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Window on Egypt


Window on Egypt
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Copyright: Hans Spruijt (GreenBaron) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3155 W: 799 N: 9730] (38817)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-06-16
Categories: Architecture, Artwork, Experimental, HPP [Heavily Post-Processed]
Camera: Minolta Z1
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Egypt 2004 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-03-12 15:01
Viewed: 813
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 40
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Window on Egypt

After my 'windows on China' my second experiment on triptych presentation. Both statues of a falcon presenting the Egyptian god Horus taken at ‘his’ temple in Edfu. The middle image is the Sphinx and the pyramid of Cheops. The hieroglyphs are taken at the temple of Sobek in Kom Ombo.

The grey-blue air at the middle image of the sphinx and pyramid id replaced by a black background. Further it took quite some PS-labour, to adjust all six images in correct dimensions.

Let me know what your opinion is of this digital triptych

Egyptian Gods

Ancient Egyptian religion encompasses the beliefs and rituals of Ancient Egypt. It was followed for over three years until the establishment of Coptic Christianity and Islam.
Early beliefs can be split into 5 distinct localized groups:
- the Ennead of Heliopolis, where the chief god was Atum or Atum-Ra
- the Ogdoad of Hermopolis, where the chief god was Thoth
- the Chnum-Satet-Anuket triad of Elephantine, where the chief god was Chnum
- the Amun-Mut-Chons triad of Thebes, where the chief god was Amun
- the Ptah-Sekhmet-Nefertem triad of Memphis, unusual in that the gods were unconnected before the triad was formalized, where the chief god was Ptah.

Horus

Horus is an ancient god of the Ancient Egyptian religion, whose cult survived so long that he evolved dramatically over time and gained many names. The most well known name is the Greek Horus, representing the Egyptian Heru/Har, which is the basic element in most of the other names of Horus. Horus was so important that the Eye of Horus became an important Egyptian symbol of power. He had a man's body and a falcon's head. He only had one eye because after Osiris was murdered by his brother Set, Horus fought with Set for the throne of Egypt. In this battle Horus lost one of his eyes and later this became a sign of protection in Egypt. In one story he has said to have cut off his mother's head. Horus united Egypt and bestowed divinity on the pharaoh. (Text Wikipedia.com)
gracestout2008, shelbeesmom, Silvio2006, joopschotsman, ttreen, kurekpit, CallMeMaria, cstathoulis, gypsygirl58, drackness, PierreFrigon, vsinopoulos, HaBeMa, SaraT has marked this note useful
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Hi Hans! Another postcard picture worthy image. The black bg makes it a more tranquil image (and it looks more sophisticated in my opinion) than with a real life sky.
Good job!
J.

Very impressive pp work - I like the composition and framing.

Hi Hans, an other great egiptyan composition, Spinx and Kefren Pyramid between Horus statue, great note of egiptyan religion, thanks my friend, great presentation, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hoi Hans,
Nou, het is weer drommels goed, zoals gebruikelijk. Maar dat wist je al, en aangezien je meer hebt aan opbouwende "kritiek" heb ik er eens kritisch naar gekeken.
Wel.
Zelf zou ik de vogels wat meer ruimte gegeven hebben aan de bovenkant van hun kader. Een pietsje is genoeg.
Verder zou ik de symbolen ónder de valken niet gespiegeld hebben. Als ik ze nu lees van links naar rechts, dan klopt het syntactisch niet meer. ;-)
Al met al een mooie plaat. Ook een mooi verhaal erbij!
Groet,
Joop

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  • ttreen Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1578 W: 118 N: 3601] (14419)
  • [2007-03-12 16:37]

Hi Hans
I really LOVE the way you have put this together! Wonderful idea and framing great shots

tricia

Hello Hans.
Very nice image,great composition,saturationand details.Well done.
Best Regards
TFS

* Piotr *

Hallo Hans.
Als ik deze opname zie snap ik waarom zoveel mensen van Egypte houden. Prachtige weergave van specifieke kenmerken van egypte. Erg mooi en zeer sterk weergegeven.
Frans

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  • NINIX Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 332 W: 151 N: 575] (6249)
  • [2007-03-12 18:21]

He Hans,

Prachtig en erg origineel. Ik ben werkelijk jalours. Wouw wat moet jij al veel gezien hebben van de wereld.

Mooie foto,

Henk.

Hi Hans,
Very nice presentation with perfect sharpness, detail, colors and BG. Very nicely framed and organized.
TFS
Regards,
Lurdes

Hi Hans,

Excellent collage on Egypt! I like your Window Series! This is really a postcard quality photo!

Very well done
Constantinos

Hi Hans,
Wow, impressive! I like this, the black background really does look good. Great composition, sharpness and details are excellent. Good framing, would make a wonderful postcard! Well done and TFS
Cheers Tina :-)

this window'style in your last works is magnific my dear friend Hans... i like it so much... and this one is one of my favorites... i love Egypt... TFS..,

So you reversed the hyeroglyph also, hey?
You want to give nightmares to the archeological nuts that will try to read it?

Nice photos to present this way. Goo work on the BG and the overall effect.
Pierre

Really nice Windows again Hans! I personally would ask Bill Gates for my share! This is really nice! I love Egypt and the history and all! A dream of mine to visit one day!
B-)
Linda (Calamity)
pt

Hello Hans,

Great combo, very nice photos, laid out in a very balanced way, great PP work and presentation.
TFS,
Vassilis

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  • Dawn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1225 W: 110 N: 3235] (16109)
  • [2007-03-13 14:26]

Hello Hans, Yr presentation of this is certainly beautiful, and well done... I find though that you have cropped slightly a little to close to the top of the heads of the two outer photos, but none the less brilliant work..and excellent notes, thank you.

Enjoy your day/eve
Cheers
Dawn

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  • HaBeMa Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 687 W: 142 N: 633] (3062)
  • [2007-03-14 14:48]

Hi Hans;very good job,your note very information,good luck....
Habema.
:-]

This is a very neat idea!
Nice lighting and I like the placment of the bottom 3 photos.
nice note,
Shelby

wonderfull presentation of the Egyptian god
i really like the way u framed everything and your note
thans for that
M

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  • SaraT Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 165 W: 0 N: 217] (1155)
  • [2007-03-15 18:45]

Hi
WOw
what a wonderful photo
and an awesome frame
I really like photos of Egypt.
I think its really neat putting the hieroglyphics after the photo
very interesting:)
sara

Well framed and very nice image. Great color.
Good work.
Great shot.
Great compostiion!
Regards,
GRACE

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