. The good luminosity is giving nice tints to the colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

stego (24132) 2014-09-10 17:29

Hello Ike,

Indeed it is a great POV and you took good profit of it to get a great photo, very nicely composed. Maybe there is "much" sky, you aren't respecting the "rule of the thirds"; many people find that putting the horizon on the middle of the image makes it dull, which IMO doesn't happen here, or at least it isn't obvious, but have you tried another crop, putting the horizon higher and maybe also cutting a bit on the left to decenter more those towers in the middle?

TFS, regards, Jos�.

jcpix (14030) 2014-09-10 18:53

Hi Ike,

Good to be back on TE and see another pleasant view of the cityscape and hillside, and a fine note detailing the layout. The white color really stands out under the bright sun, but it acts as a nice contrast to the other subdued tones mixed in between. If I hadn't mentioned on your previous views from here, this is a perfectly suited scene for the panoramic format. Sharp, clear and well layed out...in all regards. :) Have a great day.

Friendly wishes,

Jason

Miguel82 (47110) 2014-09-10 19:15

Nice panorama showing Jerusalem town Ike, you were perfectly placed to capture the light coming on these buildings, good exposition

abmdsudi (95869) 2014-09-10 21:31

Hi Ike
A strong image of the city scape with so much history ...
Very interesting narrative supported by a perfectly composed shot captured from what appears to be the ideal point of view. The neat white apartment blocks harmoniously blends as effective base into the environment while the three towers and dome click the eye as strong focal points which give a great sense of scale. Details are subtle including the blue sky
and the green lungs which lend bit of punch lifting the colours and contrast to give it more zing. This is a good and appealing photograph thoughtfully shot. Congrats and tfs.
Best regards

mcmtanyel (69063) 2014-09-10 22:42

Hello Ike,
An excellent panoramic photo of a city I could not get enough of. Ah, the world is so big and our travel budget is so small...
Regards,
MT

berek (50518) 2014-09-10 22:47

Dear Ike,
architecture of the old city looks great from this angle. blue sky and walls in the background are superb.
Regards
Burak

fabbs99 (17179) 2014-09-10 23:00

Hello Ike,

Nice colorful composition of the skyline of Jerusalem.Very well composed photo with excellent colors and sharpness. TFS.

Regards
Farhat

macjake (98544) 2014-09-10 23:12

Hi Ike
you say 'another view of Jerusalem'
thats just fine for me!
and i'm sure its fine with everyone else in the TE world too.

from a city-building point of view only, i really dislike how cities build their infrastucture like this...all the buildings are exactly the same. white blocks after white blocks after white blocks after white blocks after white blocks...I think you get the point.

where is the creativity from the architects and city planners? maybe its just me, i don't know...maybe it has to do with history or something i'm not aware of.

from the photo itself as a photo, i love it.
city views are my favorite, and this is a fine overview.
so please don't take it at all personal how i dislike the style of architecture, thats not you're actions!! :)

thanks for this one
cheers
craig

jhm (211738) 2014-09-11 2:25

Hello Ike,

Thank you very much for your extra links this gives more view about your nice country.
Indeed very nice clear day with a very nice blue sky above the city.
Very well composition, nice presentation too.
Excellent done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

Gigidusud (21679) 2014-09-11 8:47

Hello Ike,
Beautiful view on the city with splendid light and great neatness. Well done!
Kind regards.
Gigi

PiotrF (55822) 2014-09-11 11:00

Hello Ike,
Nice panoramic view of Jerusalem from the Haas Promenade. A good viewpoint of the captured image.
Nicely captured with good lighting control and nice details. Love the colors. Well done.
Regards
Piotr

mkamionka (75009) 2014-09-11 13:04

Hi Ike,
I did not know that Gehenna derives from a real physical place. That is so funny!
Fantastic viewpoint indeed. It is quite spectacular.
Such views are however very difficult to present in a way which would give them a justice as everything is far away. I have experienced it many times. I remember for example going to the famous Twin Peaks POV in San Francisco -same thing everything was so far away. It is more impressive to see in person.
Here we can still spot some interesting pieces of architecture which give it nice character.
very well done,
M

eldancer1 (36343) 2014-09-11 14:32

A friend just visited Israel and she was very happy that she did even with what's happening there at the time, she has to the shelter a couple of times. I can see why she like it very much. Nice panoramic view of this historic city with sharp details. Well done, tfs.

