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Trakošćan Castle, Croatia

I've started sorting through my Croatia photos. I'm under the weather this weekend and am trying to use the time home to take care of a lot of things I've let slide. Like email. And editing and posting photos. I still have sets from the Silk Road and South Africa to edit and post. Not to mention the most recent trip to Croatia.

This photo I took early on in my stay on a day trip to Varaždin. The countryside was beautiful, dotted with houses, and with vineyards following the rounded hills. I left Zagreb in the morning to reach Varaždin before noon and connected to a local bus to the castle. The day started cloudy and a light rain fell off and on, but by the afternoon the skies cleared and the castle was perfectly reflected in the pond by which it sits.

Climbing to the top reminded me of another ascent to a castle, Matsuyama-jo (this one in Japan), and of the people I had met along the way. Not so at Trakošćan. I was the lone visitor enjoying the former glory of this 13th century home.

Comments (18)

Beautifully composed. And a nice touch with inverting the photograph. At first it made me think that the reflection could not have been any more flawless. :)

Posted by Visioplanet Photography on 17 Jan 2011, 1.38 PM

Thanks! It's funny. At first I was worried about the blown out sky (I was too lazy to re-scan the negative) but then I realized that rotating the image seemed to balance out the tones better. :-)

Posted by eugene on 17 Jan 2011, 2.15 PM

beautiful, fun image

Posted by sheila365 on 19 Jan 2011, 12.37 PM

excellent

Posted by Krunal on 23 Jan 2011, 3.04 AM

Thanks, @sheila365 and @Krunal

Posted by eugene on 23 Jan 2011, 10.05 AM

interestingly framed, sweet artistry piece of work.

Posted by S. Fann on 25 Jan 2011, 9.42 PM

Inception!

Posted by Simone on 28 Jan 2011, 12.50 PM

Wow!
Beautiful and interesting shot - Well done

Posted by andrey samolinov on 09 Feb 2011, 2.30 PM

This is amazing, the inversion does it! You should update more often. I want to see more :)

Posted by Patrik on 24 Feb 2011, 7.15 PM

Thanks Andrey and Patrik. I'm going to try to update more often. I'm posting outtakes of my set of Croatia photos now. :-)

Posted by eugene on 25 Feb 2011, 9.48 AM

Gorgeous shot!

I hope you are happy and well, my friend.

Posted by Ed from CMU on 13 Mar 2011, 5.59 PM

cool castle!

Posted by crash on 19 Mar 2011, 6.04 PM

Thanks Crash! It was cool. It's been some time since I've seen a castle!

Posted by eugene on 01 Apr 2011, 6.55 PM

Extremely well composed shot. I had to look at it again to see the uniqueness of this photo. I only wish Canada had beautiful castles to photograph. great shot

Posted by howse-photo on 06 Apr 2011, 7.25 PM

super reflection

Posted by elaine on 13 Apr 2011, 7.15 AM

Thanks, Elaine!

Posted by eugene on 13 Apr 2011, 8.27 PM

Thanks howse. I wish there were castles in NY too. I guess there is one, after a fashion . . .

Posted by eugene on 13 Apr 2011, 8.31 PM

Really great inversion and very well framed. Good job!

Posted by maximpics on 06 Apr 2012, 4.37 AM

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