Saturday, 13th January 2007
Robben Dawn
by Paul Watson
Dawn on Robben Island looking towards Cape Town. This is the same island that Nelson Mandela spent many years in jail on. It is a national preserve and yet still holds a working population, many ex-prisoners of Robben Island.
Equipment: tripod, Canon EOS 10D, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L
Paul Watson
An amateur South African photographer living and working in Ireland.
Website: http://paulmwatson.com/
Robben Dawn by Paul Watson was photo of the day on Saturday, 13th January 2007. It is tagged Cape Town, South Africa, Table Mountain. You can leave a comment below.
16 Comments
Paul Watson
Glad you like it guys
Holly
Wow! This is a part of the world I’ll probably never travel to and greatly appreciate the opportunity to see such a historic and beautiful view of it. Thank you.
Eli Shams
Sounds like an opportunity for prisoners to meditate… What a beautiful place !
Claudette Singleton
I just simply love this photo with all its striking colors. I will try and paint it.
David Spiller
This is where Nelson Mandela was held for most of his imprisonment. All that was visible from his tiny cell window was a courtyard wall. My hero.
Franc-Sois Dandurand
What splendid nature! This is so beautiful it makes me want to brave the “at times” harsh social climate of SA cities just to see and feel this beauty and climate!
Anurag
A very good scene, I feel using a polariser would have helped you to cut the background haze. Just my 2 cents.
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst
Very nice. I like the composition and the sharpness. I think it’s a pity the sun is coming up in the right because it gives your sky a strange mix of whites, blues and every color in between. I would rather have seen it different. Still a good picture though.
Ann
Beautiful light. Very uplifting photo. Congrats.
Su
Love all the colours,great information too.
su
Great image, hard to image being imprisoned there.
sandra742
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog.
Cheers! Sandra. R.
Renee
wow, for a place that looks so beautiful it was not for others!
mike
Very colorful scene.
paul whitton
wow! makes me want to be there, great shot!
su
Lovely colours and thanks for sharing the history it adds something to the shot.