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Mt Ararat

I took this shot of Mount Ararat from the eastern, Armenian side. It is an old Asian tradition to erect a little stone cairn when the journey has been safely completed. So was mine...
Thanks to Mal Smart and the others for the great help in Critique.

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id-fotos 2 years ago

Fabulous picture. I love it. Thanks for your critics by the way... ;-)

Cheers,
Ingo

Balazs Pataki Many thanks Ingo.

Armen Gevorgyan 2 years ago

EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!

Kirill Braga 2 years ago

This is SOMETHING.. I watch and watch and watch and can't stop. The symbolism of our conciousness is united with the endless power of nature. You've made it.

danielklaas 2 years ago

Stunning.

Balazs Pataki Thanks again, dear Daniel.

Rosalinde Philippin-Lipscomb 2 years ago

excellent !

Balazs Pataki Vielen Dank, Rosalinde!

Clement 2 years ago

Woaa, that's really nice, amazing composition.

Balazs Pataki Thank you Clement, I was very lucky with that bird...

Yasime 2 years ago

Is it "Agri Mountain" from the eastern in "Turkey" ? Majestic of course..

Balazs Pataki Hi Yasime, sorry for the late reply. It's Agri, but from the eastern Armenian side.

Øystein Lystad 2 years ago

Impressive and inspiring work You have.. !

Balazs Pataki Many thanks for your kindness.

zsolo 2 years ago

Szia Béka,

Nagyon klassz kép. :)
Üdv! zsoló

Balazs Pataki Köszönöm szépen zsoló!

Tim Corbeel 2 years ago

Composition, DOF, ... excellent! Fantastic work Balazs :)

Balazs Pataki As the Hungarian saying goes: "sometimes even a blind chicken finds a worm". :)) Thanks Tim!

Jaroslaw Stryjewski 2 years ago

beautiful

Balazs Pataki Thank you.

Mihnea Turcu 2 years ago

I love the shot, because it is so very simple and volumes have such a right place...

Balazs Pataki Glad you see it this way, thanks!

Kaveh H. Steppenwolf 2 years ago

I've seen this incredible mount from Iran's side. It is known as the sister of "Damavand". Very mystical mountain. Ah, and those little rocks..people in Scandinavia do that as a symbol for trolls ;-) Simple shot, but great feeling...

Balazs Pataki Seems to be a very ancient symbol... some of the will probably still stand when all else collapses around us. Thanks!

Ruhrpottlady 2 years ago

a picture to dream....fine..+++

Balazs Pataki Danke, milady.

Alex OBrien 2 years ago

And it also happens to be most popular image of the day, what a shot Balazs! ;)

Balazs Pataki Now I am totally perplexed... coz a wonderful portrait I dug out from my archive was rejected at lightning speed. Oh man, screeners are hard to please...

Codrin Lupei 2 years ago

Love everything about it, wonderfuly done, so happy to see this kind of images published, Balazs, beautiful work!

Balazs Pataki Thanks for the encouraging words, Codrin!

Louise LeGresley 2 years ago

Simply beautiful and peaceful...

Balazs Pataki Merci beaucoup Louise.

herbels 2 years ago

Beautiful!

Balazs Pataki Thanks a lot.

Andre Gehrmann 2 years ago

the picture itself - a simple and powerful story
I like it a lot!

cheers
André

Balazs Pataki Danke Andre - check your mail :)

Guido Franssens 2 years ago

You did it again Balzas

Balazs Pataki If I was Britney Spears, now I'd say: Oups...! :))

Guido Franssens If you were britney uour demi moore pictures would be a big(ger) succes!!

g

Balazs Pataki Forget it - I'll never paint my hair blonde. My whig is perfectly enough.

Thaib Chaidar 2 years ago

simple but strong image, Master:))..congrats

Balazs Pataki Rise, young jedi :)))

limawhisky 2 years ago

nice concept to see the mountain by different way of view and the bird made this photo has something strong as told by Ricky, great shot Balasz!

Balazs Pataki Thanks LW! :)

Morkel Erasmus 2 years ago

great composition and mood, you can feel the history of this place.

Balazs Pataki I am very happy if you feel this way. Thank you.

