Around Goreme, a photo from Nevsehir, Central Anatolia

Photographer's Note

3 photos from around the main town in Cappadocia, Goreme.
The main one is a scene in the main street with lots of tufa chimneys, complete with doors and some with modern windows indicating continued occupation. There is also walking along the street the only turkey that I remember seeing in Turkey.
In the WS is a B&W photo of a tufa chimney that must have been quite grand originally.
The other WS shows the guardian of one of the tufa churches in her tufa house.
To remind you tufa is a soft form of limestone.
Scanned from negatives.

aliabazari, COSTANTINO, ikeharel, Fis2, holmertz, pierrefonds, PaulVDV, jean113, Royaldevon, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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aliabazari (22205) 2022-03-02 21:35

Hello Ian
Beautiful view of these limestone cliffs and houses built in the heart of the mountain. Clarity and exposure are well done. Beautiful shot.

Silvio1953 (221627) 2022-03-02 21:38

Ciao Ian, three beautiful foto of fantastic rock settlement, really an amazing place, wonderful colors, fine details, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

COSTANTINO (116518) 2022-03-02 21:40

Hello my dearest friend Ian and have a nice day
this is one of the best postcards
I have ever seen...
excellent chosen point of view
of these strange original cliffs
a wonderful panorama view
regards
Costantino

pajaran (115911) 2022-03-02 21:47

Pozdrav.

Lep pogled na msto i trenutak, interesantan tekst ...
Lepe krecnjacke stene i prostorije koje su napravili ljudi, dobro pokazano sa lepim bojama i kontrastom, dobro uhvacen trenutak sa curkom.
Dobar rad sa lepim fotografijama u radionici.
Lepo secanje.
Lep kontarts modernog i starog.

Zelim vam lepo popodne, sve najbolje.
Paja

ikeharel (113353) 2022-03-02 22:29

Hello Ian,
The unique earth formation can be seen from very close range within the town area, did not know that, so this is TE mission picture par excellence.
Excellent scanned photo.
Good afternoon,
Ike

jemaflor (147156) 2022-03-02 23:02

Hi Ian,
So impressive region with these rock formations, well taken, good composition with interesting details, nice Ws too, photogenic, tfs.

Fis2 (170779) 2022-03-03 0:48

Witaj Lan!
Nice photos.
Interesting place, amazing view makes impression.
Good framing, colors and sharpness.
Well done.
Good evening.
Krzysztof

holmertz (102708) 2022-03-03 1:34

Hello Ian,
Interesting photos all of them, but Erdogan will be outraged if he sees your reference to a turkey in Turkey. The main photo is a mirror image. By mistake or for a special reason?
Best regards,
Gert

vjmite (6586) 2022-03-03 2:44

Hi Ian,

I like the contrast between the modern building in the foreground and the old residences carved out of the rocks in the background. Well done including a Turkish turkey.

One point that needs correcting. The rocks are not made of tufa (which, as you say, is a type of limestone) but a rock called tuff. There is much confusion in the tourist literature about this. Tuff is volcanic ash, and in this place the ash is relatively soft and easy to carve holes in, but strong enough not to collapse. The rock is also easily eroded by rain to form these pillars and chimneys.

Vince

pierrefonds (114470) 2022-03-03 6:32

Hi Ian,

The bird is eye-catching. The point of view is showing the details of the buildings. The light is giving good colors output. Have a nice day.

Pierre

PaulVDV (62920) 2022-03-03 8:36

Hello Ian,
Your main photo shows a splendid view of the wonderful world of Cappadocia including some ordinary houses and ... a real turkey on the street.
But if you show a picture of a turkey in this country, you should call the country T僡kiye.
Not so long ago, Erdoğan decided that the country should be called T僡kiye, also in English.
The same name for the land and the bird is now out of the question :)
I also like the soft stone colour of the rocks in the upper part of the photo.
In the WS two remarkable columns that were apparently sawn off.
Best regards, Paul

jean113 (27879) 2022-03-03 9:51

Hello Ian, this is quite a surreal scene with the modern building, cars and road in the foreground backed by the tufa chimneys.
Seeing the turkey made me smile, it looks so out of place!
The chimneys are amazing, there are so many.
Thanks for the W/S shots too.
Kind regards, Jean.

lousat (139286) 2022-03-03 10:08

Hi Ian,i like the WS of the guardian smiling for you, and the other 2 pics are a new grat show,especially the main with a great capture of tufa houses with the special bonus of black turkey,i like it! Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

abmdsudi (95869) 2022-03-03 17:48

Hi Ian
Some lovely mysterious rock formation and well done for capturing that turkey as an additional interest.
Best regards

emka (158172) 2022-03-03 23:56

Hello Ian, Fantastic tufa houses and the street, But the walking turkey is the star here.

Best regards MAlgo

mkamionka (74447) 2022-03-04 2:24

Hi Ian,
lovely series of photos from Cappadocia. I was there just on an organized tour and the weather was not great so I had a glimpse but not as much time as I would like to spend in this amazing place. Having captured turkey in Turkey is the funniest thing ever!
M

Royaldevon (85932) 2022-03-04 3:23

Hello Ian,

It is not obvious that these are scans!
I had forgotten how close these tufa houses were to the more modern buildings abs thoroughfares. They are still amazing! To some extent, they remind me of a poorly maintained cathedral! Any this cathedral was made by nature!!!

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

jmdias (115186) 2022-03-09 9:11

ian

excellent images, this main post is nice showing the modern architecture mixed with the caves. nice WS. funny the turkey, curiously a turkey in portuguese is the name of another nation (PERU).

take care

jorge

mcmtanyel (68533) 2022-03-24 20:18

Hello Ian,
A dyslexic turkey in Turkey, walking toward the p氍 (hsibbur) bin. ;-)
Regards,
MT