Stramberk Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

About an hour's drive from the city of Ostrava is the well preserved, historically interesting, incredibly picturesque Moravian town of Stramberk. The town is dominated by the old Strallenberg castle with its cylindrical Truba tower, which I confess I could not possibly consider climbing after a couple of large glasses of pivo. This shot was taken from the foot of the tower and shows the central part of the town and the church in the foreground, the Beskydy mountains behind.
The town dates from the 14th century and has a colourful history. It's also famous for its gingerbread pastries known as 'Stramberk ears' because of their shape. They commemmorate a victory over the Mongolians by Stramberk's Christians in the distant past. It was hard to leave the town behind on this wonderful summery day.

kiwi_explorer, asajernigan, snunney, jhm, MataOpa, Isabelle, kmarscher, mickyg, cherryripe, Elaine_Blath, Julian_K, jaywalker has marked this note useful

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kiwi_explorer (12195) 2007-07-15 3:50

Hi Andrew,
A vertainly pleasant scene and certainly well composed. The way the houses were lined towards the horizon leads the viewers focus further. The compo has good balance and depth. Excellent work! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

asajernigan (14284) 2007-07-15 3:55

Andrew,
Nice composition and POV here leading the eye through the photo with the line of houses leading toward the horizon. The lighting and colors are great with excellent sharpness and detail. You have managed to frame the town with trees creating nice contrast.
TFS,
Asa

snunney (35464) 2007-07-15 4:08

Hello Andrew,
A nicely composed view over this lovely town with its interesting architecture. The viewer is drawn nicely into the picture by the line of houses and the eye taken to the distant hills. Excellent colours and clarity.

jhm (83328) 2007-07-15 4:17

Hello Andrew,

You show us a wonderful panorama view from Stramberk.
Excellent perspective and nice depth sharpness.
I like the city in the valley lovely between the mountains.
The church gives a very nice image to the left.
Very well done.

Nice sunday,
John.

PJE (19501) 2007-07-16 0:25

Andrew the wide angle reach of your Sigma lens really brought a nice composition together here for you. I love the contrasts of the bright buildings againest the greenery and long perspective. Excellent vantage point for this photo. Good work!

MataOpa (148) 2007-07-16 7:00

Hello Andrew,
after reading your critique of my picture of Stramberk I could not resist having a look at yours. And it was really worth doing. The composition and light are great and the sharpness is amazing. It is simply a great shot. Thanks for sharing.
Regards
Marketa

Royaldevon (5944) 2007-07-16 9:56

A wonderful panorama of hills, houses and sky, Andrew! You can see how the village is built following the valley and this makes a very good natural in-road to the rest of the shot! Lovely composition and colours!
Kind regards,
Bev :-)

Isabelle (9014) 2007-07-16 16:50

reminds me some lego city...
and this delightful clarity, neatness...
you have travelled far away from home indeed, Andrew. congratulations!

kmarscher (2881) 2007-07-16 20:48

Exquisite detail with full depth view into the valley from a remarkable vantage point. You picked the right time of day for this one, Andrew!
Kathy

mickyg (815) 2007-07-17 2:59

The sky is terrific Andy and by underexposing the foreground slightly you have brought out the beauty of it very well .. nice high vantage point allows for a very good composition, nice work

Buin (38258) 2007-07-17 11:01

Hallo Andrew!
What a "cosy" view! Your photo shows the situation of this picturesque little town in an impressive way. There are so many details to discover there. Really beautiful!
Greetings from Germany!
Frank

cherryripe (19187) 2007-07-18 11:02

Hi Andrew
You have certainly been travelling a lot around Europe. This looks like a very charming village with it's cute church and colourful facades. There is so much detail and depth and the light is such beautiful.
Regards
Nikki

Elaine_Blath (6170) 2007-07-31 4:56

Hi Andrew,

hey, you´ve been to Czech rep? Great, and a very nice place presented from impressive POV...well done!

Take care, Ivana

gramma (3519) 2007-08-06 11:49

Hi Andrew,

Very good choice of your point of view to take this one and show us this nice town. Well done !

Christophe

keribar (42760) 2007-08-19 2:58

Hi Andrew,
And many thanks for posting this picture. I ignored that there was another Cesky Krumlov nearby and did not put in on my itinerary.
Now I keep admiring this place with your picture - Izzet

Julian_K (1055) 2007-08-22 7:02

Hello Andrew,
What a lovely little village. The colours, the composition and detail are all fantastic. Thank you for making me aware of a beautiful place I didn't even know existed. Cheers,
Jules

Bruno40 (6442) 2007-08-29 6:58

Hi Andrew,
Great landscape photo. Nothing to pick, flawless. I love the framing and range of colours. The DOF was perfectly managed.
Good job
TFS
Jorge

jaywalker (12302) 2007-08-29 15:19

Hi Andrew, A stunning view over looking this village, the country side around is very beautiful indeed, your perfect POV shows this off wonderfully well, the colours are out standing &, the DOF excellent, superb light, it has some very quaint architecture, TFS, kind regards Wilson.

ku-fotak-chtik (1132) 2008-09-03 0:12