Ricky Siegers 2 years ago

Nice picture Balazs, alaways a pleasure to see you in your picture. The SOUL is always there.
Cheers...

Balazs Pataki Oh, thanks Ricky. I hope you won't feel like this if I manage to publish my favourite photo of a chicken. ;))

Ricky Siegers depend on what kind of chicken :))

Balazs Pataki A juicy fried chicken comes to mind, because I am hungry...

Ricky Siegers ha ha ha...you make me hungry too, nice with hot suce

barbara 2 years ago

this is lovely, i have always wanted to see Ararat and if not in real, thank you for sharing this photo with us!

Balazs Pataki Well, here you go! :) Thanks barbara.

Semir 2 years ago

beautiful: )

Balazs Pataki Thanks!

gerard sexton 2 years ago

Smashing work. Its the same tradition here. Follow the cairns to safety!

Balazs Pataki Seems to be something coming from our collective subconsciousness?... Thanks!

Sven Fennema 2 years ago

This is a outstanding picture Balazs, i love your fantastic composition - It has everyhing!

Balazs Pataki I was very very lucky with that bird. Thanks Sven!

Sven Fennema Oh yes, that is the final spice in the already tasty soup!

nicoleta gabor 2 years ago

wonderful mood ! orulok hogy itt van :)

Balazs Pataki Hát még én! Köszönöm kedves!

Stefania Cruceru 2 years ago

excellent!

Balazs Pataki Multumesc Stefania :)

Stefania Cruceru Cu placere! :)

Matjaz 2 years ago

Great!

Balazs Pataki Thanks!

Robert 2 years ago

Balazs! WOW! The DOF is chosen excellent!

Robert

Balazs Pataki I always carry a whole set of DOF with me and this was at hand :))) Danke für's vorbeischaun!

Robert Von dem "dof" hab ich auch nen ganzen Koffer voll:-))))))

Phyllis Clarke 2 years ago

Outstanding use of DOF to highlight a mood. Bravo Balazs. My best, Phyllis

Balazs Pataki It was probably the best moment of my very average and now retired 17-85 lens. Many thanks Phyllis.

King Douglas 2 years ago

This is profound.

Balazs Pataki That's a priviledge to hear from you King. My thanks.

Chris Dixon 2 years ago

Balasz, what can I say, great picture to go with your great words in "critique"

Cheers Chris

Balazs Pataki Thanks Chris, all the best!

Colmar Wocke 2 years ago

Balasz,

Superb image!

Colmar

Balazs Pataki Sometimes I get lucky... thanks Colmar!

Mal Smart 2 years ago

I'm so glad that you posted this image Balazs. There are some images that I see that just have that special something that is not easily explained in words but it resonates in the soul, this is such a pic for me. You have not given the image some ethereal preamble of explanation as so many people do, the image just is what it is and I am happy to see and weave my own story here. I love the pic. mal

Balazs Pataki Many thanks again for your great suggestion which I won't forget any time soon.

JBA 2 years ago

Glad it got through. Still some banding, but it didn't matter. Congrats. I feel the bird ought to be an Eagle but is probably a Raven or Crow. Actually, it should be a dove with an olive branch in it's beak but never mind.

Balazs Pataki Most importantly, it's not a chicken. Although I've never seen a photo of a flying chicken. Maybe it would even add to the mood.
Probably it's a hawk, there are telephone masts nearby where they like to sit and watch out for the odd mouse. Thanks Jon!

Daniel Portal 2 years ago

stunning really. To me the bird "makes" the picture. Just brilliant.

How long did you have to wait till the bird got in the right place?

Balazs Pataki 1/200 of a sec. :) It was a matter of luck, as this is the only frame where His Birdness was graceful enough to fly into the frame. Thanks Daniel!

Uzay 2 years ago

Balazs were you in Turkey? Mt. Ararat (Agri Dagi) is beautiful.

Balazs Pataki I was, but this is taken from the other side at a place called Khor Virap, about 30-35 kilometers from the mountain itself (just opposite to Dogubeyazit - between the two places the summit would be right in the middle). The border and the next Efes pilsner was just a few hundred meters away. One thing I regret is to never have climbed to the summit.