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Gunpowder Factory 4#


Gunpowder Factory 4#
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Copyright: fernando machado (fer) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 791 W: 131 N: 909] (8073)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-05-25
Categories: Architecture
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-08-04 8:24
Viewed: 689
Points: 42
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
One more of this beautiful place!

The Fábrica da Pólvora de Barcarena was in activity between 1540 and 1940, having played an important rôle in the lifes of the local population by creating jobs and promoting the region´s and the country´s development through the production of gunpowder.
Having remained abandoned for some years, the Town Council of Oeiras decided to retrieve the old factory and to transform it into a leisure and cultural center that now presents a variety of motives of interest
Near the entrance you can admire the enormous sun-dial on the ground, both a work of art and an historical object. On your right, the Museum of Black Powder offers the opportunity to learn about the factory´s history over the ages; nearby stands an enormous lake that used to serve as the main cistern. On the left, you will find a sophisticated restaurant and a bar with live music, as well as an art gallery and the Pátio do Enxugo (Drying Yard), with water games and where open-air shows are organized.
Between the Lower Factory (at the entrance) and the Upper Factory, the stream of Barcarena was essential to supply the place with water.
Gunpowder Factory of Barcarena
In the Upper Factory the Viveiros Municipais (Municipal Plant Nurseries)show countless species of flora and there is an enormous garden where children can play and adults relax, read or engage in conversations.
Gunpowder Factory of Barcarena
It is also on this side of the stream that other outbuildings of the factory are situated, showing some of the old machines used in the manufacture of gunpowder over the years.

O crop desta foto foi sugerido pelo amigo Filipe(faraujo)do TE.

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Ilove the blues and yellos here. It is also an interesting use of the reflection to give the sky colour.


Thanks.

Gareth

Muito bonita, acho criativo, interessante e apelativo o facto de teres dado mais espaço ao reflexo na água do que à própria casa. O olhar flui assim de cima (maior detalhe e cores mais vibrantes) para baixo, vendo o resto da fábrica com as nunces da água. Muito bom.

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  • chrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4248 W: 414 N: 6735] (42365)
  • [2005-08-04 9:20]

Hi fernando

I like the warm cold opposition, of the blue & yellow. Superb reflections. Parabens!

great comp, and those colours work so very well, (*_*)

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  • drum Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor [C: 119 W: 45 N: 22] (625)
  • [2005-08-04 10:19]

trabalho mt interessante e apelativo
boas cores e saturação
enquadramento apurado
parabéns
francisco

Great colors and reflection. Love the yellow.

Great contrast! The blue and yellow mix themselves in a great way on that powerfull reflection! Simply beautifull!

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  • kateb Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 514 W: 153 N: 338] (2991)
  • [2005-08-04 12:20]

Beautiful photo, crisp colours and interesting composition.

Hi Fernando,
what a beautiful colourful shot. I like your composition. The reflection is great. Great job,
Nino

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  • Tintin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2198 W: 267 N: 345] (1982)
  • [2005-08-04 12:43]

Very nice reflection and I really like your POV that only shows part of the building in the top part but a fully view of it in the water. Beautiful yellow & blue with a nice shadow of the tree on the rigth side. There is very narrow white line in the top left corner which could have been cloned out. Well done!

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  • harpya Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5716 W: 198 N: 2486] (9791)
  • [2005-08-04 13:40]

Belo panorama Fernando, gostei
gostei das cores, do local onde você deu o tiro, gosto do reflexo que o espelho de água mostra. Veja é bonito estas duas cores.
Gostei de sua fotografia. Parabens

Sergio

Mais um postal como tu tão bem sabes tirar...as cores estão óptimas e o reflexo fantástico.
Parabêns

wow. such rich colors! Great complimentary colors too. :) Very nicely seen. It looks great. Good composition, exposure, colors and lighting. JP

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  • iso Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1119 W: 62 N: 167] (27937)
  • [2005-08-04 15:24]

A great one Fernando, the colors of course, the composition, the reflexions, the format of your shot, everything is just beautiful, thanks and congrats.

Linda, Fernando! Sou mesmo tosca, passei de fugida pela fabrica da polvora e não vi esta zona..e eu que gosto de reflexos..eheh!!
bjs

Oi Fernando.Bonito espelhamento desta velha fábrica, que ainda nos anos 80 laborava, e em grande.
Um abraço
Ant. Marques

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  • puffy Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1792 W: 128 N: 3006] (16617)
  • [2005-08-05 22:11]

Excellent captured Fernando, great colours, contrast, composition and details, I like the reflection too. :) Well done, thanks for posting and the note is very informative. :) Have a good weekend.

This is wonderfully composed. I love the contrast of the yellow against the blue. And the reflection is great too. I like that the building takes up the entire length of the shot. Good job!

De fato um lugar muito bonito! E a foto tambem. Adorei as cores fortes com os contrastes e as sombras. Cicaram excelentes! E os reflexos na agua esta muito bonitos e definidos. Composicao nota 100000 :)
Prabens Fernando, por mais uma foto lindissima!

Abracos, Stef

esta em ingles.

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  • kitka Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 233 W: 70 N: 223] (2180)
  • [2007-04-24 1:31]

Waw! Great point of view, bright colours. I love the reflection... well done:-) Thanks.
Katerina

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