Cafe d'Orient in the storm (Ain El Mraisseh - Beirut)
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This photo was taken on November 8, 2005 in ‘Ayn al Muraysá, Beirut, Bayrut, LB.
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revgriddler, liamr, Steve Webel, klocean, and 46 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Puff Dragon (92 months ago | reply)
Beautiful Photograph
LouisL (91 months ago | reply)
Excellent shot.
_mpd_ [deleted] (91 months ago | reply)
Excellent doesn't go halfway far enough. This is unreal.
Koshyk (91 months ago | reply)
What a wonderful location for a cafe! Hope the food is equally good.
FlickrJunkie (91 months ago | reply)
The fish is excellent :)
_barb_ (91 months ago | reply)
really good light! wonderful drama by the waves and motion of the water. I wonder what it would be like to stand behind one of those windows and to look out to the sea.
voted saveme (by the Delete Me! group)
Peter de Krom (91 months ago | reply)
Wow, everything really falls in to place here! The colors are amazing.
-voted as "saveme2" (from the Delete me! group)
Hourman (91 months ago | reply)
Please make sure that you've voted on at least 15 pics before posting any one of your own.
sparty lea (91 months ago | reply)
Quite surreal,stormwaves but blue skys and wonderful sunlight colour. The detail of the seagulls in the foreground also adds to the interest. Great picture
voted as "saveme3" (from Deleteme! group)
Robert Scarth (91 months ago | reply)
The main part of the building should be further to the right and bit lower down. I also see no reason why I should care about this image; the sea is a bit rough, so what? I think this photo would have been better had you been more to your left so that you were more in front of the building (this would probably have involved floating 20ft above the sea, but you should have anticipated this and taken a jet pack with you). You could also have had more of the rocks in the lower right as well.
Nice but not nice enough.
-voted as "deleteme" (from Delete me! group)
Insomniac Goose (91 months ago | reply)
The builiding isn't particularly interesting, I don't much like the architecture. There is a camper-van looking building parked in the car-park (the camper van must be one of man's ugliest automobile creations), and you can see street-lights behind the cafe. The image seems to clash, it can't decide on a theme.
FlickrJunkie (91 months ago | reply)
@barbfi, @peter de krom, @sparty lea: Thanks
@Hourman: I did vote 15 times and just sent you a message with the links.
@Robert Scarth: The rough sea makes it special because it's the mediteranean and this is quite unusual. There are no more rocks to the right as it's the sidewalk. ('grin' for the jet pack, allright i'll come prepared next time)
@Insomniac Goose: No camper van there! I could have photo-chopped the street lights but I preferred to preserve the authenticity of the photo.
Cheers to all
Charl Durand (91 months ago | reply)
Nice colours and quite dynamic. But somehow the composition needs something. Maybe the building should have been a bit more centred, maybe a different crop. I would have indicated the crop I'm thinking of but lately deleteme has been very cranky about commentators scratching notes on pics. Seems there's too much extraneous detail in the pic.
-voted as "deleteme2" (from the Delete me! group)
soh_phee_ah (91 months ago | reply)
i love this shot. i don't care what the others say...the colors of the water against the building are just beautiful. nice job.
saveme4
stet (91 months ago | reply)
this looks sick. Still, it's too tight with those two points on the roof coming right to or exiting the frame. Ideally, I'd also with that some seagulls were not lost against the background of the water, but the timing is spot on with the break.
-voted as "deleteme3" (from Deleteme! group)
Jim Van Meter (91 months ago | reply)
nice pic.
-voted as "saveme5" (from the Delete me! group)
Digital Blue (91 months ago | reply)
Although it's technically part of the background, the building needs to be brought into focus since its contrasts with the crashing waves is what lends the picture its impact. The colors of the water also seem to be somewhat off.
-voted as "deleteme4" (from the Delete me! group)
Mr. Mark (91 months ago | reply)
nothing particularly wrong with this, except DCP is also right about the focus looking a bit soft in the large version. I'm just not finding this an interesting photo overall. colour is good, composition is good, lighting too. It just not somthing I care to look at again for some reason.
-voted as "deleteme5" (from the deleteme group)
Gespür für Licht (91 months ago | reply)
a good press job
-voted as "saveme6" (from the Delete me! group)
FlickrJunkie (91 months ago | reply)
@soh_phee_ah, @Jim Van Meter, @Ngudu Brown: Thanks
@DCP: These are the true colors of the waters out there!
