The street of the banana, a photo from Cadiz, Andalucia

Photographer's Note

Hello friends today I uploaded for you, the last photo of the ride in his day did it for the beautiful fortified town of Castellar de la Frontera.

Castellar Viejo's strength is built on a steep hill slopes in the Natural Park Alcornocales, between the rivers and Hozgarganta Guadarranque, overlooking the reservoir and Forests Guadarranque its slopes, as well as Gibraltar and the Strait, just outside the present site of the village of Castellar de la Frontera, Cadiz province.
As its name implies, the Arab fortress built in the thirteenth century was in a border position, defending the Taifa kingdom of Algeciras.

Its floor is irregularly shaped and has a walled area with barbican, cubes, turrets and towers flanking square and round corner, some crowned with battlements. Highlight the entry towers, defensive elements such as access barbicans defending the castle, pierced with arrow slits and bend a door opened under a beautiful arch framed by another banked horseshoe.
From the small courtyard is accessed inside the village, with whitewashed houses and narrow winding streets filled with flowers. Among the buildings include the castle of the Counts of Castellar, with the main tower, City Hall and the Church of the Divine Savior, the baroque style. More like a fortress, where the castle would be the area of the separate military and civilian administrative area.

Budapestman, jacquest, Hansaphotos, besnard, ourania, bukitgolfb301, Graal, jlbrthnn, Sonata11, PecoBud, PecoBud, josepmarin, baddori, PaulVDV, RhodieIke, ChrisJ has marked this note useful

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Budapestman (82620) 2012-03-19 7:59

Hi Angel,
a beautiful street atmosphere with attractive composition and very nice details, superb lights and colours, Tfs! Have a nice week! Kellemes hetet kнvбnok!
Gyцrgy

guld (1042) 2012-03-19 8:11

what a beautiful photo! The clarity, the details, POV and especially the shadows are terrific! Lovely composition. Congrats,

dta (98848) 2012-03-19 8:16

Hola Angel ,
A charming corner of street , in this beautiful white village . The pavement is splendid .
framing and exposure are excellent .
Regards

eldancer1 (36343) 2012-03-19 9:10

Awesome capture of this narrow street but I didn't know that banana can grow in Spain, okay I'm naive. Great lighting and good use of the shadow to create depth. Sharp details and wonderful colors. Well done, tfs.

Hansaphotos (11381) 2012-03-19 9:16

Hello Angel

A lovely composition from this narrow street. The narrow street also gave you a fine shelter from the harsh daylight and there is a nice effect of the shadows. I like the way you have composed. The door, the flowers and plants give a nice contrast to the white. Very nice work:) TFS. Have a nice week.

Best regards, Erling

besnard (59196) 2012-03-19 9:19

Bonjour Angel
Un bon clichй de cette ruelle pleine de charme. Tu as su jouer avec l'ombre et la lumiиre.
Merci pour le partage et bonne fin de journйe.
Nicole

lousat (140070) 2012-03-19 9:34

Hi Angel,not easy to see a banana tree in a street like that,you caught the opportunity very well and the pic is very interesting and nice,great perspective and light management.Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

npecanhuk (79329) 2012-03-19 9:45

Hola Angel!
Lovely urban spot!
Beautiful and attractive picture!
Sharpness, exposure, colors, chosen pov, vertical format and composition are all excellent!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

m (0) 2012-03-19 10:09

Hi Angel,
I like your photos of these old crooked streets in Spain, they look so cozy and inviting, always sunny and pleasantly shady at the same time and decorated with beautiful plants. A pleasure to walk along.
Thanks and cheers.
Marina

ourania (51103) 2012-03-19 13:05

Hello Angel,
I like very much this tightly framed view into the picturesque alley. The slightly upward view shows us the wonderful cobblestone leading to an interesting bend, the graphic lines of the roofs and the splendidly illuminated blue sky. Lighting and colours are lovely. Thank you!
All the best,
Ourania

Gigidusud (21679) 2012-03-19 14:11

Hola Angel,
Trиs jolie rue avec de beaux contrastes de couleurs.J'aime beaucoup.
Bonne soirйe.
Ghislaine

Yiannis84 (2824) 2012-03-19 15:31

Hola Angel..

