Bahrain - Old & New - Modern Manama Skyline from Traditional Muharraq
Muharraq (Arabic: المحرق) (meaning Place of Ashes), is Bahrain's second largest city, and served as its capital until 1923. The Muharraq Town was established by the Al Bin Ali Utub tribe as early as the late 17th Century.It has long been a centre of religiosity. The city is located on Muharraq Island. The city's origins are ancient, going back to the time of Dilmun some five thousand years ago, but it came to prominence in the historical records during the era of Tylos when Bahrain came under domination of the Selucid Greeks, and Muharraq was the centre of a pagan cult dedicated to the shark god, Awal. The city's inhabitants, who depended upon seafaring and trade for their livelihood, worshipped Awal in the form of a large statue of a shark located in the city.
Manama (Arabic: المنامة, transliteration: al-Manāma) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain with an approximate population of 155,000 people. Manama has emerged as the capital of independent Bahrain after periods of domination by Portugal and Persians earlier in its history. Today, it is a modern capital with an economy based around the sales promotion industry as crude oil takes a less pronounced role in the economy.
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Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens’s focal length: 17.00 - 40.00 mm, Photo Focal length: 33.00 mm, Aperture: 13, Exposure time: 32.0 s, ISO: 100
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© Lucie Debelkova / www.luciedebelkova.com (36 months ago | reply)
1D-Photography (36 months ago | reply)
nice!
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blve_16 (36 months ago | reply)
great capture!!!
juntos ( MOSTLY OFF) (36 months ago | reply)
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Garrett Costanzo Photo (36 months ago | reply)
this is a beautiful shot. i love the colors.
ㄚ ᴰᴿᴱᴬᴹᴱᴿ (36 months ago | reply)
Wonderful!!!!!
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Nin's Travelog (36 months ago | reply)
great capture...
Gareth Weeks | www.garethweeks.com (36 months ago | reply)
Brilliant work. Welldone
Espen Faugstad (36 months ago | reply)
amazing, instant fave!
COSKUNTUNA ... 800.000 ... THANK YOU_ (36 months ago | reply)
Great capture.
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Excelente!
Justin Smith - Photography (36 months ago | reply)
great shot, very nice lighting.
DarkGrey (36 months ago | reply)
This is what I've been waiting for. You really are good!
readgeorge (36 months ago | reply)
perfection again! love the warm tones and motion in those boats top right.. nice ! cb :)
Masha Anna (36 months ago | reply)
great shot...amazing colors
ESLOOGIYAH (36 months ago | reply)
amazing!!
VÉRONIQUE (36 months ago | reply)
beautiful light!! : )
mortenprom (36 months ago | reply)
Beautiful composition, great combination of the fancy background and the shabby foreground :))
Nothing to do about the moving boats i guess :))
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orvaratli (36 months ago | reply)
Beautiful image Lucie. I look forward stealing some of your photographic tricks this summer when you are in Iceland.
©Helminadia Ranford (36 months ago | reply)
Wow.....super B shot Lucie =)
I love the composition.... inspiring picture
and thanks a lot for your Lovely time.... =)
Chee Seong (36 months ago | reply)
The light captured here is superb!!! Beautiful!
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isahilo (36 months ago | reply)
que maravilla de fotografía, eres una artista en todos lo sentidos, con una gran sensibilidad
© Ali Shokri / www.alishokri.com (36 months ago | reply)
Great colors and exposure
Elia Cherici (36 months ago | reply)
great cut and tones
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David M Hogan - Now on Google+ too (36 months ago | reply)
beautiful shot, I love the golden light.
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Dani℮l (36 months ago | reply)
The light fantastic once more!
Osterman I. (36 months ago | reply)
Beautiful composition , wonderful picture, my friend !!!
Shuggie!! (36 months ago | reply)
A fine long-exposure, Lucie .. beautiful tones
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Gino Caron (36 months ago | reply)
Wow, beautiful!
Koccinella (36 months ago | reply)
Beautiful.....
►Klaus Allmannsberger Photography (36 months ago | reply)
Nice shot...
Francesco Tomasello ~ .. What Else? [deleted] (36 months ago | reply)
In a dreams bay... =)
MB fp (36 months ago | reply)
Spectacular
Almuhanna -Mohammed (36 months ago | reply)
good shoot :)
maccanti (36 months ago | reply)
magical shot, sunny tones fits very well
Ian.I (36 months ago | reply)
luuuuurrrrrrvvvvvv it . an amazing piece of work ..
Mohammed Alnaser (36 months ago | reply)
So amazing, now am so excited to see more and more of your Bahrain photos , great job
purolipan (36 months ago | reply)
The place, and the light, are magic!