Alphons' Photoblog
Farm in volcanic ash
Posted by Alphons (Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands) on 11 December 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
Punta de volcan, Lanzarote, Spain.
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====== THANKS FOR VISITING AND COMMENTS ! ======
@Daryl: It's indeed very peculiar.
Bye.
@Steve Rice: Thanks for comment and visit. Bye.
Paul van der Meer from Valkenswaard, Netherlands
Idd knappe vlakverdeling en compo. Wat ik sterk vind is de blauwe lucht in combinatie met de haast gebleekte lucht wat m.i goed weergeeft hoe ontzettend warm het kan zijn op dit Vulkanisch landschap! Groeten, Paul
11 Dec 2008 5:46pm
@Paul van der Meer: En hier wil een boer nog een plantje neerzetten. Over uithoudingsvermogen gesproken.
Gr. Alphons.
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
That's amazing, making a structure from volcanic rocks. I also like how small those people are dotted on the beach along with those rocks. Beautiful shot (from a mobile phone?).
11 Dec 2008 5:51pm
@Howard F.: The shot is from a 3MB Olympus Camera.
It's amazing that a farmer is trying to grow something there. Endurance!
Bye.
Pixim from Nice, France
Strange like place, a volcanic island surrounded by this beautiful blue sea. Your framing makes it possible to test this shared feeling between desolation and pleasant feeling ;)
11 Dec 2008 6:22pm
@Pixim: Indeed amazing the combination of a fresh sea and the intense dry land of old ashes.
And local people trying to make the best of it.
Bye.
Grahame from Mt Maunganui, New Zealand
What a harsh environment to try to make a living in.
Interesting contrasts in this shot.
11 Dec 2008 10:21pm
@Grahame: Thanks for your visit and comment. Bye.
manel from Girona, Spain
Es impresionante esa tierra negra. En febrero, estaré una semana Lanzarote.
Saluods.
11 Dec 2008 11:11pm
@manel: Muchas gracias por tu visita. Bye.
Charles from New York, United States
What an interesting photo...looks great. I have never seen so much volcanic ash before...nice shot.
11 Dec 2008 11:16pm
@Charles: Thanks for compliment and comment. Bye.
@JJ: And a farmer trying to grow there something!
Bye.
@hamidook: Thank you. Bye.
@Roland: Amazing, indeed. Au revoir.
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
I've arrived here from viewing images of a green California in December . . what a wonderful world we have !
12 Dec 2008 10:46am
@Ronnie 2¢: That's a nice thing of Aminus: you can see all that contrasts from over the world.
Bye.
Alaukika from Pune, India
Beautiful shot. I think it's the same place you had taken the shot from earlier with a different angle. I'm not sure... but I think so.
12 Dec 2008 2:35pm
@Alaukika: Thank you.
It's not the same place. But it's the same, totally, volcanic island. There will come more pictures of it.
Bye.
@Eleftheria!: It's indeed so unusual. Thank you for comment and visit. Bye.
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
An insightful image - and most unusual topography.
12 Dec 2008 3:21pm
@Stephen Phillips: Thanks for comment and visit. Bye.
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
What an hostile environment, but interesting to see. Looks as though the water could come right onto the beach ?
12 Dec 2008 3:58pm
@Observing: Niet goed zichtbaar, maar daar is een natuurlijke 'dijk'.
Bedankt voor commentaar en bezoek. Tot ziens.
Rags from Plano, United States
what was he trying to grow? I guess where there is a will there is a way.
12 Dec 2008 4:17pm
@Rags: I don't know really. There were some very litlle green plants and dried sticks.
Bye.
Pradeep from Chennai, India
Amazing shot, really throws off the sense of scale :)
12 Dec 2008 4:56pm
@Pradeep: Thanks for comment and visit. Bye.
@kerfendal: Thanks for visit. Bye.
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
great place and very nice landscape image
12 Dec 2008 5:54pm
@yiannis krikis: Thank you and see you again.
@Marcah: Thanks for compliment and visit. Bye.
@Alun Lambert: Indeed. People try to grow something there. It IS a hard life.
Bye.
melodia from ffm, Germany
wow, this is a farm? doesn't look like it ...
but i guess it's wonderful to live right by the sea. and probably also dangerous and hard.
12 Dec 2008 8:44pm
@melodia: People try to grow something there. I think they are living elswhere. It IS a hard life.
Thanks for comment and visit. Bye.
Vinman from Clacton-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Very nice contrasting textures and shapes Alphons.
12 Dec 2008 10:13pm
@Vinman: Thanks for your comment and visit. See you.
Emilio Garcia from Pleasanton, United States
Beautiful composition of a striking landscape.
12 Dec 2008 11:22pm
@Emilio Garcia: Thanks for the compliment. Bye.
Michael Rawluk from Williams Lake, BC, Canada
It s a strange and beautiful shot and landscape.
12 Dec 2008 11:26pm
@Michael Rawluk: Thanks for visiting. Bye.
@Siam: Thanks for comment and visit. Bye.
One from Açores, Portugal
What a magnificent panorama! I would visit Lanzarote ... One day ...
13 Dec 2008 3:54am
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
Excellent detail and composition in this fine image.
13 Dec 2008 4:21am
@Michael Skorulski: Thanks for the compliment. Bye.
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
What an interesting environment! I have't seen anything like it! Very baron.
13 Dec 2008 4:40am
@Linerberry: Thanks for comment and visit. Bye.
gbe from kansas city, United States
great view. so it really is a farm! at first i thought it was an archeological site of some kind.
13 Dec 2008 5:13am
@gbe: People try ( or have tried) to grow something there. It's amazing.
Bye.
@Zing: Thanks for the compliment. Bye.
One from Açores, Portugal
What a magnificent panorama! I would visit Lanzarote ... One day ...
13 Dec 2008 5:50am
@One: Thank you for your visit here. Bye.
@Elena Kotrotsou: Thank you. Bye.
@ninni: Thanks for your visit. Bye.
Earnest from Oklahoma, United States
It must be brutal trying to clear out the rocks...
13 Dec 2008 4:17pm
@Earnest: I think it'a hard living overthere.
Bye.
@mo.langel: Thank you. Bye.
Ada Panich from S.Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
I know Tenerife and I hope to visit Lanzarote soon. I know about its 'desolation' and you capture it very well.
15 Dec 2008 10:03am
Ken McCoy from Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States
Amazing shot! For a moment, I thought the mountains in the background were pyramids :)
15 Dec 2008 2:46pm
@Ken McCoy: Thanks! the mountains there are all old volcanos. Bye.
@Rachel: Thanks for comment and visit.
