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ifege (46923) 2020-05-06 0:13

Hi Gert
Another good oldie from that African trip. Lots of interesting detail.
cheers
Ian

Silvio1953 (220577) 2020-05-06 0:35

Ciao Gert, my today neighbour, fascinating landscape, wonderful natural colors, splendid light and excellent clarity, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

Royaldevon (85606) 2020-05-06 2:19

Hello Gert,

This photograph reminds me of scenes from England, earlier in the year, when fields adjacent to rivers were inundated with water and there appeared to be rivers running alongside the main river!
I think we have all become aware of how important water is to us all, in so many ways!

I really like your w/s photograph.
The guy, working in the street, makes a fascinating image.
His loom looks quite primitive and he appears to be working part of it with his toes!
I wonder if the rug, upon which he is seated, is an example of his work.

Anyway, it's a very nicely composed photograph of an activity that probably hadn't changed much in generations. I wonder if the weaving has become mechanised, now!

Keep safe,
Bev :-)

tyro (30513) 2020-05-06 4:38

Hello Gert, Two quite different though lovely photographs from Niamey almost 4 years ago.

The river looks very wide here: I see the islands and sandbars but there appears to be plenty water in the river just now so I presume it was navigable at this time.

When I look at the larger version of your main picture, I see two figures, one central in the lower part and another walking some distance behind him/her by some large rocks. I wonder what they were doing - maybe fishing?

I think I might even like your workshop picture more than your main one with the young man working a loom. Although I imagine he is a poor man, yet he is tall and slender and has a certain elegance we might nowadays consider suggestive of "good breeding" and he reminds me very much of the description my father gave me of people he had met in Maiduguri during WWII, as well as those who featured in a couple of his old photographs he had taken. And I suppose the young man also typifies what we would all have been like forty years ago - he might have been poor and doing a menial job but his shirt has been crisply ironed!

Wonderful!

Take care and stay safe.

Kind Regards,

John.

kasianowak (17672) 2020-05-06 7:14

It's really almost hard to believe it this is not in the middle of nowhere far away from the nearest urban centre. Reading your note makes it feel surreal.
Lovely layered composition with some strong points of focus.
As often happens with your posts, the WS weaver could be another main upload.
Have a nice evening
Kasia

jmdias (114262) 2020-05-06 9:31

gert

I saw this river from the air once. of course your image is amazing. lovely the strips of green in the middle of the waters with personages and those palm trees in evidence.many countries has a name from a river: niger, uruguay, paraguay, argentina (silver river), congo..

take care

jorge

Tue (91564) 2020-05-06 10:58

Hej Gert,
Det ser overhovedet ikke ud som om man er tćt ved en střrre by her, snarere et landskab ude pĺ landet. Billedet giver et godt overblik over den brede flod og de mange střrre og mindre řer, hvor vi kan se nogle mennesker, store stener og nogle trćer. Jeg kan godt lide de naturlige grřnne og blĺ farver.
Lars

GyurMaster (24668) 2020-05-06 12:15

Dear Gert,

Using the N word twice in the title? Fie! Joking apart, its and excellent landscape with multiple layers of the place. The human presence, I count two of them in the fg and maybe one another in the far bg. in the right side. The colours of the Kodachrome what puts the cherry on the ice for me! The ws is also fine, it would sell as a nothing special at any time. I wonder how this man or his successors solve home office in these times!?

Have a nice evening!
Gy.

PS: Thank you for your kind words on my latest WS photo!

lousat (138599) 2020-05-06 13:37

Hi Gert,many years have passed, I hope this natural environment has been preserved, but I have strong doubts because of the likely expansion of the city. The quality of the photo is surprising, really excellent. Also interesting is the weaver man who is making small rugs, perhaps. Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

PiotrF (54246) 2020-05-06 15:47

Hello Gert,
An interesting picture from your archive.
I like beautiful landscape here.
Good daily life scene in WS, fine presentation.
Regards
Piotr

emka (157280) 2020-05-07 2:12

Hello Gert,
Strange view in the Workshop picture. They are usually women who are weavers, but on the lake Titicaca the men are knitting, so it happens somewhere.
Impressive view of the river. I like most here these huge boulders on the island. As always, the excellent quality of the very old picture. I remember the time when it was taken very well. We had so different experiences.

In West Africa, I mean Senegal and Gambia, the rivers are very wide but not long. I could look in my archive one day :).

Now it is a very nervous and emotional time in Poland.
Stay safe

MAlgo

alvaraalto (42804) 2020-05-08 1:20

Hello Gert,
Although the two photos have no direct relationship with each other, they provide an interesting picture of a macro and micro impression of the region and complement each other in an attractive way.
Have a good weekend, groet Rob
Be careful and stay safe, Rob

ChrisJ (171220) 2020-05-10 2:07

Hi Gert

Missed this one. It looks like the river is in minor flood and has submerged part of the local sharecroppers farms. Good colour and sharpness and the river looks remarkably clean although I wouldn't swim in it due to parasites. Tfs!

worldcitizen (15956) 2020-05-15 10:38

Hello Gert,
What a lovely view. It's amazing that the city is just behind you. I like how all the small bits of land run through the river, like ribbons. I also like the large boulders and small trees that are in the center. Together with that one person in the middle, this is a great scene.

Ilonka1974 (10289) 2020-06-25 13:19

Hi Gert,
Interesting landscape.
Very good presentation.
Well done.
Best regards
Janusz