Me gusta tambien esta imagen! el verde del arbol, el blanco de la pared y el gris del suelo estan combinando muy bien creando una atmosfera unica y realmente intreresante..muy bien visto! enhorabuena

Saludosss..Yiannis

bukitgolfb301 (54014) 2012-03-20 2:26

Hello Ciao my dear Angel

Freah and comfortable postcard shot!
Sharp and clear presentation by nice color touch and fine daylight. Vertical fortmat is quite comfortable.
Thanks for your sharinig with finest posting and have a good day!

Best regrads,

Takero relaxing a national holiday in Tokyo

digbymerry (3998) 2012-03-20 4:30

Hello Angel

Well managed light and a lovely little street scene so typical of Andalucia.

Best wishes

Digby

danyy (0) 2012-03-20 4:49

Bonjour Angel,
une excellente capture de ces lumiиres et surtout des zones d'ombre. Les blancs sont parfaits et bien balancйs ce qui permet а toutes les autres couleurs, de bien se distinguer.
Un cadrage rйussi.
Regards.
Daniel.

Graal (103040) 2012-03-20 7:13

Hi Angel,
nice quiet backstreet here. Image well composed. Photo I like, is well done.
Have a nice day.
Aleksander

jlbrthnn (76043) 2012-03-20 8:03

Hola Angel,
Debe ser agradable para vivir en esta pequeсa calle. El pavimento estб en armonнa con fachadas rъsticas, simples, y la vegetaciуn. Excelente calidad. Bravo.
Buen dнa.
Amicalement
Joлl

Cricri (176) 2012-03-20 12:16

Hola Angel
Un endroit charmant aux deux couleurs vert et blanc, bonne gestion de la lumiиre et le cadrage trиs rйussi
Belle soirйe
cricri

jurek1951 (42198) 2012-03-20 12:24

Witaj ANGEL,
bardzo nastrojow uliczka,ladna kompozycja i dobra kolorystyka,pozdrawiam
Jurek,

rbassin (27472) 2012-03-20 12:49

Bonjour Angel
Belle prise de vue, une arriиre cour trиs agrйable avec une bonne luminositй.
Bonne soirйe
Roland

mesutilgim (0) 2012-03-20 14:32

Hello Angel
Very nice capture of this nice street with perfect pov and nice light management.
The domianting element, this lonesome banana tree and nice structure of the stone pavement.
Nice framing
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

Sonata11 (34119) 2012-03-20 19:34

Hello Angel,
what a beautiful little narrow street with gorgeous plants and beautiful banana tree. Colors, sharpness, clarity POV are excellently executed. Also I like the texture of pavement. Very pretty corner. Awesome work. I love it.
All the best,
Barbara

ciakgiak (30) 2012-03-21 6:41

Ciao Angel,
Una stradina nella quale tutto и molto bello! Dalla pavimentazione, al candore dei muri, alle piante di banana, ed alla bella luce che la investe. Foto molto interessante oltre che bella.
Un caro abbraccio
Giorgio

PecoBud (3824) 2012-03-21 10:34

Here is another photo that has it all. Great lighting with colors perfect. The POV is calming and beautiful. The street construction of all different shapes and sizes or just wonderful. Love it!! TFS

Buddy

adramad (73498) 2012-03-21 10:44

Hola Angel.
Que bonita calle, me encantan estos rincones, una preciosidad el contraste de las blancas fachadas, con el verdor de las plantas, la platanera en concreto se ve ideal, destacandose contra el blanco fondo.
Muy bien gestion de la luz, no siempre facil en este tipo de imagenes, el color muy natural esta ideal. Bonito lugar.
Te deseo una buena semana.
Un abrazo.
Luis.

