Mirrored 3
Early Morning Scene at Mtkvari
The Metekhi Church
Beautiful Balconies over Mtkvari
The Mtkvari River flows from the Caucasus Mountains where it was named Cyrus by the Greeks; flows through Turkey where it’s called Kura; through Georgia where its called Mtkvari; and then through Azerbaijan where it’s name is Kür and where it receives the Aras River as a tributary; thus travelling a total of 1,515 kilometers (941 mi) before finally entering the Caspian Sea.
This scenic section of the Mtkvari River is where it passes the Old Tbilisi section of the Georgian capital, the same stretch where the Metekhi Church and the Peace Bridge can be found. The houses and other buildings looking precarious on top of the cliffs inspired me to do ‘The Balcony’ series last year. The beautiful, intricately-designed balconies in the buildings overlooking the river are just hard to miss. My first attempts to photograph the balconies were from a speeding car (see photo on the left) until I finally found time to spend a few hours in the area photographing the balconies, the Metekhi Church, and Peace Bridge, and the Mtkvari River.
For the first photo, I carefully chose an angle to capture this golden scene of the buildings and the cliffs reflected on the water.
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The drag of endless mental work in a strange land takes its toll. Fatigue can kill so petty escapades provide hopeful deviations from the brewing madness. An aging DSLR keeps good company to a walk around the neighbourhood, a short drive to a scenic place, or a silent recollection in a quiet nook granting that the host community and the elements of nature would allow one a safe passage to solitude and contemplation. Loneliness quickly turns to joy when something exciting gets captured by the cam’s shutter then set free into the laptop’s screen followed by electric words that rush from the fingers to the keyboard in an effort to describe the moment. Alas, the brain is alive once again!
Excellent!!
The “Early Morning Scene” is just brilliant. Thanks for posting it.
Impressive scenery and beautiful photographs.
That first shot is stunning!
I really love it.
Thanks for posting it.
Thank you very much, SL Schildan, Martin, Joseph and Maybreak. Appreciate you kind comments.
Some crazy buildings man!!
LOL! They look precariously hanging on the cliffs but I guess they’re on stable rock since I saw some prominent hotels in the same position. Thanks for the visit, Mina.
I love your photographs. The first one is absolutely stunning. I live on the outskirts of Tbilisi and it’s great to see photographs of my beautiful city. I often take photographs of everyday life here and post them on my blog.
Hello, Bassa. I’ve done two series about Georgia last year; a series on Georgian Churches and Monasteries and another on Georgian balconies. This series will be on Tbilisi and my next post will be a full article/photo essay about your city so stay tuned
And thank you for your kind comments. Glad you liked my photos.
Beautiful photos. thanks for sharing
Thanks, Pat.
Great set of pictures… first two are really good.
Thank you.
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It´s magical.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, Rosina.
Love the way the cliffs and reflection recedes and fades at the same time.
Thanks, David.
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Early morining scene is beautiful. I love the one earlier in your blog too, where the young boy is fishing, and the river has a mirror image of the bridge. Beautiful composition. Great eye!!
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