THE SILENT CITY by sangwann

THE SILENT CITY

I took this shot in HDR some weeks ago with my camera hand held. Very difficult to do that and I think you need to support the camera to take consecutive shots at different focal length without disturbing the angle of the shot and getting the result all blurred. This is one shot that came out right from several shots I tried on my outing of the day.
This shot shows the entrance to Mdina, our old capital city before the building of Valletta in the late 16th century. I took the shot from the ditch surrounding the fortifications. The original city entrance was closer to that tree trunk as you can see in the picture. The majestic entrance that you see today dates from the 18th century.
The city has been nicknamed ‘The Silent City’ as no vehicles are allowed in there except those of the residents who have a special permit to do that.
The camera worked overtime this week-end. So many pictures to upload and to process on the computer.
Many thanks for your views, comments and fav's on yesterday's shot. Very much appreciated.
Very nicely done! An impressive composition! Fav
October 17th, 2016  
very nice
October 17th, 2016  
lovely looking buildings. I agree, hard to do HDR hand held!
October 17th, 2016  
Great capture
October 17th, 2016  
Lovely composition and lighting :)
October 17th, 2016  
beautiful capture. interesting about the restricted vehicles.
October 17th, 2016  
it all looks to be in excellent shape, built to last.
October 17th, 2016  
Great composition and capture of architectural details
October 17th, 2016  
Impressive entrance and interesting history.
fav
October 17th, 2016  
Great capture and history, fav
October 17th, 2016  
Great shot! Love the lighting!
October 17th, 2016  
Nicely captured and great lighting.
October 17th, 2016  
Wonderful picture and perspective. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.
October 17th, 2016  
Really like the lighting and composition here
October 17th, 2016  
How wonderful - a silent city! And majestic was the first word that came to mind to describe the architecture. Well done for the shot.
October 17th, 2016  
A great fav. shot of this beautiful building.
Most of our inner cities are only allowed by walking or biking.
October 17th, 2016  
Incredible capture:)
October 17th, 2016  
Beautiful shot. Great composition.
October 17th, 2016  
Beautiful architecture against that pretty sky!!
October 18th, 2016  
It looks just as impressive now as it must have when it was first constructed. Nice shot- and excellent job on the hand-held aspect!
October 18th, 2016  
it is an impressive shot and composition dione
October 18th, 2016  
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