Traditional House, a photo from Melaka, West

Photographer's Note

Another posting for Chinese traditional house at Melaka town, as what i told in my previos photo this is the oppesite house. This old house have artistic relief sculpture on the wall, and paint in vivid color.

Chinese from China first stay at Melaka since 15th century.

Workshop : I am not sure why this main posting photo have bad balancing of color when preview with old style monitor.

Waylim, Manuj, Dyerco, tedesse, feather, gracious, jafadabret, stego has marked this note useful

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Waylim (25436) 2008-07-24 19:18

Ally,
Another very good image showing the architectural style of the area. It's very rich in the Chinese influence color and style. Almost temple like looking. Good details and texture of the building, the man in the front add liveliness to the image and provide sense of scale. the one to the right seem like it would be a nice looking house too. Thanks for sharing. Way

naturelover (306) 2008-07-24 20:17

Hello Ally
What a colourful home you captured. The architecture is unique and the man standing in front gives a nice perspective. The colours of the shirt on the man is similar to the colours on the home. Well done.
TFS Janice

jimkilgallon (0) 2008-07-24 20:37

Hello Ally
Well taken shot with excellent features and details. The human element shows us the size of this house which would look small if he hadn't been there. Well composed Ally, it has terrific colours also.
Regards
Jim

Manuj (441) 2008-07-24 20:45

hello Ally
how are you?
this is a very colourful shot
nice architecture, wonderful POV
sharp and detailed. the man adds life to this shot.
thanks for sharing
regards
Manuj Mehta

jurek1951 (42198) 2008-07-24 21:58

Hi Ally,
a lovely capture here, with great composition, good texture and nice colour.
Georg

Morac (27725) 2008-07-24 22:37

Hello Ally,
Good image showing the architectural style of the area.
This is a very colourful shot.
Regards

Marc

Dyerco (10185) 2008-07-24 22:54

Well done. The colours are very rich and the old house shows well. What I like is the fellow in front that adds human interest to this image. He looks like he just got off his horse.
Phil

greek (7594) 2008-07-25 0:39

hi there, traditional shot, nice daily scene,colours and light,galantis

Miha2ou7 (5162) 2008-07-25 1:26

Hey Ally,

A very colorful house, with some nice details, that are -- well, excuse my ignorance :) very Asian. Beautiful ornaments really. The image itself is perfectly sharpened. The man provides a sense of scale, although one can imagine how tall a house is anyway.

Best regards.

tedesse (25147) 2008-07-25 18:08

Hello!
Nice composition,beautiful architecture,lovely colours and good sharpness.
Greetings
Tadeusz

pally3100 (3413) 2008-07-25 21:29

Hello Ally
a interesting human picture ab also architectural shoot who inspired me a worshop look at this on this site .
friendly to you dear Ally

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trekks (14348) 2008-07-26 3:54

hi Ally

This is a unique looking building facade of the yester years. Your interest in historical buildings has given you more photgraphy opportunity. You will now have more chances to shoot Melaka and Penang as UN WHC sites.

tfs, bill

feather (51130) 2008-07-26 5:47

The architecture is very pretty with all the painted decoration. Unusual for me to see pastel colours instead of vivid colours. good idea to include the man for some scale as well as added interest.
Kath

gracious (20025) 2008-07-27 16:03

Hello Ally,
always fascinated by the looks of these beautiful old chinese tradition houses from Melaka!
they really keeps back a lot of chinese design from the old days!
good image is sharp with good colour and details!
many thanks for the sharing
greeting
Tony

TopGeo (38220) 2008-07-27 23:49

Hi Ally excellent point! very good image showing the architectural style of the area. Indeed impressive the decoration and the style have something from the mentality of region. I like that you have the sense of depth with the gentleman in the means. I see also other to the right and left seem like it would be a nice looking house
Georgios

jemaflor (147046) 2008-07-28 11:12

Hi Ally,
interesting colours and architecture for this traditional house, good composition with an human presence in your composition.

Silvio1953 (221493) 2008-07-29 9:25

Ciao Ally, great view of fantastic house, Good composition with lonely man, splendid colors, I like a lot, very well done, ciao Silvio

jafadabret (56501) 2008-08-01 9:37

Bonjour Ally.
Cette maison toute modeste qu'elle est se trouve très coquette avec ses couleurs et ses décorations.
Beau travail !
Jacques

Wandering_Dan (3449) 2008-08-05 15:37

Hi, Ally -

Very nice composition, very well framed. I like the soft colors of the building, and the bow-legged man in front is a bit of a curiosity.

Regards,
Dan

izmirli (3989) 2008-08-06 15:15

merhaba dear ally
excellent lovely house and lovely colours.wonderful composition.well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

boromare (366) 2008-08-07 14:18

hello Ally I love all those small front house you make us discover .thanks.regards .Mario

stego (24132) 2008-08-19 4:30

Hi Ally,
Very interesting! The façade is very cute in its naivety. It's funny how the pipes on both sides are painted, one in gold and the other in blue. I can't resist being nasty about the man: his legs give a humorous touch that probably was not your intention. I also wonder if he doesn't give a wrong sense of scale: if he isn't very short, then the houses are really high on that street.
Regards, José.

huahoa (3698) 2008-09-03 10:35

Hi Ally,
I recognize the chinese touch in this house.
The legs of this man have a particular form, it looks like he rides a lot of (lol).
Well done !
Hoa

greg (2835) 2009-03-18 4:45

Hi Ally, I've enjoyed looking through your pictures... Malaysia seems to be an unusually colourful place!

I was wondering about your name - shevchenko - is it after the Ukrainian poet? Or something else?

mafegan (8626) 2009-07-12 4:39

Hello Ally
Such an ornate house full of contrasting detail - and then there is the man standing bow-legged. Good lighting in original- simple and yet detailed. Tfs, Marlene