Another long lens candid taken from a rooftop terrace of a Jemaa el-Fnaa cafe, here I like the way the setting sun backlit the balloons giving the image a bit of a kick.
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Having uploaded the full frame shot of this earlier today I only then realised there was a better crop of this guy taking a quick nap on the job hidden within the frame. It's funny how sometimes you can know an image well but then suddenly see it in a new way months later....
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A sepia version of my previous shot of the central courtyard of the Ben Youssef Medersa in Marrakesh, I've used a touch of Topaz Adjust to pull 110% of the detail out of the stucco work.
From Wikipedia : "The Ben Youssef Madrasa was an Islamic college in Marrakech, Morocco, named after the Almoravid sultan Ali ibn Yusuf (reigned 1106–1142), who expanded the city and its influence considerably. It is the largest Medrasa in all of Morocco.
The college was founded during the period of the Marinid (14th century) by the Marinid sultan Abu al-Hassan and allied to the neighbouring Ben Youssef Mosque. The building of the madrasa was re-constructed by the Saadian Sultan Abdallah al-Ghalib (1557–1574). In 1565 the works ordered by Abdallah al-Ghalib were finished, as confirmed by the inscription in the prayer room. Its 130 student dormitory cells cluster around a courtyard richly carved in cedar, marble and stucco. The carvings contain no representation of humans or animals as required by Islam, and consist entirely of inscriptions and geometric patterns. This madrasa was one of the largest theological colleges in North Africa and may have housed as many as 900 students. One of its best known teachers was Mohammed al-Ifrani (1670-1745).
Closed down in 1960, the building was refurbished and reopened to the public as an historical site in 1982."
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I think part of the beauty of this scene derives from the 'so random it's regular' spacing of the people wandering about the Jemaa el-Fna Square in Marrakesh. With so many there's not one decisive moment you just have to take a lot and see which ones work best.
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Not quite sure what this guy was doing with a beach towel over his head, Marrakech is is a couple of hundred kilometres from the Atlantic coast. Once again the distinctive red ochre city walls form an interesting backdrop.
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