Life is colorful in Uzbekistan. That‘s were we are since last weekend. The Significant Other and I are touring the magical cities of the historic Silk Road. After starting off in Tashkent, we continued on to Chiwa, then Buchara, and arrived today in Samarkand. Uzbekistan is a great place for photography. Colorful, vibrant, full of historic places. And especially great place for street photography. The locals are super friendly, generally smile when you signal you want to take a picture and many want to talk to you. They are curious to talk to you, living in a country that has just started to open up to tourism.
The cities, all of them more than two thousand years old, are full of life, especially at night, when the temperatures drop to comfortable levels. The two girls holding the balloons are standing in front of the Mir-Arab Madrasa of Buchara, an active university founded and built in the 16th century. The buidling is part of the Poi Kaylan complex, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I will share photos from this achitectural marvel in a later post.
I took the photograph with my Nikon Zf and the Nikkor 40mm f/2. Image specs 1/50 sec @ f/8, ISO 6400 and 40mm focal lenght. Jpg straight out of camera, no postprocessing.
Have a great Friday
Marcus
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love the colours
Thank you so much for visit and commment, highly appreciated!
What a fantastic place to visit!
Thanks, Sue, will share more of it!
Pleased to hear it!
Have a great trip !
Thanks, Marion, very much appreciated!
What a great trip. We are envious. We know all these places only from the Sufi literature. We look forward to seeing more pictures.
Have an easy trip
The Fab Four of Cley
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Thanks, Klausbernd! Will share in the coming weeks! Greetings from Samarkand to the Fab Four
Wonderful photo!
Thank you so much!
Your adventure in Uzbekistan sounds wonderful and memorable. I love the colors, indeed. Stay safe, Marcus! Happy weekend.
Thanks, Hazel, your kind words mean so much! Happy weekend to you too!
Thank you, Marcus. And you’re most welcome
The balloons are so pretty, a great photo, Marcus. And yay for Nikon Zf!!
Thanks, John, so much appreciated! The Nikon is a beast at night. Especially with the 40mm f/2
You are welcome, sir ! Be well.
I love the metallic-hued balloons!
Thanks, Julie, they were fascinating indeed!
Fantastic image Marcus. Have a great time and don’t sprain your shutter finger 😁
Thanks, Joe, much appreciated! We fly back Monday. I took tons of great b&w images. Architecture and people. Plenty stuff for the guest posts 😍