an archetype, a photo from Carinthia, West

Photographer's Note

Looking down from Hochosterwitz castle you see an archetype of a house...simple, small, in the middle of a field, surrounded by an exactly squared stone wall. I didn΄t find any literature about it, but regarding its isolated position right below the castle and the stonewall around it I suppose it was used in the middle ages to put people under quarantine - a disease house, which was quite common in former times...
Please see the map for location.

Thanks, Melinda and her friend Nadine for their nice company ! Hope you liked the weekend here :)

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
02.05.2009 18:44:32
Tv 1/250 sec
Av f/5.6
Multi spot metering
ISO 100
EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM
200.0mm
5616x3744
RAW
WB Auto
One-Shot AF
sRGB
25953KB

flashpoint, vasilpro, bostankorkulugu, ls7902, berek, Floydian, Wanda1, Dpbours, zanzi, isabela_sor, Clementi, temmel, BurhanettinMasa έχουν(ει) επιλέξει αυτή τη σημείωση ως χρήσιμη

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flashpoint (4000) 2009-05-02 14:52

ciao Christian!
oggi quasi vicini di posto....
sembra un modellino,di quelli che si utilizzano per le miniature dei treni
la casa rurale con il suo pezzetto di verde e
le piante circondate dal bruno colore della terra arata..un ottimo scorcio ben valorizzato
con il tuo scatto..

ciao e buona domenica sERGIO

ilvao (2308) 2009-05-02 14:53

Salut Christian,
The house look like a mini house for kids
Love the choice of frame and the color of the earth
Well composed
All the best
Olivier

emka (153890) 2009-05-02 15:09

hahaha, Chris, it is so funny! Looks surreal. How he (farmer) goes there through the fields? There is no way. It looks like an island. And the green is so fresh! Wow, I like it very much!!

Regards

Malgorzata

vasilpro (41801) 2009-05-02 15:21

Hello Christian,
Very nice light management, very nice composition with vivid colors. I like the saturation and the texture of the field.
It seems like a playhouse or a decor of an artwork. Is it a photo map?
Regards, Vasilis.

bostankorkulugu (42832) 2009-05-02 15:23

simple, small, yet so charming... looks like it is impossible to be unhappy in it... so jelaous of him... a beautiful shot this is christian... loved the long shadow... all the best...

korkut

mesutilgim (0) 2009-05-02 15:31

Hello Christian,
Great pov and simple but wonderfull graphism.
Wonderfull pictorial geometry and nice game of lights and shadows.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

Dyerco (10185) 2009-05-02 16:28

Hi Christian
Gorgeous light which is made even more effective as it reflects onto the trees and surrounding grasses. Well seen
Phil

lousat (134121) 2009-05-02 16:34

Ciao Christian,pronta da stampare e appendere al muro,se non ti dispiace oggi assegno a te il mio premio personale di miglior foto del giorno....non c'e' bisogno di scrivere altro,meglio utilizzare il tempo per gaurdarla ancora un po'.Complimenti e buona Domenica,Luciano

batalay (41261) 2009-05-02 19:20

Hello Christian,

A minimalist beauty of a photograph! Using ideal lighting, it is nicely composed and implemented.

Warm regards,

Bulent

ls7902 (7380) 2009-05-02 19:27

Hi Christian,
Great light, shadow, texture, lines and simplicity. Fresh and interesting photo to show the emerging new season. Regards. Latiff.

manojtnair (435) 2009-05-02 20:22

hi christian,
beautiful composition. nice patterns on the field. good colours. tfs.
manoj

berek (50518) 2009-05-02 20:39

Hi Christian,
its minimalist composition. nice point of view and result here. lovely atmosphere and great brown background.
Have a nice Sunday.
Burak

alainh (33209) 2009-05-02 21:38

hello Chritian
an excellent composition. just a few grass, the house, two little tree and you as a bird to capture it. the good light for the good picture.
friendly Christian
alain

Floydian (30970) 2009-05-02 21:38

Hallo Christian,

Looks like an image from Sim City ;-)
The view from above really works. And despite the earth is dark with hardly any life inside the patches of green and that tree beside the house work very good in here. another very clever composed image....well done.

Have a nice sunday,

Henk

jjcordier (79299) 2009-05-02 22:20

Christian
Sans tracteur, je me demande comment on peut arriver dans cette maison!l'endroit est vraiment ιtonnant et tu en as rιalisι une bien belle photo.
Amicalement
JJ

MarianneS (15338) 2009-05-02 23:01

Hi Chris,
Lovely composition! The shadow of the house is so large, thanks to the light of the end of the day.
I like how you composed, placing the lines of the ground in diagonal. The sharpness gives them a lot of graphism.
Well done,
Cheers,
Marianne

sayeed_rahman (6461) 2009-05-02 23:06

Hello Christian..

i think the proportions more than anything else has contributed to the success of this photo..the shadow runs straight down symmetrically towards the bottom of the frame is the strongest element in the compo..

like it alot

Cheers
sayeed

Wanda1 (15142) 2009-05-02 23:11

Hi Christian,
It really is isolated in the middle of all that chocolate brown. I love the little patch of green exactly surrounding it and leading to the tree. Beautiful light and your elevated point of view helps to show the isolation.
Regards
Wanda

dkeus31 (27739) 2009-05-02 23:28

hallo Christian
sehr schφnes Bild, das Haus ist gut plaziert, nur der rechte Schatten ein klein wenig stφrend. ich nehme an da war etwas links?
LG
Didier

Fransx (1457) 2009-05-02 23:31

Hi Christian,
A fantastic capture from an adequate point of view!
The back lighting is glorious thus creating a detailed 3D effect!
The big tree seems to be spot lighted!
The dark grey ground is serving as a backdrop to the little house and the trees like a studio capture!
Great job. Regards.

