Ashgabat: Enigmatic city's sunset II/II, a photo from Ahal, West

Photographer's Note

"Copyright � � Attila Szili.
The reproduction, publication, modification, transmission or exploitation of any work contained herein for any use, personal or commercial, without my prior written permission is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved."

The second part of my previous sunset photo with a lower sun position and consequently with different light and colours. The other difference is the longer focal length to have more details of that modern islamic architecture.

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piotrkweclich (792) 2006-08-22 3:50

Hi, Beautiful shot, composed with high precision. Only I don't like this caption on bottom left, rest is perfect:)
Regards
Piotr

robertosalguero (292) 2006-08-22 3:50

Hello Attila,

The colours in this composition are very good to excellent. Beautiful picture with precise sharpness and good PoV. Yes this city looks very impressive and enigmatic. Well done.

Cheers :-)

Roberto

bantonbuju (51815) 2006-08-22 3:52

hi attila,
superb work, i simply love these white huge blocks of flats coated by the pink sky;
exceptional tonalty of this image;
best wishes, j.

tjanze (5674) 2006-08-22 3:55

Hi Attila!
Great catch this fantastic arhitecture.I like the position of sun between buildings.Light and colors are amazing. Regards!

papagolf21 (152607) 2006-08-22 4:07

Bonjour mon ami Attila,
Merci de nous offrir une si belle vue d𡒶shgabat ! Une ville 彋onnante par son architecture. La photo a 彋� prise entre chien et loup, la beaut� g幯廨ale est parfaitement mise en valeur.
Bravo et f幨icitations.
Amiti廥.
Philippe

alentejo (1954) 2006-08-22 4:07

Hi Attila
Congratulation for given us that magic sunset. Very sharpness shot and colorful as well. The sun seems to belong to the buildings.
Regards.

Angshu (56760) 2006-08-22 4:14

Hi Attila
I was in fact waiting for this second sunset shot...this is quite superb with the rows of highrises against the pastel coloured sky & the sun perfectly positioned, as if held in place by the two buildings. Marvellous
Regards
Angshu

clnaef (6289) 2006-08-22 4:16

Bonjour,
Belle photo d'ambiance et teinte douce et agr嶧ble.
Bonne journ嶪.
clnaef

alekpet (4663) 2006-08-22 4:26

Hi Attila.

I like this one better. Very unique skyscrapers. Lovely architecture, never seen before you decided to share your view. Placement of the sun is also great, I like how you found enough light to illuminate those buildings.

all the best, Aleks

kiara (410) 2006-08-22 4:41

The sunset is fantastic! I like the picture, nut i don't know if it is my impression or the horizon is not completely straight?

naxius (16685) 2006-08-22 5:27

Hi Attila,
Impressive the way the four buildings are so similar, it's like they are guarding the city.
The sun in the background complete the photograph.
Well done.
Alex

riclopes (35577) 2006-08-22 5:48

Hi Attila, yes I remember well the first one. What an interesting diferent result here. I love the way you placed the sun right bettween the buildings and although I like more of a dramatic atmosphere, with stronger contrasts and colors this is quite nice to show us the details of the modern islamic architecture, as explained in the note. The POV is great and the composition is very well balanced. Very well done!
Best wishes,
Ricardo

P-S-I-G (25536) 2006-08-22 6:10

Hello Attila,
Great shot. I like colors in the sky.
Good POV chosen. Well taken and composed.
Best regards,
Fabrice

maki (0) 2006-08-22 6:22

Hi Attila,
The next excellent shot from Ashgabat. I like this contrst between this bloody sunset and this sovietised architecture. Good panoramic view and nice perspective of the street.
Well done,
regards,
maki

markstaples (15670) 2006-08-22 8:25

A nice composition with beautiful delicate pastel colours. The image is of a marvellous quality too. Well done.
Best wishes
Mark