josepmarin (59385) 2012-03-22 1:38

Hola Бngel,
esta calle es toda una delicia para la vista, por su tranquilidad, su estrechez, la textura de su pavimento, y la arquitectura blanca de sus casas, que has captado en un encuadre sumamente eficaz.
Me gusta la perspectiva que has obtenido, y el fantбstico juego estйtico de la luz y las sombras sobre este bello conjunto.
Has hecho un trabajo muy fino.
Un abrazo,
Josep

sunamoon (10) 2012-03-22 3:41

Hola Бngel,

Encantadoras calles de Castella, llena de luz y fuertes blancos caracteristico de nuestra comunidad andaluza. Buen equilibrio de colores. Buen trabajo.

Un saludo,
Elena

emka (158962) 2012-03-22 14:13

Hola Angel.

Very beautiful narrow street. I like here the white wall and all the plants that adorn it. Nice long pots hanging on the walls. Splendid sunny shot.

Have a nice weekend my friend

MAlgo

baddori (20341) 2012-03-23 0:25

Angelo
Un "banano" come nel sud Sardegna, ed un vicolo che ricorda i nostri paesi.
Ottimo fotografo di grandi edifici ....hai una resa superiore in questi scorci in cui nitidezza e particolari (appropriatamente disposti)
GF

carlosmarin (11954) 2012-03-23 13:33

Hola Бngel,
precioso rincуn el de esta calle de Castellar de la Frontera. Tenйis unos bellнsimos pueblos en esta zona que bien merecen un viaje.
Me gusta el encuadre y POV que has escogido para la toma de la imagen.
Con una buena luz y bellos y contrastados colores.
Feliz fin de semana.
Un abrazo, Carlos

PaulVDV (63574) 2012-03-26 19:10

Hola Angel,
Normally the Spanish bananas come from the Canarias :)
The many small plants and the few trees give this white alley a fresh feeling. An advantage in the hot summer months.
This looks like a quite but beautiful corner in the village.
I like the clarity, sharpness and good composition of the picture.
Best regards, Paul

RhodieIke (11752) 2012-03-30 11:06

Hi Angel, What a super photo of this small street with it's exotic banana tree, love the play of shadows, great Pov, Well done, Have a great weekend, Cheers Iain.
Ps, My wife and I are on a weeks break to a cave house in Andalucia,fly in to Alicante end April, can't wait to go.

ChrisJ (172442) 2012-04-01 6:55

Hola Angel

Strange to see a tropical banana tree in Spain! They have them in Korea too, in sheltered areas out of the cold wind. Fantastic colour, sharpness & saturation with good perspective. Tfs!

speedymanu (3701) 2012-04-09 7:31

Hello Angel

an evocative composition that is filled with serenity and a nice play of light and shadow. A very relaxing image.

Thanks for sharing

Emmanuel

RegisMinot (1543) 2012-11-01 0:05

Hi Angel
Good capture of the light is this pedestrian street which is quite beautiful with its natural pavements, white houses and mediterranean plants. A good evocation of Spain.

Rйgis

elenimavrandoni (0) 2012-12-11 19:25

Hola Angel, otra vez estoy aqui viajando contigo!Las conozco bien йstas carreteritas con йste color tнpico y el blanco de las paredes, las flores al lado yel cielo azul claro del mediterraneo!Que bonita tu foto me trae tantos recuerdos de otros aсos y otros viajes!
Gracias por haber compartido mi amigo!
Que tengas un buen dнa!
Eleni

Photo Information

Copyright: angel cornejo (cornejo) (61504)
Genre: МЕСТА
Medium: ЦВЕТНОЙ
Date Taken: 2011-06-08
Categories: ЗАМКИ, АРХИТЕКТУРА
Camera: Nikon D3100, Tamron AF18-200 F/ 3.5-6.3 xr, 62mm HAMA Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/160 секунд
More Photo Info: view
Версия: Оригинальная версия
Date Submitted: 2012-03-19 7:39