Pālangān to Orāmān: Blue just to face sky

Nikon D300 

1/160s f/6.3 at 200 mm iso200 

Wednesday April 29 2010 

Orāmān,Kermānshāh,Iran 

PS:Blue windows everywhere. This is a tradition. I interpret it as each family wants to face sky.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Village Orāmān

Nikon D300
1/200s f/5.6 at 27 mm iso200
Thursday April 29 2010
Orāmān,Kermānshāh,Iran

PS:This is the famous village Orāmān. Been here last year it is somehow known for me. Kind of specific architecture makes the village look so interesting visually. Each house is made of stones found around and all the windows are colored blue. It has rained heavily last night and I asked a local driver to survive me. Nothing has evolved from last year. Every thing the same. Nice people, nice weather, nice language and nice life.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Pir Shāliār II

Nikon D300
1/125s f/5.6 at 200 mm iso200
Thursday April 29 2010
Orāmān,Kermānshāh,Iran

PS:Religious ceremony in Pir Shāliār is accompanied with specific music from the region. People also frequently tie some teared part of colorful cloths and ask god for what they really hope for in their lives.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Pir Shāliār

Nikon D300
1/80s f/5.3 at 105 mm iso200
Thursday April 29 2010
Orāmān,Kermānshāh,Iran

PS:We have arrived to one the most famous villages in Kurdestān. This village is called Orāmān. Known as a very ancient one, Orāmān is also famous for a holy plcase called Pir Shāliār. People get together here annually and have religious ceremonies there.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Never ending road

Nikon D300
1/160s f/6.3 at 195 mm iso200
Wednesday April 28 2010
Tefin,Kermānshāh,Iran

PS:This road never ends... going along the river, among the villages, under our feet.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Anemone Flower

Nikon D300
1/100s f/5.0 at 52 mm iso200
Wednesday April 28 2010
Tefin,Kermānshāh,Iran

P.S:In this season each year is a good time to see anemone flowers around. I am lucky this year.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Roof

Nikon D300
1/200s f/7.1 at 105 mm iso200
Wednesday April 28 2010
Tefin,Kermānshāh,Iran

P.S:This is a roof. Some flowers are grown and I look among so many branches.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Carpet

Nikon D300
1/160s f/6.3 at 225 mm iso200
Wednesday April 28 2010
Tefin,Kermānshāh,Iran

P.S:This is like a carpet made of colorful strings finely woven together.

Pālangān to Orāmān: I am one of them!

Nikon D300
1/160s f/7.1 at 27 mm iso200
Wednesday April 28 2010
Tefin,Kermānshāh,Iran

P.S:I am a tree! I really feel it!!

Pālangān to Orāmān: Group of trees

Nikon D300
1/160s f/6.3 at 170 mm iso200
Wednesday April 28 2010
Tefin,Kermānshāh,Iran

P.S:This group of trees are probably moving through the steep path.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Set on velvet

Nikon D300
1/100s f/5.6 at 300 mm iso200
Wednesday April 28 2010
Tefin,Kermānshāh,Iran

P.S:On the left hand side there are lots of skewed trees set on a green velvet surface.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Painting

Nikon D300
1/60s f/5.6 at 195 mm iso200
Wednesday April 28 2010
Tefin,Kermānshāh,Iran

P.S:After having breakfast we leave the village Tefin. The Plain is so Wide. I see some cows far away on right hand side. Its like a painting.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Sleeping under the Vine

Nikon D300
1/5s f/4.0 at 63 mm iso200
Wednesday April 28 2010
Tefin,Kermānshāh,Iran

P.S:We have spent a night in Tefin. Having good sleeping bags we decide to sleep out. I have my camera with me on my backpack just beside my head. This is the first scene I see while waking up!

Pālangān to Orāmān: Wheat

Nikon D300
1/250s f/8.0 at 300 mm iso200
Tuesday April 27 2010
Pālāngan,Kermānshāh,Iran

P.S:In our path we go through the croplands. Feels good to touch wheat stems.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Pālangān from above

Nikon D300
1/200s f/7.1 at 105 mm iso200
Tuesday April 27 2010
Pālāngan,Kermānshāh,Iran

P.S:Going high towards the hill we can see the stair-shaped village Pālangān. Besides the village passes the river Sirvān. Nice view.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Breeze

Nikon D300
1/320s f/9.0 at 60 mm iso200
Tuesday April 27 2010
Pālāngan,Kermānshāh,Iran

P.S:After a delicious lunch we have left Pālangān. Here we climb a hill to go to another tiny village called Tefin. Here in the way come a nice breeze. Everybody fresh.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Mosque

Nikon D300
1/200s f/7.1 at 60 mm iso200
Tuesday April 27 2010
Pālāngan,Kermānshāh,Iran

P.S:This is the small but main mosque of the village Pālangān. Sharp green and strange high exposed door.

Pālangān to Orāmān: Cloth Hanger

Nikon D300
1/200s f/7.1 at 255 mm iso200
Tuesday April 27 2010
Pālāngan,Kermānshāh,Iran

P.S:First steps in village Palangan. These tiny cloth hangers probably belong to the people around. The stair-shaped houses in the background.