Deepforest (9260) 2006-08-22 9:47

Hi Attila,
the next amazing sunset in pastel colours... I like perspective and composition. Well done my friend.
Best regards,
Andrzej

vinicio (23423) 2006-08-22 12:48

Enigmatica ed anche agghiacciante Attila, hai scelto il momento giusto per la luce e i colori e il risultato � bello, complimenti, non pensavo che in quelle zone ci fossero costruzioni moderne cosi ricche e monumentali.
Ciao
Vinicio

jhm (211736) 2006-08-22 13:23

Hi Attila,

I find this picture more beautiful than your previous, the colours and light are of very lovely quality, this one of the more beautiful late evening or night picture on TE. Splendid contrasts too!
Thanks for sharing.

Best regards,
John

t0mmm1 (5442) 2006-08-22 13:27

Ciao Attila, (scusami perche' ti ho chiamato con il cognome fin'ora)
bellissima la scena. La composizione e' proprio cercata, si vede da come hai messo esattamente il sole tra due grattacieli. Come ti ho gia' scritto nella versione precedente, mi piace l'architettura moderna che rispechia la tradizione del paese. Gran bel lavoro!
Ciao!
Tomi

Budapestman (82620) 2006-08-22 15:07

Szia Attila!
M幨t� folytat嫳a ez a fot� a kor墎binak! K驆elebbről 廥 vil墔osabb f幯yviszonyok k驆飆t tal嫕 m嶲 jobban 廨z幧elhető, hogy a v嫫os legink墎b egy hatalmas 廥 d疄zes 廧癃廥zeti mutatv嫕yhoz hasonl癃! Nagyon j鏊 kaptad el a hangulatot, a f嫜kal bor癃ott s飆彋 előt廨 sz廧en kiemeli az 廧悤etek 廥 az 嶲bolt ragyog嫳嫢! A v嫫os 廥 a f幯yviszonyok eg廥zen k悤霵leges atmoszf廨嫢 k闤cs霵驆nek a k廧nek! Ism彋 egy kitűnő fot�, Gratul嫮ok!
Sz廧 k廧eket 廥 Napot!
Gyuri

balatrek (7455) 2006-08-22 18:41

Hola Attila,

Fant嫳tica imagen, los colores son bell疄imos, me gustan las luces, el Sol parece luchar por dejarse mostrar entre los edificios, buen trabajo amigo.

Saludos

Jos�

Giorgio (11279) 2006-08-23 2:12

- Marvellous composition for this amazing and imposing city, colour is splendid, they would believe see a bichromie, it is very successful, bravo!
giorgio

Dragonheart (8434) 2006-08-23 2:34

Hi Attila,
WOW! excellent capture, good framing, I love the beautiful sunset against the modern city. Very calm atmosphere, EXCELLENT!
Well done
Thanks for sharing
Best regards
Vivek

PixelTerror (0) 2006-08-23 4:32

Szia Attila,
Wow, excellent PoV, view and timing, there's kinda research of a neo islamo-stalinist style there, with old empires inspiration as well considering the numerous columns, the leading prospekt, the overall warm glow from the sky and the positioning of the sun between the tower, my hat off Mr Attila, a great one !
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

berek (50518) 2006-08-23 4:43

Hi Attila,
what a wonderful sun with beautiful sky colours. very good point of view. congratulations. have a nice day.
Berek
my overall evaluation -> :-)))

kermit350 (9016) 2006-08-23 5:28

Hello Attila, the sky creates a marvellous rather tropical environment, this photo catch at the best time is excellent, very good balance between this range of your pastel and and these buildings which benefit thus from a superb lighting, the foreground is perfectly visible what increasing the depth of the image, sincerely

chrisnet (23062) 2006-08-23 8:59

Hello Attila,
Very beautiful shot Attila, very well composed and seen.
I like this evening atmosphere,the colors of the sky are stunning,the sun is very impressive.
A great shot!
Congratulations
Best regards from France
Christian

