Persepolis IV, a photo from Fars, East

Photographer's Note

well, here is a detail of a bas-carving (or engraving ?)
this is a motif of a "present-bringer"( sorry to invent this word 'cause it's the exact meaning in farsi), who wants to gift the baby sheep to the King to offer them good luck for the new year.
P.S.: there is such a diversity of motifs, which difer from eachother in different details ( eyes, hands,feet, curls, beard, scabbardhead-dress,knot of the fillet,...),a research made by Michel D. Roaf shows there were 3 teams of sculptors who have been making these motives. Carving(only) the head of a motif like this, lasted 3 to 6 days to days...

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shadi_atos (403) 2004-01-21 13:58

anther great note for the civilation of Iran you know that photo looks like the pharoas in egypt well done

Eagle78 (1933) 2004-01-21 14:01

Well seen Fariba! Together with you excelent note this is a great capture! Love the soft colors and the rocky textures of the image. Good work!

meyavuz (741) 2004-01-21 14:14

Thanks for the information and with your photos it seems that Persepolis is place to visit definitely!

Keitht (1342) 2004-01-21 14:27

Focussing tightly on the figure is a good idea. The part figure on the left helps to indicate that this is just part of a larger carving. I would have liked to see a little more of the figure on the right if only to avoid the main figure being right up against the edge.
The position of the sun has helped to emphasise the relief of the carving.

roshangar (1682) 2004-01-21 14:39

Hi,thanks Fariba...the staires in up and down made a good composition and casused your composition seen better .I have some good photos from here,I'll show with graphical notes about them after our friend in TE acquainted about Perspolis architecture.I'll post for you ws tomarrow,now I'm out of it!

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Didi (61589) 2004-01-21 15:54

C'est un documetaire intйressant а regarder et а lire.
Trиs belle architecture historique.
La lumiиre latйrale fait apparaпtre le relief.
Cependant je choisirait un dйbut de journйe pour photographier avec un soleil moins dur.

jhaider (1234) 2004-01-21 16:11

Merci pour ces photos des temps anciens, et les notes qui accompagnent ces visions de monuments.
Techniquement, je crois que la teinte de la photo tire un peu trop sur le rouge. La disposition des personnages (montants et prиs les uns des autres) a fait que le cadrage йtait difficile.

J'attends la prochaine.

Jeppe (18654) 2004-01-21 17:43

Tanks for sharing your (and ours) history with us - very well capture of this engraving or relief.

Rockyboy (20598) 2004-01-21 17:45

La note est trиs intйressante et le motif est superbe. Thought, I think this picture is a little too much red. I try a workshop showing how I imagine the colours of the stones of Iran.
Voilа, а toi de me dire ce que tu en penses!

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Georges (11185) 2004-01-21 18:16

Les dйtails sont trиs beaux et la presentation est belle .
J'aime l'atelier de Rocky .
Bravo Fariba et merci du partage.

Dinyar (704) 2004-01-23 20:01

Hi,
Very nice picture and informative note.
The colours are a bit faded but it is still good and clear.

I also liked Roshangars and RockyBoys workshops. Since there is so little colour in the picture, did you try black and white or sepia I think that would have made it look good too.
Regards
Dinyar