Iran - Mystery Woman in Virani Caravanserai in Mashhad
A caravanserai (Persian: كاروانسرا kārvānsarā) was a (usually Persian-inspired or built) roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey. Caravanserais supported the flow of commerce, information, and people across the network of trade routes covering Asia, North Africa, and South-Eastern Europe. Most typically a caravanserai was a building with a square or rectangular walled exterior, with a single portal wide enough to permit large or heavily laden beasts such as camels to enter. The courtyard was almost always open to the sky, and the inside walls of the enclosure were outfitted with a number of identical stalls, bays, niches, or chambers to accommodate merchants and their servants, animals, and merchandise.
Caravanserais provided water for human and animal consumption, washing, and ritual ablutions. Sometimes they even had elaborate baths. They also kept fodder for animals and had shops for travellers where they could acquire new supplies. In addition, there could be shops where merchants could dispose of some of their goods. The word is also rendered as caravansarai or caravansary. The Persian word kārvānsarā is a compound word combining ''kārvān (caravan) with sara (palace, building with enclosed courts), to which the Persian suffix -yi is added. Here "caravan" means a group of traders, pilgrims, or other travelers, engaged in long distance travel.
This particular shot was taken in Virani caravanserai in Mashhad currently used as Mashhad Anthropology museum which nicely shows how the daily life in such a caravanserai looked like. The woman in the photo is actually no mystery to me but a dear friend Mashid who was kind enough to take her chador (A chādor or chādar (Persian چادر) is an outer garment or open cloak worn by many Iranian women in public spaces; it is one possible way in which a Muslim woman may follow the Islamic dress code known as ḥijāb. ) to "model" for me to add a human element into such an environment. I have purposely chosen low shutter speed (1/15 s) to capture the movement.
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens focal length: 17.00 - 40.00 mm, Photo Focal length: 17.00 mm, Aperture: 6.3, Exposure time: 1/15 s, ISO: 1600
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Matyas Dubai (30 months ago | reply)
Awesome.......
orvaratli (30 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot. Love the movement of the persons clothes. It gives a lifeness to the image. Also, having the person infront of the brightest part of the scene is a clever way of controlling highlights. Looking forward for more shots from your Iran trip.
Arpad Lukacs Photography (30 months ago | reply)
Very mysterious, fantastic shot!
Arpad
Jasim. (30 months ago | reply)
perfect!!
carlosfalci (30 months ago | reply)
fantastica.....................
CUSQUENIAN (30 months ago | reply)
Interesante..........!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ash Lourey (30 months ago | reply)
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Debbini (30 months ago | reply)
Bravo
Laurent T (aka thery_lg) (30 months ago | reply)
Great shot... but I can't help thinking about Darth Vader when I look at this shot.
Great movement !
Verena Sala (30 months ago | reply)
fantastic image, excellent light and colours, brilliant capture...!
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vassilis_cy (30 months ago | reply)
excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Max el Moro (30 months ago | reply)
superb!
Shadi Nassri (30 months ago | reply)
I don´t know where you get those fantastic shot it´s amazing and excellent treatment ya sadiki
Filan (30 months ago | reply)
Perfection
Leonardo Amaro Rodrigues (30 months ago | reply)
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very very nice !!!
bugscleghorn (30 months ago | reply)
Absolutely stunning !
Simon665 (30 months ago | reply)
Wow, fantastic image, just brilliant
urbaguilera (30 months ago | reply)
Stunning light, beautiful and mysterious!!
ken wong :-) (30 months ago | reply)
That's really very very cool!
Ashan de Silva (30 months ago | reply)
Simply brilliant!
Axxolotl (30 months ago | reply)
Wow, great shot!
It reminded me of Zorro, when I first saw the picture.
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iamsutao (30 months ago | reply)
very very cool !!!
Phijomo (30 months ago | reply)
Very cool shot, Lucie. Love the mysterious caped figure! Great interior lighting, too.
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Rita Willaert (30 months ago | reply)
What an admiration I have to all your beautiful photos! Congratulations!
Domi Rolland (30 months ago | reply)
*** Délicieuse et Jolie ***
Merci beaucoup
Domi
AttilioCorrenti( Attila2006 -Maverick) (30 months ago | reply)
suggestive work!
EL CUMPA (30 months ago | reply)
GREAT SHOT...NICE & COOL WORK..----WELL DONE--
HAVE A NICE DAY.
SALUDOS Y SUERTE.
ATTE:--------------------------------PJ----- ------------------------------
Dave Berryman (30 months ago | reply)
Wow!
twoyoungmonks (30 months ago | reply)
A beautiful shot. Thanks for the description. Very fascinating!
Endri Sejdini (30 months ago | reply)
What a wonderful capture!
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This Photograph is Wonderful……….Have a Great Weekend
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DanielEwert (30 months ago | reply)
Very creative--nice work!
Daniel
gurbir singh brar (30 months ago | reply)
Bravo, Lucie! Another gem from your awesome repertoire.
scott masterton (30 months ago | reply)
another wonderful example of your style
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AwazB (30 months ago | reply)
what a fascinating shot
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©Helminadia Ranford (30 months ago | reply)
Amazing work Lucie!
Darrell Godliman (30 months ago | reply)
Another very cinematic shot, maybe Hollywood beckons ?
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PatriciaLimpias2009 (30 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous colours and well caught
Christian Wilt (30 months ago | reply)
fantastic
Styrmir Kári (30 months ago | reply)
Impressive as always Lucie!
The story is also very interesting.
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Tsog (30 months ago | reply)
nice, i like the motion
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