josepmarin (59385) 2006-08-23 12:53

Hi Attila,
your previous photo on this place already I liked, but this one is relaxing and calm when being the lowest sun and to give smooth and pink tones to the image, that they contrast very well with the white buildings.
The color of the sky is amazing and very pretty, the atmosphere of the traffic in the street you have caught it very well, and I like the touch darker than they give the trees in foreground.
The sun between the buildings is splendid.
Regards,
Josep

siolaw (38294) 2006-08-23 13:46

Hi Attila,
Nice urban sunset with the sun fitting exactly between the towers... Great POV, colors, compo and light
Well done
Laurent

Fis2 (170669) 2006-08-23 14:15

Witaj Attila!
Curious composition and colours. I like the contrast and sharpness. Good work.
Regards
Krzysztof

leo61 (0) 2006-08-23 16:16

Hi Attila!
Like your last post from this POv with that view a verry goo shot.
Nice view at the strange buildings wit the pilars and nice domes and the 5 buildings behind.You managed the light verry well and the pink/orange colors of the sky are fantastic.Good work again.
Regards,Leo

Graal (103040) 2006-08-24 2:38

J� napot Attila,
great view, excellent composition and quality of photo. Nice the sun between the blocks. Pleasant warm & pastel colours. I like it. Good work.
Rgs, Aleksander

gilou530 (34) 2006-08-24 5:20

salut attila
superbe ambiance de ce lever de soleil sur la ville avec ce ciel g幯ial, l'architecture colle bien a l'image
amiti廥
gilbert

cunejo200 (7281) 2006-08-24 7:19

Hi Attila,
What a superb photo. The moon flanking those modern Muslim buildings. Terrific comp with outstanding colors and sharpness. Best wishes.
Danilo

veve (4189) 2006-08-24 14:29

Hi Attila!
Beautiful night shot!
I like the position of the moon between two towers!Interesting architecture!
Nice colors,contrast and POV.
Best regards,
Veronica

syd1946 (1167) 2006-08-24 17:18

Hi Atus,
Really fascinatic scene.All looks so wonderful and well captured.From the amazing sunset between the buildings to the traffic in streets giving life to the whole scene.Also very good colors and handle of light.
Great stuff,fine personal work!
Thomas

rosaline (0) 2006-08-25 4:49

Hi Attila
Excellent shot and an impressive capture of the disc. I love the colour of the sky and the position you've captured the sun. The light has a strange errie texture to it, which draws my attention. I also like the framing of the five tower blocks, too. Great work.
Aubrey

Buin (42580) 2006-08-25 12:33

Hallo Attila!
What a view! An architecture like from a fairy tale - in a wonderful mysterious light and colours. It's good that you show this combined with the street life there. Without this one could take it for a vision. Very impressive!
Thank you for showing this!
Greetings from coool and rainy Germany!
Frank

arjun_das (1851) 2006-08-26 3:36

excellent capture of the architechtural beauty of that building. placement of sun is good too. as a whole it's a well seen and well executed work. tfs.

best regards,
arjun

TeresaT (10806) 2006-08-26 9:12

Hello Attila,
Great image of this beauitful sunset.
Perfect details of the buildings and the sun looks like a huge ball of fire.
Very beautiful colours on the sky.
regards
Teresa

turkamerikali (3291) 2006-08-26 15:30

Hi Szili,
Excellent Sunset photo from Turkmenistan my friend.
This Country was closed box until you showed us your pictures.
Architecture and these buldings are really magnificent and you captured it during best time anybody can.Well Done My friend.TFS
Tolga

ahmetgedikli (25609) 2006-08-27 6:09

Merhaba Atilla,
Fantastic shot. Excellent point of view, depth and nice sharpness. I like color in the sky.
Best regards.
Ahmet

izmirli (3989) 2006-08-27 9:51

merhaba my friend attila
wonderful picture.beautiful ashgabat city.
interesting building .beautiful light and sun.beutiful lovely colours.well done.
best regards.
g僡kan ak蓷kır.

