House by the Bridge Photo

Photographer’s Note

This photo doesn't aim at any artistic achievements. It's neither a famous building or a famous place. It's just a documentary of a typical Bulgarian village house by the source of the river Cherni Osam - a tributary to the Danube River. The village is also called Cherni Osam after the river, which runs under a bridge at the turn of the road. Cherni Osam means Black Eight, because the river meandres as the digit "8" down in the Danube Valey. The village has 1000 inhabitants.

As you see - these days carts are seldomly used. So, the owner of the house has left his cart on the road for quite a long time, blocking the bus stop, but obviously he doesn't care - mountain people are sometimes rather anarchist minded;-)

kpav, Buin, ymrk, parbo, daddo, pablominto, riclopes, gracious, bakes888, Vames, axiotea, ahmetgedikli, Benedict, xuaxo has marked this note useful

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kpav (5131) 2008-11-07 11:28

Hello Anton, the village house is situated in a very beautiful natural environment. Great autumn colors you captured here in beautiful light. Thanks for sharing.
Best regards,
Kostas.

Buin (36830) 2008-11-07 11:44

Hallo Anton!
In combination with your note a beautiful contrubution to TrekEarth. The photo makes a wonderful use of the light, especially the sunlight which runs over the slope in the background. Somehow a big still live ... I like it!
Greetings from autumnal grey Germany - and have a nice weekend!
Frank

parbo (10936) 2008-11-07 13:45

Hello Anton,

I'm admire your style of presentation such as charismatic place in amazing autumn colors. The silhouettes of black tree, curved road before the ridges are very nice and gives splendid authentic smells from there. Congratulations. Have a nice weekend.

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

daddo (11263) 2008-11-07 14:28

Zdravo Anton. It is nice to escape grand buildings and even more grand panoramas and to see how ordinary folk live.Also to see changes that are happening, like the abandoned cart and the missing horse. Also to find out about the character of the people, like your mountain folk- and it is not a bad thing to have anarchists, for aren't the mountain folk around the world the last defence against the invader, whether the invader is in the form of a physical or cultural invasion? I got a feeling that the occupants don't want the bus to stop right in front of their house! Pozdrav. Klaudio.

pablominto (39884) 2008-11-07 22:21

Hello Anton,

Seems like you've found a picturesque village!
And the situation with the carriage is a bit fun, maybe the bus schedule doesn't include this place anymore...
Good documentary of rural Bulgaria, the touch of autumn is a fine bonus!

Greetings,
Pablo -

P-S-I-G (24482) 2008-11-08 1:48

Hello Anton,
I enjoy these autumn colours very much. very good framing. Sharp and successful shot.
Best regards,
Fabrice

riclopes (32845) 2008-11-08 5:00

Olá Anton, you didn't aim for the artistic, but you achieved it anyway :) This is a beautiful autumnal picture. I like the details at left FG and the naked tree makes a pretty silhouette against the wonderful colors that fill the background. The bright yellow in the middle is eyecatching. Very nice unpretencious one - give us more :P
have a nice weekend,
ricardo

anesugur (16514) 2008-11-08 9:06

Hello Anton,
Wonderful picture.
Impressive composition and nice POV.
Beautiful light and colors.
Thank you, nice days. Uğur

gracious (20017) 2008-11-08 10:14

Hello my dear friend Anton,
Thank you so much for sharing the beautiful village scene from Bulgaria!
I loved the pov very much with the curve road with the awesome autumn colouration from the mountain trees, so beautiful!
captured well with good lighting here in good details
well done
take good care and my sincere wishes to you
friend Tony

skippy007 (6781) 2008-11-09 20:55

Hello Anton, My apologies for not responding earlier. Nice country scene with beautiful autumn colours. I like the broken down cart & it's positioning, in a quite way it tells us city people there is a quieter care free life out there.Those fallen leaves are a clear sign that winter is quickly approaching.
Good light & colour, a lovely scene.
Thanks
Santo

bakes888 (18055) 2008-11-10 22:54

Hi Anton. This is certainly a well composed and exposed “documentary” shot. You have captured the rustic nature well. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

Vames (4356) 2008-11-11 6:10

hi Anton,very beautiful simple village in the nature and nice old house !

axiotea (15897) 2008-11-16 8:44

Bonsoir Anton
At first I was wondering why this cart in the middle of the road... your note explained it well! yes, it's a pity people don't care... nonetheless, this village seems to be pretty and the trees with its autumnal colors made an interesting BG.
Cheers
Marilyn

batalay (20680) 2008-12-04 1:16

Hello Anton,

There is a very peaceful and melancholic atmosphere i this image of the house. The beautiful bare tree stands in stark contrast to the changing colors of the trees in the background. From your note, it seems that you might have been driving your car, and came around the corner and almost hit the cart of the uncaring anarchist! The frame is extremely complementary to the photograph.

Warm regards,

Bulent

ahmetgedikli (21543) 2008-12-07 10:40

Merhaba Anton,
A superb autumn composition! The POV, colors and sharpness are wonderful. Nice work!
Have a good evening.
Ahmet

Benedict (7060) 2008-12-11 22:04

the lighting is well managed. a tranquil and beautiful autumn scene with the curved road adding the charm.
Bendict

xuaxo (5627) 2008-12-23 16:27

Zdravo Anton
Very nice colors and good composition.
Greetings,
Francisco

npecanhuk (12987) 2008-12-23 16:35

Hello Anton!
Wonderful colors! Excellent light management!
Superb composition!
The result is this fabulous image that I really like!
TFS - Congratulations!
Warmest regards,
Neyvan