Tarut Island and Tarut Castle in Saudi Arabia, and how to color the black and white photos with Photoshop.

Location

It is the second longest island in the Arabian Gulf after Qeshm Island, which is the biggest island in the Gulf, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.

It extends from Ras Tanura in the north to Qatif in the west.The island includes many smaller towns and villages such as Tarut town.

Tarut Castle in Saudi Arabia before Photoshop manipulation

Climate
The Island's climate is unlike other Saudi Arabian cities, Tarut retains its warm temperature throughout winter, during which it gets around 0c (32F) at midnight to +25c (77F) in the afternoon.Since the island is near the Arabian coast, the humidity is very high; sometimes reaching 96% humidity. Rainfall on the island is rare, but when it does rain, it is usually in December and January.

History  

Tarut Castle in Saudi Arabia after Photoshop manipulation

If you would like to look at the deep past of Eastern Saudi Arabia, your mind will go to a small island in the Persian Gulf. 

Present time has forgotten it and its treasures and it needs to be dusted off. When you are walking in its old villages, you will see adjoining houses that are built from mud and stone with narrow alleyways, too. 
Their presence is in the distant past. When looking at the houses, you draw memories from generation after generation that have long passed. This island is Tarut. Tarut or Tarout means goodness and beauty in the Semitic languages. Additionally, the town’s name is recorded as "TARU" in historical Chinese texts and "Ashtarut" in Arabic history. Today, however, most of the new researchers argue that the correct name is "Ashtarut" because the Canaanites and Phoenicians, who originally lived there, idolized the beauty of the town and called it Ashtarut. The term Ashtarut is also very similar to the new name Tarut , if we delete the first syllable.

Tarut Castle 
It is the most famous castle in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia and the oldest castle in the Persian Gulf. It was built by the Portuguese in the 16th century, It is located in the center of Tarut Island .On the towers of the castle, the viewer can see most of the island.

Donkeys Bath
Donkeys Bath was located in Aldeerah Town at the end of the Ein Al-aoudeh channel. Tourists would wash their donkeys since donkeys were the main transportation on Tarut Island before cars. It was destroyed in 1996 and there are no remains.
 
Mohammed Abdelwahab Castle in Dareen 
Sheikh Mohammed Abdelwahab, who is one of the famous pearl traders in the Persian Gulf built a castle in 1885. The castle was a place for meeting, hospitality, and trading. Today, ruins are the only evidence of the castle’s former existence.

I hoped the story liked you I tried to collect it from many resources.
I found the original picture was black and white ,so I added some colors to it ,and that is how to add the colors to the photo  .

HOW TO ADD THE COLOR TO THE PHOTO ?

Open the photo with photo-shop .

• Convert the background layer to normal layer [ right click the layer and select layer from background]
• Add new layer then with the Quick Selection Tool select the sky ,then go to Edit menu then Fill then color  and select the light blue then OK .Go to the layer panel and reduce the layer opacity and reduce the fill also .
• Do the same with all the items in the photo and add new layer to every item.
• Save your work.

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Thanks
Manal Raafat