Sandcastle Architecture, a photo from Rio de Janeiro, Southeast

Photographer's Note

Sandcastle Architecture

This is one of several impressive sand castles I saw while walking on the beach at Copacabana in Rio.

Copacabana is one of the world抯 most famous beaches. The name Copacabana, or 揅opa Caguana� (Luminous Place) in Quechua, an ancient language still spoken in Peru, was given by the Incas to this beautiful site.

Copacabana Beach is a magnificent 5 mile stretch. The beachfront kiosk bars lining Avenue Atl鈔tica, the street that runs the length of the beach, are popular for snacks, food, and drinks. The entire length of the beach is divided into stations (postos). Postos 5 and 6 attract older residents and youngsters. The fresh catch of the day can be bought at Postos 7 at the southern end of the beach known as the posto de pescadores (fisherman抯 post).

On New Year抯 Eve, millions of local residents and visitors take to the beach to celebrate and honor Yemanj�, Goddess of the Sea.

See a picture of Atl鈔tica Avenue, the street that runs along the beach in my workshop.

worldcitizen, Atousa, axiotea, pajaran, kordinator, bona, subhendu_bagchi, danos, macjake has marked this note useful

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worldcitizen (16226) 2010-08-25 19:22

Hello Betty,
Wow! That is an impressive sand castle! I also like the bright colors that surround it. What is that green thing on the left? Your WS photo is also very nice. I like the wide view with lots of details.

AKITA (15125) 2010-08-25 20:50

dear Betty,
wow,
a very well crafted sand castle, it is really amazing,
if there were not the bench, I would wonder it is actual or not,
maybe it is useful for the fantastic movie,
anyway, cheerful summer ambience of the beach is wonderful,
back blue sky and fore red seat are making the gray sand so vivid,
thank you for your excellent shot,
Akihisa

danyy (0) 2010-08-25 22:53

Bonjour Betty,
quelle pr閏ision dans la mise au point de cette photo, une profondeur de champ efficace pour rendre nette l'ensemble de la sc鑞e.
La banquette donne astucieusement les dimensions de ce magnifique chateau de sable
Original.
Compliments.
Daniel.

Atousa (7131) 2010-08-25 23:53

Salam Betty,

Its really an impressive artwork; detailed n delicate.. like the inclusion of the people in the BG n the bench in FG which give good sense of scale.. thanks for the WS photo as well that shows how beautiful n crowded the beach is.. very well captured.. tfs
Best regards, Atousa

axiotea (21651) 2010-08-26 0:21

Hello Betty
a very nice light to enjoy the sand sculpture, allowing to see well the details of the castle. The sea and sky made for a perfect BG ... Nice inclusion of the people on the right side.
Cheers
Marilyn

PixelTerror (0) 2010-08-26 3:44

Hi Betty
A very elaborate castle for an ephemere sand structure, good and well exposed close up image
Have a nice day JY

mafegan (8626) 2010-08-26 3:59

Hello Betty
Such an elaborate sandcastle. The inclusion of the bench and people in the background gives some sense of scale. Tfs, Marlene

Urs (14082) 2010-08-26 6:30

Hi Betty

Simply beautiful, this is not anymore kid's play, that's one for adults, it looks so real and the workmanship is extraordinary. No idea, how they do it, that the sand holds together, even when there are so many details. Fine composition and settings, well done. Thanks for your critique of my lonely beach, yes it is very nice to visit a place not touched from mass tourism.

Best regards
Urs

pajaran (117063) 2010-08-26 21:46

Pozdrav.
Mnogo lep dvorac od peska ...
Dobra kompozicija i detalji na pescanom dvoru, dobra dubina snimka sa pogledom na more i horizont sa oblacima.
Lepa fotografija sa dobrim tekstom i trenutkom snimka, moje cestitke.
Sve najbolje sa dobrim odmorom, zeli vam Paja.

Google.

Hello.
Many beautiful castle of sand ...
Good composition and details on the sand court, good depth of recording with a view to the sea and the horizon with clouds.
Beautiful pictures with good text and picture the moment, my congratulations.
All the best with a good vacation, you want Paja.

BluSimo (9392) 2010-08-26 22:39

Hello Betty
this sand city is indeed incredible! the positioning of the bench in Fg and the persons in distance succeeds in giving a proportion of the largeness of this wonder, and it makes us to understand that it is all true: -) the light is much good one and designs well the details. cmpliments
regards
Simonetta

kordinator (8738) 2010-08-27 0:38

Hello Betty
Great composition.
A beautiful castle of sand.
Nice background with beautiful colors and contrasts.
Great depth of field work.
Excellent sharpness and clarity of the castle.
I am really amazed this to your work.
Nice text and photos in the workshop.
Have a nice day.
Greeting
Sa歛

bona (15057) 2010-08-27 6:32

Hi Betty, nice to know that you visit my city. the sandcastle is very pretty, and I think this castle model is the first time I saw. Very great details you capture. I hope see another photos from you.
Regards
andre

subhendu_bagchi (26091) 2010-08-27 8:19

Namaste betty,
nice to see this beautiful artwork made by sand. Really what a creation. Nicely captured of this superb subject with nice sky and the red colour in foreground provide here fine contrast here. Very good composition. Tfs.
Best wishes.
Subhendu

giorgimer (35017) 2010-08-28 14:45

Hi Betty,

what a masterpiece! Great artwork, well taken, with excellent sharpness

TFS

G

danos (110407) 2010-08-29 4:04

Hi Betty,
very nice the construction of the sand made castle that really is an art work.I like the existence of the bench with the red blanket over it that creates contrast in the scene.Well done.

Have a nice afternoon,danos

batalay (41261) 2010-09-04 12:25

Hello Betty,

It is difficult to believe that the building material is only sand, and just an ephemeral creation. Your note is outstanding, and the ws puts it into geographic solution.

Warm regards,

Bulent

macjake (98544) 2010-09-23 21:11

Hi Betty
we dont see very many of these here on TE, and its a shame, because the work and skill to accomplish these sand sculptures is amazing.
great sharpness and clarity in the sun.
well done
Cheers
craig