Colosse de Ramsès II (Abou-Simbel)., a photo from Aswan, Inland

Photographer's Note

Abu Simbel was made by the great Ramses II. Built into a giant rock, this temple is huge. Carved into the front are four statues of Rames II. In the middle of the statues is the door. Through the door are eight statues of Ramses II. Decorating the walls are scenes of Ramses II killing the miserable enemies. Another hallway leads to more chambers and the inner sanctuary. Inside four satues of gods sit. On one day out of the year the sun falls on three of them, and leaves the god of the dead in darkness.

dodic, Liekje, MLINES, japiey, Rychach, maloutim, pierrefonds, subhendu_bagchi, Schnappilic, fritzi007 has marked this note useful

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orme (7219) 2003-09-19 4:06

Good composition. The hieroglyphics are excellent, but the 'bricks' supporting the arm seem quite modern. An enlarged picture of just the hieroglyphics would be good. Great notes.

touristdidi (8583) 2003-11-01 7:25

some day I want to see this with my own eyes!!!!!

dodic (708) 2005-12-14 14:47

Amazing shot Philippe,
Very well showed the drawings and hieroglyphs, accompany with interesting information. Thanks for sharing,
Deyan

Discaciate (129) 2006-05-30 16:06

Really liked this one.

The point of view and the shadows helped your photo, creating a very nice feeling of texture on those hieroglyphs. The "down to up" point of view also gives an great sense of grandiosity to the ruins. I just think that a more thingt composition would have been nice. Maybe one that would cut out the sky (since it is a dead part of the picture).

Great Picture. Thx for sharing!

donluicu (24741) 2007-04-13 5:59

salut Philippe
Je suis curieux de savoir si tu as gardé des clichés de cette region?
si tu avais qq pyramides a nous proposer...

je v te donner un lien hyper interessant, sur la dernière theorie de construction des pyramides.

Ici le site de Dassault

pierrefonds (115596) 2008-11-30 5:01

Bonjour Philippe,

La prise de vue permet de voir les détails et les couleurs de cette partie du colosse de Ramsès II. L'image est claire et nette. Le sujet est bien cadré. La lumière qui est réfléchie sur le colosse, met en valeurs les couleurs. Bon dimanche.

Pierre

berek (50518) 2009-06-20 21:09

Bonjour mon ami Philippe,
great details from mystic country Egypt. thanks for your note. well framed picture.
Friendly Regards.
Burak

giorgimer (35017) 2010-02-03 15:00

Salut Philippe,

not easy to catch the detail in that spectacular site, good POV

TFS

G

fabianoleite (13575) 2010-02-14 18:35

Thos ancient forms in Egypt are always wonderful and full of mysteries, and you were wise in choosing such angle to emphasize that power. The light was also well managed. Congratulations!

subhendu_bagchi (26091) 2010-04-13 7:11

Namaste Philippe,
here is a very good photo from your oldies. Nice point of view. From here the paintings of wall is looking more gigantic. Great composition with fine light and well depth. Very well done. Tfs.
Have a nice day.
Subhendu

Schnappilic (9692) 2010-12-19 2:14

Hello Philippe,

Interesting picture with very useful note.

TFS!

Best regards,

Ovidiu

kordinator (8738) 2015-03-21 16:06

Dear Philippe
Very nice texture of monument in your capture.
Excellent details from mystic country Egypt.
Warm regards
Saša

fritzi007 (14698) 2015-05-15 14:13

Hallo Philippe,
interessante Präsentation von Abou-Simbel, gut gemacht!

Viele Grüße
Wolfgang

ikeharel (114659) 2015-06-11 8:07

Bonsoir Philippe,
Your only pic. from Egypt, and a well scanned job done. Details carved stone-painting shown in fine clarity. This place is awesome, though I do not think of it as a future travel location.
Au revoir,
Ike

Matyas (0) 2015-08-16 0:38