Old Town Alley: White Walls, Wooden Grilles, and a Strip of Sky

An alley in an old Red Sea town, less than 3 meters wide, flanked by four-to-six-story coral stone buildings. The white lime walls are yellowed and have large areas of peeling. Wooden bay windows project outwards from the second floor, with upper floors projecting even more, making the alley narrower as it goes up, leaving only a thin line of sky visible. The wooden grilles of the bay windows cast complex shadows in the alley. The alley ground is a mix of flagstones and sand, with a shallow central沟. Small doors and embedded stone benches are scattered on the walls. Shot in the afternoon, only one side of the alley is illuminated by the sun. Avoid: making the alley wide, bay windows only on one side, walls drawn neatly, adding modern signs and wires.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

紅海老城的一條巷道,寬不到 3 公尺,兩側是四到六層的珊瑚石建築,白色的石灰牆已泛黃並有大片剝落。兩側的木製凸窗從二樓開始向外挑出,上層挑得更多,因此愈往上巷道愈窄,天空只剩一條細線。凸窗的木格柵在巷內投下複雜的影子。巷道地面是石板與沙土的混合,有一道中央的淺溝。牆上零星有小門與嵌入的石凳。午後拍攝,只有巷子的一側被陽光照到。避免:巷道做寬、凸窗只做在單側、牆面畫得整潔、加入現代的招牌與電線。