Cheers for all
Rod Monkey (91 months ago | reply)
Reasonable enough photo, although I'm not keen on the building hitting the top of the frame. Lacking in 'wow' factor to make it safeworthy though
-voted as "deleteme6" (from the Delete me! group)
DEL3 (91 months ago | reply)
I think the crop is a too tight at the top. The colors are good, focus seems fine to me, but the building needs to be lower in the frame.
-voted as "deleteme7" (from the Delete me! group)
carolyn_in_oregon (91 months ago | reply)
crop too tight at top and too many distracting elements (parked cars, all those street lamps)
-voted as "deleteme8" (from the Delete me! group)
duconihilum (91 months ago | reply)
Something about this... I just dont like.
-voted as "deleteme9" (from the Delete me! group)
CoachCashMoney (91 months ago | reply)
It is just grasping to my attention the strength of the building. Makes me wonder if the waves always crash the place this hard. Nice work.
-voted as "saveme7" (from the Delete me! group)
PICS2DIE4.com (91 months ago | reply)
Excellent shot.
-voted as "saveme8" (from the Delete me! group)
FlickrJunkie (91 months ago | reply)
Thanking the people that are critisizing but I would like to say that what makes this photo unique to me is that there are never waves this big there (the big lake of the mediteranean), never seaguls and usually when the weather is that bad the sky is not this blue. The cropping was necessary this way to hide lots of useless stuff... maybe i'll put in my stream later photos that show more of this site... All I can say is that's a pretty unique photo of that place...
Fred [feukiou] [deleted] (91 months ago | reply)
sorry but the crop is too tight and this is not amazing.
-voted as "deleteme10" (from the Delete me! group)
CharlesUibel (91 months ago | reply)
That is a keeper for a lifetime.
Julie et Victor (90 months ago | reply)
WOW !! I love it !
wolfm49 (87 months ago | reply)
good shot nice
Churcho (85 months ago | reply)
Great photo - I like it and the wildness it conveys.
FlickrJunkie (85 months ago | reply)
Thank you
marlowski (83 months ago | reply)
beautiful colours - i saw a similar sized storm here that soaked the unsuspecting residents
FlickrJunkie (83 months ago | reply)
marlowski: thank you, storms of this size happen once or twice a year... In the summer the terasse covered in waves becomes a restaurant
brian glass (83 months ago | reply)
After reading the comments from the critiqué groups I realize why I quit all the ones I had joined. This is a great picture in my opinion. It's not perfect but I think it evokes the power of the sea well.
FlickrJunkie (83 months ago | reply)
briank.glass: yep... that's why i don't go to any of these groups anymore. Thanks for your compliment
petepan31 (83 months ago | reply)
A very unique picture indeed of le Café de l'Orient.
Ambience inside and outside around the swimming pool are equally amazing, especially during Ramadan.
A must go for any visitor to Beirut.
Irela [deleted] (83 months ago | reply)
how beautiful. it's almost dreamy
Rabih N (81 months ago | reply)
Hey!! its a GREAT pic.....I have a new Group called:
"Lebanon: Heaven on earth..."
Can you plz add this pic to the Group?.
U r welcome to be a member!!!
www.flickr.com/groups/leb/
Muslima2006 (81 months ago | reply)
Nice colors. The breakers are great.
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Seen in Lebanon: Heaven on earth... (?)
kodSalEet_b [deleted] (67 months ago | reply)
great place, been there
sasan_solaimani (57 months ago | reply)
nice shot
Rodrigo_Soldon (55 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Wonderful photos for the world Pls post 1-comment 3_Contest VOTE, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Panos_ [deleted] (51 months ago | reply)
EXCELLENT WORK !!!
I invite you to the.. " Lands of Alexander " group:
Lands of Alexander
Please post your beautiful art work to our group and join in !
sasan_solaimani (51 months ago | reply)
wow nice shot
PhotoComiX (30 months ago | reply)
Excellent shot
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PhotoComiX (30 months ago | reply)
PS
i saw you licensed the image as CC
i used for a experiment, it is not a proper edit i just was testing a new filter
www.flickr.com/photos/photocomix-mandala/5191 565249/
This photo was invited and added to the great buildings group.
This photo was invited and added to the It's (still) not about you! group.
betta design (15 months ago | reply)
Great photo !
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