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ifege (46951) 2020-06-28 0:32

Hi Gert
A great trio of doors. Krzysztof would have a field day there.
cheers
Ian

ikeharel (112439) 2020-06-28 1:17

Hello Gert,
Three attractive pictures of local doors in this remote town.
Same style with light-blue color, and rightly chosen the main photo, imposing woodwork.
Superb scanning job as always.
Have a nice sunday,
Ike

PaulVDV (62802) 2020-06-28 1:43

Hello Gert,
A bit surprising to see such solid doors in Timbuktu. Not because you show them, but after seeing your previous pictures with the buildings of the city.
I'd rather expect doors like that in a castle somewhere in Europe ... but then the crescents become questionable.
I think we all know Timbuktu as an important stopping place for the caravans on their journey across the Sahara. Besides this economic aspect, the cultural is less known. Maybe I can only speak for myself.
That's why your note is very interesting and it's very regrettable that the city's history has been so unfavourable afterwards.
In a prosperous country, Timbuktu might have grown into a museum city ... but the violence would not have been prevented there either.
Best regards, Paul

Silvio1953 (220605) 2020-06-28 2:14

Ciao Gert, great view of fantastic decorated door, splendid sharpness and fine details, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

pierrefonds (113590) 2020-06-28 4:51

Hi Gert,

The tight frame is putting the door in evidence. The point of view is showing the details of the door. The light is giving nice tints to the colours. Have a nice day.

Pierre

jhm (211734) 2020-06-28 5:48

Hello Gert,

A nice picture with a lovely door, what a nice decoration.
But I kwon not the wood sort!
Perfect picture also realistic colours.
Pleasant technical image.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice day,
John.

rychem (72187) 2020-06-28 6:38

This door is really beautiful, a gift for all fans of doors and windows, rich details and metal decorations, nice photos in WS too, perfectly presented
regards Ryszard

jmdias (114278) 2020-06-28 8:58

gert

nice details in bronze in this door, maybe not an original on, maybe a copy or a fake antiquity, as usual in many historical places. nice shapes anyway. I guess, like in agriculture, when there is a not natural balance the plagues occur, it is the same with the radical terrorists.
nice note.
take care
jorge

kasianowak (17672) 2020-06-28 11:26

Hi Gert
As you say, not your usual kind of post, but interesting nonetheless. And also very beautiful, I could spend lots of time just looking at the intricate details.
Fragile peace, but peace. Inshallah, these doors will welcome me in one day. :-)
Best wishes
Kasia

tyro (30513) 2020-06-28 12:58

Hello Gert,

As always, you have written a wonderfully interesting note about the past glory of this city but also the sadness of how much of its heritage might well have been lost together, of course, with the lives of so many innocent people as a result of terrorism.

Fascinating also to now realise that treasures no doubt lay beyond these doors when you took these photographs in 1982 - and we now wonder how much of those treasures were saved and how much plundered or destroyed. Hopefully much was saved.

Yes, three lovely photographs of three very stout and seemingly impregnable doors, each with fine decoration of their heavy timbers and each image of excellent photographic quality too.

Oh, yes, and thank you for directing us to two photos which you posted twelve years ago - and one of those features another fine doorway!

Wonderful!

Kind Regards,

John.

PiotrF (54246) 2020-06-28 16:16

Hello Gert
A series of photos with details - are they definitely Gert's photos?
Thank you for interesting and informative notes
Great presentation
Regards
Piotr

emka (157280) 2020-06-28 23:20

Hello Gert, Who would think that you will show just the three doors? These doors must have impressed you very much that you took three pictures almost forty years ago, when every photo was precious. But no wonder, they are wonderful Why did you wait so long with them to post? Fantastic pictures. and as always, amazing quality of scanning old Kodachrome slides.
have a nice day

MAlgo

PS. Hopes lost.

Royaldevon (85606) 2020-06-29 2:57

Hello Gert,,

Your photographs show what a high level of craftsmanship had been obtained by the earlier population of Timbuktu!
These doors are big and solid with decorative hinges as well as decorative patterns. Would the metal be copper, showing this verdigris effect? I suppose brass would have a similar effect.

Even the door jambs and sills show evidence of carved decoration. These houses were high status!

Your notes reminded me of two things that I had seen relatively recently; first, the fact that the Nubian pyramids and contents were originally assigned to being built by the Egyptian pharaohs because they didn't believe the African peoples could be cultured or skilled enough to produce such finery; secondly, a trip across Mali to Timbuktu had to be rerouted because of an unexpected outbreak of fighting and the area was unsafe!

Back to the photographs!
These photographs are very well executed, sharp, well saturated and without any extraneous details.

Have a lovely day,
Bev :-)

adramad (72562) 2020-07-01 15:36

Hi Gert.
Fascinating door that looks very old, ideal the carving of the wood of the frame in all its mouth, the metal hardware of the door, are precious and the whole set is a true work of art.
Superb light and sharpness management, to enjoy the details.
Well seen and done. I like it.
You have a good day.
Very best regards.
Luis.

ChrisJ (171222) 2020-07-07 11:16

Hi Gert

The crescent moon is usually a symbol of Islam. History is repeating itself unfortunately with many statues being destroyed in several Western countries with some folks demanding Mount Rushmore be destroyed as one of the Presidents depicted held slaves. The Muslims in Egypt also wanted to destroy the pyramids but failed. One of them has a large gash where many blocks of stone were removed. I just wish people would be more tolerant of older heritage and not try to rewrite or destroy history. A real pity so much of the city's heritage was destroyed. If anything is offensive nowadays it should be stored in a museum. Or turned into an outdoor museum. Tfs!

macjake (98262) 2020-07-12 23:49

Hi Gert
I am so far behind on my critiques...sigh...missed so many of your most recent shots. As for the door lovers on TE, this must be very popular :) excellent not to go along with these doors. As I just wrote on one of Steve's photos, what's wrong with the Human species??? sigh. Why must we fight and kill each other...Alien life forms out there must think we're crazy. anyways...i enjoyed the note, lots of useful info there, and of course the doors are wonderful subjects for obvious reasons. cheers
Craig