The Girl of Zagreb Photo

Photographer’s Note

Old roofs in Old Zagreb.

Zagreb actually has two "old towns", on top of two hills, and a "new town", or "lower town".

The two old towns are "Kaptol" and "Gradec".

In old times Kaptol was under jurisdiction of the church and Gradec was controlled by the king.

So today the city's cathedral is in Kaptol, and the Parliament and Presidential Palace are located in Gradec.

This photo was taken in Gradec.

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mikolaj_kawa (29829) 2009-05-25 0:46

Hello Daniel! Dangerous point of view, interesting scene, original composition, very sophisticated effect. Good sharpness. Well done!

rikko77 (5950) 2009-05-25 2:08

Hi Daniel
a good graphic effect with saturated colors, enriched by the presence of that girl with her pink t-shirt. Well done!
Have a nice day,
Rikk

daddo (11299) 2009-05-25 5:04

Shalom Daniel. Very creative shot( they seem to become more so as your Croatian series continues). I like the POV where the three dimensional world becomes like a two dimensional collage and one has to think twice about the reality presented.One of the very rare shots where one is looking almost directly into a chimney. My compliments. Klaudio.

ktanska (16524) 2009-05-25 22:07

Hi Daniel,
What a twisted perspective. The girl and the chimney are about upright, but rest of those surfaces I'm less sure. A good abstraction with harmonous colours.
Kari

molla (6881) 2009-05-27 1:14

HI Daniel !
this image melting in my mouth like a delicate starter in a french restaurant .
It's so delicious absolutely adorable comp and color in a perfect solution
yammi!
Anders

Angshu (33561) 2009-05-27 9:14

This is fantastic Daniel! Not easy to comprehend at first glance, but the split works brilliantly! Like the view of the fish-scale tiles and the sail like wall on the left. But the icing on the cake is the little girl. Superb!
Best Regards
Angshu

Wandering_Dan (3211) 2009-06-02 9:19

Shalom, Daniel -

This is a difficult shot to deal with (deliberately so, I suspect). All of the angles are just slightly askew, and the overall perspective induces a feeling of vertigo. The girl's positioning is perfect, and the colors of the roof are nice and strong - while the large gray mass (I first wrote "mess" by accident) functions as an odd kind of negative space.

Definitely an inspired image, only I'm not sure what the inspiration is. Perhaps it is enough that it got me to thinking.

Best,
Dan