Rocks & Stairs, a photo from Aragatsotn, West

Photographer's Note

This is a wonderful valley near the Saghmosavanq church (XIII century.) The picture was shot on a cloudy day.
I've increased contrast a little bit, applied Unsharp Mask (0.4 pixel, 110%) and removed a white tube which was crossing down the middle block (by Clone Stamp)

ChrisJ, cosyCloud, laxpix, Jeppe, iro, Traveller, magiqa ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

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PechePassion (483) 2004-03-26 6:57

Une photo qui avait attirée mon regard ce matin, de par la forme des montagnes.
Impressionante cette vallée de par la brutalité de ses pentes !
Surprenant ces escaliers formés par la nature, très bonne profondeur de champs qui permet d'intensifier l'immensité de ce lieu.
La scène est bien composée , avec notamment les détails très intérressant des cultures en haut à droite.
Je ne connaissait l'arménie que de nom, de par un chanteur (Charles Aznavour) très connu en france, et j'epère que tu continueras à nous faire découvrir ton pays en photo.
Bonne entrée en tout cas à mes yeux sur TE .

ChrisJ (171794) 2004-03-26 7:19

Very nice landscape. Good depth & contrast. The layering of the rocks is unusual. Was this area an old quarry?

PS: Welcome to Trek Earth !

scalerman (26900) 2004-03-26 13:54

A landscape unlike any I've seen. Photo very clear and great contrast. Bravo. Actually the first post I've looked at on TE from Armenia. Looking forward to more...

swallace (980) 2004-04-05 14:09

Very, very well done. This is an amazing photo. Well composed, crisp & sharp. Impressive work. :-)

dawekato (2269) 2004-04-30 23:48

What beautiful scenery, and well captured. The pp you did makes sense. I would decrease the brightness a bit to get more saturation.

keribar (43841) 2005-04-22 8:08

Hello Garo,

Thanks for your comments and all my compliments for this picture. It was a wise decision to crop the sky, and I think that colors and tones are greater on that cloudy day: I have been to ANI, and ı remember that there was such a river which separated Turkey from Armenia, is this the same place ?

Keep well - Izzet keribar

Jeppe (18654) 2005-04-22 18:14

A very rough but wonderful nature - I like the perspective and the hazy look.
Yes we all got our valleys I happend to live close to one - not as impressive as this but still with some history - it was made by meelting ice 10000 years ago.

Thanks Garo for this fine job - and welcome to TE.

Regards
Jeppe

Hayaser (13) 2005-09-03 13:30

Very well done the landscape is very impressive Armenia is sure a beautiful country.

someone should delete ozyuka's post, hes spreading lies and propaganda.

http://www.theforgotten.org/intro.html this is the truth

czar (198) 2005-10-25 11:23

Nice and unusual landscape...The stacked up almost stair like rocks in such a setting is magnificient..well done!!

ecmel (1782) 2006-02-11 16:43

Very nice composition and colours. Landscape seems very interesting. I think layers of rock consist basalt flows (relief of valley called "trap")
Thanks for sharing,
Ecmel

iro (165) 2006-05-22 20:21

Breath-taking! Thanks to your balanced composition and vivid colours. You managed to capture well a very difficult theme.

bend1k (934) 2006-09-11 23:49

hi garo, this is the first landscape i've seen from armenia and it looks nice. these rocks which forms like stairs are quite unique. compositi0n is good and to shoot it at a cloudy day with good exposure is a plus for you

Traveller (672) 2006-09-12 0:12

Barev, Yerevantsi! Shat lav. :) Molodets. Very interesting details of the mountaneous rocks (gornih porod). I have never seen anything like this. Thanks for sharing the sights of your beautiful country. Privet ot ukraintsev! :) Irina

taypejka (1689) 2006-09-29 6:11

Hello Garo,

Beautiful mountain landscape with various colours and many layers. Best regards
emilia