Avila Panorama, a photo from Avila, Castilla y Leon

Photographer's Note

Бvila is a Spanish fortified city located in the autonomous community of Castile and Leуn, and is the capital of the Province of Бvila.

It is sometimes called the Town of Stones and Saints, and it claims that it is one of the towns with the highest number of Romanesque and Gothic churches per capita in Spain. It has complete and prominent medieval town walls, built in the Romanesque style. Writer Josй Martнnez Ruiz, in his book El alma castellana (The Castilian Soul), described it as "perhaps the most 16th-century town in Spain". Бvila was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.

It ha a long and chequered history dating from the fifth century BC.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Fis2, pajaran, papagolf21, pierrefonds, claudeD, alvaraalto, macjake, ChrisJ, cornejo has marked this note useful

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jemaflor (147128) 2019-05-07 23:41

Hi Stephen,
Great panoramic photo, interesting fortress and so photogenic dramatic sky with the grey color and all these clouds, well managed, tfs.

emka (158156) 2019-05-07 23:43

Hello Stephen,

Wonderful panoramic view of the walls of Avila. The picture seems a bit too dark, but never mind. The sky looks quite threatening. Avila is a fascinating town. I like it very much.
Have a nice day

MAlgo

Fis2 (170747) 2019-05-08 0:22

Witaj Stephen!
Interesting town, view is impressive.
Curious light and colors make impression.
Photo has climate.
Well done.
Good morning.

pajaran (115891) 2019-05-08 0:29

Dobar dan.
Interesantan pogled, opasan trenutak, dobar tekst ...
Lepo pokazano, dobra perspektiva i kontrast, lepe boje, dobro uhvacen trenutak sa opasnim oblacima.
Lepa tvrdjava i panorama.
Zelim vam lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje.
Paja.

Good day.
Interesting view, dangerous moment, good text ...
Beautifully shown, good perspective and contrast, beautiful colors, well-caught moment with dangerous clouds.
Nice fortress and panorama.
I wish you a beautiful and successful day, all the best.

Nicou (193806) 2019-05-08 0:48

Hello

Quelle image mystйrieuse et vue superbe ec ce ciel gris lourd au belle formes des ouvertures dans le ciel t quelle ville avec la mur d'enceint et toutes ce tous une vue en entier totale fantastique effet et ambiance superbe.
Bravo et amitiй
Nicou

papagolf21 (152607) 2019-05-08 1:07

Bonjour, cher Stephen,
Merveilleuse photographie possйdant un aspect apocalyptique.
Superbe rйalisation, chapeau beau.
Bravo !
Amitiйs.
Philippe

holmertz (102700) 2019-05-08 1:14

Hello Stephen,
I have a photo taken from the same spot (give or take a few meters), and although the clouds were rather dark during my visit too, they were not quite as dramatic as these. (Maybe I didn't do enough PP?) Avila is a fascinating city and extremely picturesque, as this photo clearly shows. I do think this photo is a bit too dark though. You could have brightened it to make us see the details of the wall and the city more clearly, and the clouds would still have looked spectacular.
Regards,
Gert

Royaldevon (85932) 2019-05-08 2:17

Hello Stephen,

What an excellent panorama, capturing the entire walls of city!
It is amazing!
I cannot quite decide if you have purposely darkened the sky for added drama but, I like it, whatever!

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

pierrefonds (114448) 2019-05-08 4:38

Hi Stephen,

The stormy sky has a dramatic effect on the composition. The wideness of the city is creating depth. The point of view is showing the details of the towers and of the city walls. Well done, have a nice day.

Pierre

dta (98848) 2019-05-08 5:22

Hello Stephen ,
A fantastic panorama of the fortified city under dark stormy clouds . Even with a poor light , the view is splendid.
Regards

claudeD (47754) 2019-05-08 5:28

Hello Stephen,

wow! what an amazing panorama shot from Avila with an excellent composition and fine light management. I also like the big angry sky very much.Very good informative note.TFS.