Nicou (193814) 2014-09-12 10:27

Hello

quelle vue et image de J閞usalme ville sacr閑 et tellement important superbe panorama toutes ces maison les clochers et coupole fantastique.
Belle soir閑
Nicou

Tue (93296) 2014-09-13 10:12

Hello Ike,
Very nice view of the city, you found a good vantage point for this photo. Good composition and the light is pleasant and well managed.
Lars

pili51 (1853) 2014-09-13 14:29

Good evening dear Ike,
the town is looking superb from this POV. Great depth and perfect light. Colour is nicely contrasting.
Excellent composition, lovely presentation too.
Very well done!!! Thanks.

Have a nice night, all the best for the weekend, good luck.
Pili

boa (8039) 2014-09-14 12:06

Hi Ike,
an excellent view of this historic city! Hopefully i will see it with my own eyes within a few years, especially the old parts of town. A good idea to create a panoramashot, tfs!

Have a nice evening/
Boa

jemaflor (148094) 2014-09-15 23:16

Hi Ike,
Good panoramic view on the town, good effect and result with the good light capture and the perfect sharpness to see all the details.

adramad (73376) 2014-09-17 8:16

Hello Ike.
Another splendid image of the city in which we can see several towers and domes, I like the trees you see between the buildings.
Nice color, in these natural tones.
Also both sharpness, such as lighting are great.
Well taken photo. I like it
Enjoy a nice day.
Best wishes.
Luis.

ChrisJ (172372) 2014-09-17 14:30

Hello Ike,

I like the wide angled panoramic format. Good sharpness and a nice contrast in architectural styles between the fg and the horizon. Well composed using the rule of thirds with the horizon line well positioned away from the centre. Tfs!

swapankumarroy (3769) 2014-09-22 8:27

Dear Ike,

A beautiful and very sharped aerial view of the Jerusalem with a deep blue sky background exhibited very well. I like its clarity and color,

with warm regards and have a nice week,

swapankumarroy

clic (76) 2014-09-23 16:22

Hello Ike
The sun performs its best act to enthral the captive audience of houses seated as spectators on the gentle slope of a theater!
Nice informative details reinforced by the writings below.
Shalom.
Robert

Hansaphotos (11381) 2014-09-25 8:49

Hello Ike

A fine panoramic view of Jerusalem. I really enjoy city views like this. The foreground houses looks like they are of a newer date then the background houses and all the churches. Great work! Thanks.

Greetings, Erling

Cricri (176) 2014-09-29 21:56

Hi Ike
Grande vue panorama sur la ville baignant sous une belle lumi鑢e, POV int閞essant, ajouter avec les liens, tr鑣 belle pr閟entation
Belle journ閑
cricri

Kielia (24077) 2014-10-24 7:57

Hello Ike,
wonderful architecture with excellent light and natural warm tones. I really love the look and feel of this shot. My compliments also for the notes!
Warm regards
Harriet

Matyas (0) 2015-04-03 2:05

Shalom Ike. Wonderful panoramic cityscape. Amazing perspective. Fantastic shot. Good quality. Fine weather. Fine colours. Regards!

danos (110407) 2015-11-20 11:59

hello Ike,
nice the panoramic view as the presentation of this part of Jerusalem with a lot of interesting constructions and landmarks to dominating the image.The brilliant light enhance the vivid colors as the clarity of it.

Regards,danos