Scharan (14144) 2006-08-30 14:40

Fant嫳tica!!!
Linda foto, composi誽o, cores ador嫛eis e uma bela arquitetura. Amei o enquadramento do sol.
Parab幯s Attila, fez um 鏒imo trabalho.
Grand abra蔞,
Vera.

Mistral (15416) 2006-08-30 18:14

Complimenti Attila,
brillante e attenta composizione che regala perfetti dettagli. La luce del tramonto � magnifica.
Davvero bravo!
Un sorriso.
Luca

PS: tra una settimana parto per l'isola di Flores nel Nusa Tenggara.

teutza (10590) 2006-08-31 4:39

Hello Attila,
wow!this image looks great!first, the arhitecture looks amasing..and second, the sun is fantastic!
is a very unusual suntset!!:)
congratulations!
teo

sergio1 (12152) 2006-09-01 10:09

Hi attila

Excellente compo and panoramic shot. I like sharp and colour to the sun.
Well done
Sergio

paura (25802) 2006-10-03 8:20

Attila,
Very nice compositions with these beautiful buildings and the sun in the landscape. The trees and the street also increase the quality of this nice photo.

Regards, friend.

Paulo

Tue (92312) 2006-10-17 13:46

Hej Attila,
Great capture of this sunset, wonderful to see the sun just between two buildings. The light conditions were very interesting here and create a fine atmosphere. Also the colours are very pleasant. Good work and thanks for sharing!
Hilsen,
Lars

boka (836) 2006-10-29 13:42

It looks like Las Vegas.

abulafia (4900) 2006-12-29 20:17

Hi Attila
Wonderful colors in this sunset.
I like that you caught the sun itself between the two buildings.
Very nice architecture, nicely detailed.
TFS
Harry

rubisheikh (77) 2007-05-09 2:50

Hi Attila Szili,
Excellent shot,The POV is great and the composition is very well balanced. Very well done,TFS
Regards Rubi

testmaniac (13508) 2007-05-19 4:23

Hello Attila,

Very nice photo!
The colours and composition are excellent. Good POV

Regards
Philip

edytungkal (4551) 2007-07-29 23:44

Excellent shot, Attila.
Everything look beautiful....
I like the full sunset between this wonderful building. The colours and sharpness are very well. Another great my friend. thanks

greeting from Jakarta
daniel

Wandering_Dan (3449) 2007-10-13 14:14

Very nice positioning of the sun! I also like the ethereal quality of the light.

magiqa (1292) 2007-10-22 13:30

You have succeeded much better than I to catch the beautiful architecture in Ashagabat! Congratulations.

Jakab (3867) 2007-10-23 15:27

Ez viszont lenyűg驆ő k廧廥 eredeti architekt𠯿a. 宁dekes, hogy a legvadabb hatalmi t嶵oly mellett is szoktak sz悤etni maradand� művek - na j�, 凴emzavar minden慤t előfordul. Nagyon elkaptad a pillanatot, amikor a sz璯ek ilyen sz廧 j嫢幧ot produk嫮tak. (Egy percn幨 aligha tarthatott tov墎b.) 宁demes volt kiv嫫ni!

picardo (2459) 2008-01-04 3:42

Hi Attila,
You have so many great picture in your gallery that is difficult to choose one.. but this picture is excellent!. Colors and details are fantastic. Exposition is great. Excellent work
TFS
Picardo

Vato_Law (12732) 2008-01-07 13:38

Hello Attila.
Indeed it's not a view we can immediately associate to islamic architecture but looking more to the buildings and specially to their tops we can find some traces of islamice architecture.
This big fire ball is just beautiful appearing in the middle of those towers and lightning up the scene.
Also the big construction in the middle of the photo with that huge dome is another great add on to your composition, that and those huge avenues that crosses vertically the photo.
Cheers.
Paulo