Francis Xavier

MarcT (20964) 2009-05-02 23:37

Hallo Christian,
Excellent contrats and superb colors. That pOV works exceptionaly well.
Cheers
Marc

Dpbours (222) 2009-05-03 0:10

Hi Christian,

Very nice close-up you got here!!
The details, the colours. Very nice. Seems to be a very nice lense as well the 70-200. Hope to have the Nikon version one day ;-).

Cheers, Dennis

zanzi (13690) 2009-05-03 1:37

Hi Christian
Very nice minimalistic picture. The light and the point of view are especially beautiful.
Bravo
Chris

Jeppo (17645) 2009-05-03 2:12

hallo Christian,

der Gebaeude setzt sich gegen die dunkelbraunen Felder gut auseinander....

dieses Bild ist voller Ruhe und Gelassenheit....und ich liebe solche Gefuehle.
Ueber Melinda hast du voll recht: die ist eine gute und nette person, die man gern begegnet!

mfg
Silvio

BennyV (32966) 2009-05-03 2:46

Here's another hat off to you, Christian. Excellent composition. Great shadows and counterlight. Maybe the only pity is the big shadow top right, as we don't know what caused it. But that's just my two pence thought. Absolutely great shot!

Benny

cobra112 (15589) 2009-05-03 4:37

Ciao Christian. Altro POV fantastico con colori e luci veramente amabili. Eccellente la nitidezza.

Roberto

clio (27961) 2009-05-03 9:39

Hi Christian,
It is really fantastic! The place is extraordinary and your photo is marvelous with this gold-coloured tree which stands out on the brown ground and the small square of grass around. It is really unreal. You got a very beautiful lighting which makes shining the groud and bring some very sweet shadows.
A great shot, bravo!
Diane

isabela_sor (47748) 2009-05-03 9:47 [Comment]

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Clementi (52514) 2009-05-03 13:49

Ciao Christian,
senza dubbio la foto piu' bella della settimana vista su TE, una di quelle foto che solo tu puoi realizzare.
bellissima
Giorgio

temmel (2496) 2009-05-03 15:03

Super schφnes Foto!!!
Vielen Dank nochmal fόr alles:)
ganz liebe Grόsse,Linda

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BlueRaven (37) 2009-05-04 2:05

Hallo Christian,

Wow, das Licht hier ist schlicht und ergreifend magisch! Klasse Komposition - eine kleine Oase in einem Meer von Schokolade... Wδre interessant, das auch mal zu sehen, wenn das Feld in voller "Blόte" steht (was auch immer da angebaut wird). Allerdings ist dann wahrscheinlich der Kontrast nicht mehr so toll...

Liebe Grόίe aus dem trόben Mόnchen,
Claudia

Ultrablue (565) 2009-05-04 14:30

Ciao Christian!
Non so cosa posso dire che non abbiano giΰ detto le altre 30 persone che hanno commentato questa foto...so solo che non posso fare a meno di farti i complimenti, mi piace davvero molto.

Buona serata

Elena

(putroppo ho esaurito i punti per oggi)

BurhanettinMasa (641) 2009-05-05 6:46

Hi Christian,
The scene is very simple, but too strong ... By the way, I first searched for a road to the house, before reading your note :)

Regards,
Burhan

giorgimer (35017) 2009-05-07 0:05

Ciao Christian,

il punto di vista e la casa isolata mi fanno ripensare ad alcune viste che ho ammirato dal castello di Gruyeres:
http://www.trekearth.com/members/giorgimer/photos/Europe/Switzerland/West/Fribourg/
Molto bello il colore del terreno, mi piacciono anche l'albero e quella piccola "isola" di verde. Composizione perfetta come sempre.

Bravissimo!

Gio

lucinka (9976) 2009-05-12 11:49

Hi Chris, what a great shot. I love the isolated house and its shadow. I see you've got the same toy Canon EOS 5D Mark II, nice equipment isnt it. So many people I know got this camera, canon have done really good job this time. All the best. Lucie

faubry (35447) 2009-05-12 17:34

wonderful composition ith superb light!!! congratulations
francine

Signal-Womb (13048) 2009-05-27 14:22

Hi Cristian. I must say, this is really a succesful shot! Fantastic point of view makes the perspective very dynamic. Very good lighting and beautiful composition. Excellent..

boa (8039) 2010-01-10 11:15

Hi Christian,
an interesting theory about this old house. And why not, it looks really isolated on this field. Beautiful light and a very good Pov, Tfs !
Have a nice evening.
Boa

Photo Information

Copyright: christian brandstaetter (brandstaetter) (15915)
Genre: Τοποθεσίες
Medium: Έγχρωμο
Date Taken: 2009-05-02
Categories: Αρχιτεκτονική
Details: Tripod: Yes
Map: view
Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2009-05-02 14:47

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Points: 70

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