With regards from Luxembourg

JC

Sergiom (117241) 2019-05-08 6:18

Bonjour Stephen,

On ne voit pas grand chose de la ville d'Avila dans cette photo, mais cela n'est pas trиs grave car le ciel prenait toute la place et pour cause.

Amicalement

Serge

alvaraalto (42804) 2019-05-08 6:24

Hello Stephen
This beautiful panorama seems to have been painted earlier in the 17th century by one of those famous landscape painters, for example Ruysdael than that it is made with a modern camera.
An outstanding achievement.
Have a nice day. Groet Rob

rychem (72187) 2019-05-08 7:58

Wow, great mood of the coming storm, and the photo itself is fantastic, beautiful panorama of the old city walls, impressive frotifications
regards Ryszard

macjake (98456) 2019-05-08 14:19

Hi Stephen
wow, this is easily a city I should put on my to-visit-list.
who wouldn't want to explore gothic churches and these old town walls intact. wonderful pano type shot here, and the dark brooding skyline gives it that power and mysterious atmosphere to take it up a notch. cheers
Craig

ChrisJ (171822) 2019-05-08 16:28

Hi Stephen,

Reminds me of the El Greco painting of Toledo with similar dramatic skies and Spanish castles. Good sharpness and I like the wide angled crop. Tfs!

Tue (92360) 2019-05-08 22:15

Hello Stephen,
A great view of the city, which looks amazing thanks to its location on the hill and the wall and large round towers around it. The dark sky looks amazing as well, a really dramatic view. Great work!
Lars

BennyV (34748) 2019-05-09 2:00

A very dramatic shot which deserves to be seen in a really, really large format, Stephen. Excellent!

Benny

carlo62 (81265) 2019-05-09 6:33

Ciao Stephen
purtroppo Avila non sono riuscito a vederla, anche se sapevo che и molto bella.
Fantastica foto, il cielo sembra voler schiacciare la cittа con le sue antiche mura.
Saluti

abmdsudi (95869) 2019-05-09 23:51

Hi Stephen
An incredible sight this must have been to people hundreds of years ago, as it still remains so today. Building structures of this nature must have been an inspiration for the youth of the time, to push the boundaries of achievement. I like the pano format framing the view of the main subject with lots of detail, so focus and DOF are good with that stunning broody sky to top it off. Excellent capture.
Best regards

Silvio1953 (221593) 2019-05-10 1:05

Ciao Stephen, great panoramic view of fantastic city, superb Grey sky, splendid light and wonderful colors very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

mkamionka (74407) 2019-05-10 3:46

Hi Stephen,
before I heard about these famous walls I heard about St Theresa from Avila, who was a very important Christian figure and I was wondering where she comes from.
Later I started to notice photos with those thick towers.

Your photo very well demonstrates the uniqueness of this place. Fantastic point of view to include it all.
The weather was more English than Spanish, but you made a perfect use of it. As they say: if life gives you lemons, make a lemonade...

The dark clouds add a stunning dramatic touch here. On my screen it feels even a it too dark, but this screen is sometimes having funny effects.

Very impressive work!
M

jmdias (115156) 2019-05-14 16:25

stephen

I walked a lot in avila and visited many churches too. anyway I didn't get a chance to see this view. wow! and the stormy sky added another level to the compo. perfect.

take care

jorge

GyurMaster (24830) 2019-05-16 1:22

Dear Stephen,

I wonder that nobody mentioned yet the analogy with a Game of Thrones scene. Due to the mood of this picture it could have been a place from the series.

Nice job!
Best Wishes,
Gy

cornejo (61504) 2019-07-02 5:00

Hello Stephen, very good photography of this beautiful panorama of the beautiful city, very well captured in this interesting image, with good sharpness, interesting light, color and quality. Great and interesting work perfectly done, my congratulations my friend. Thank you for sharing this beautiful work.

Good afternoon and happy week.
Warm greetings from the south of Spain.
Angel.