Sunday, 19th June 2011
Water Hole
by Andre Goncalves
When the dam is full of water, it drains through that hole. The place is incredible and it's not well known by the population.
Alentejo, Portugal
Equipment: Canon 5D mark II + Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 II
Andre Goncalves
I'm a photography student at Lusofona university in Lisbon, my passion is to photograph nature and travel! I always lived in places full of wildlife.
Website: www.andrevicentegoncalves.com
Water Hole by Andre Goncalves was photo of the day on Sunday, 19th June 2011. It is tagged Water. You can leave a comment below.
27 Comments
Bud Morris
I like your title! I also like the symmetry broken by the unbalanced sky
lee
How bizzare! It doesn’t look real!
Pauline Jones
With the interesting colors you have used this looks like something out of a sci-fi movie.
mary blankenship
Really cool shot,love to see the water going in the hole,I bet its cool to watch.
André Vicente Gonçalves
Thank you for the comments, i’m really proud with this achievement =)
Lynette Marais
this is an amazing sight – looks very unreal and other worldly. Thanks for sharing it.
Alex Sharp
Great colours and a really interesting shot
Hanna
Wow.
Wow…
WOW.
Ok. I love this ^^
Beautiful colours, and it’s so… Grípping or something. I just love it
Helen Hart
Stretches on forever…love the composition.
reuben chircop
It looks like something from outer space, wonderful image, indeed something i would have loved to shoot.
Rajib Singha
Great shot!
Richard Dart
My psyche says, “Scary!!!”
Osvaldo Carbuccia
Wow!!!!!! Great composition and colors. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
Laura Milholland
Marvelous, abstract-looking image! I thought it was manipulated or a composite – so glad you gave an explanation. Great colors and well shot. Congratulations.
Deborah
Interesting and Beautiful! congratulations for POTD!
Terri
Futuristic, dangerous.
Tazmin A Shariff
wow! can’t believe this POTD. u must have scouted this over and over to get just such a perfect picture! – the sky, the tranquil water, the moment when the dam was low…. thank you!
carl
these make a fantastic sound when the reservoir is overflowing. the correct name for them is “glory hole”, no idea why though.
Terri
P.S. There is a truth in this shot that screams to the soul–God’s waterscapes are far better. Water and concrete are not meant to be knitted together. This is a great picture of man’s attempt to manipulate and control his lot in a fallen world.
lachlan
it is called a morning glory spillway or “glory hole” for short.
It is named after the flower of the same shape. amazing photo
Melissa S
Wow this is like something out of a Sci-Fi movie…just…..wow!
Lisa
Cool, but super freaky – and I’m not sure in a good way…
Marie Dunphy Harding
“it drains throught that hole..” to go where? The arciture is fabulous!
Rosie
This looks unreal, like it is floating. Good work.
Mitchell Krog
At first glance this looked like something created in a 3D modelling program, very interesting shapes and colours.
Jeannine
Where is this overflow rerouted to and just how far is this sent? Seems very unusual and unique.
An excellent photo that leaves me with many questions…like who designed it, etc…
Thank you for sharing.
Rashid Mukoon
Beautiful shot