After Canaletto's masterpieces... Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Old Town in Warsaw, tenement houses rebuilt after the World War II.
Not many people know, that Warsaw was destroyed in 85% after 1945, when the war ended. Most historic places and buildings were razed to the ground. With great effort and national impulse the capital of Poland has been rebuilt.
Tenement houses seen in this capture meet the visitors who come to see the Old Town at the very beginning. During the reconstruction they were raised again based on the Bernardo Belotto's (known as Canaletto) paintings.
There even is a phrase hammered on the wall by one of the biggest arteries in Warsaw saying "The whole nation builds its capital"
Visiting Warsaw on foot you may still see the relicts of the World War II on the walls of some houses and buildings. They are like scars, bursts of fire and bullets, probably some of them still stuck in the brick walls... history...

fayeulle, lilimih33, Jeppo, Paul65, doubay, PixelTerror, pasternak, ekinokswest, westozman has marked this note useful

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Aviller (3106) 2007-10-13 3:58

Beautiful colors and a great composition. Maybe I might have cut off a bit of the left because that part seems a bit empty (ie, moving the green house to the edge of the shot). Still a great capture.

Gustaw (21670) 2007-10-13 3:59

Cze¶æ Canaletto!
No, ciekawie to wykombinowa³e¶. Starówka z ¿abiej perspektywy. Zdjêcie nietypowe a tym samym ciekawe. Mo¿e przesadzi³e¶ z nasyceniem kolorów. S± za mocne, i pewnie ciut wiêcej ostro¶ci by siê przyda³o. Ale widoczek jest bardzo interesuj±cy.
Pozdrowionka.
marek

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lilimih33 (9874) 2007-10-13 4:21

Hello Michal!
Very beautiful perspective and wonderful colours in your picture!
Lovely light and nice clarity!
Excellent done!
Best regards!
Lili

tmx (1320) 2007-10-13 4:22

cześć Michał, zgodzę się z małymi zarzutami Gustawa, ale widok jest nietypowy i na pewno wart pokazania. piękne są nasze odnowione kamienice, pzdr.

Jeppo (11928) 2007-10-13 4:33

Czesc Michal,

I know Warszawa History...in particular the destruction of Stare Miasto when Armja Krajowa was fighting against Nazis and the Red Army was on the other side of Wisla waiting for the end of the battle to enter into the city and call itself as the winner, anyhow I marked the note as interisting. it fullfills the aim of trekearth to know the world through images!.
As far as your photo is concerned, I like the low POV starting from the stones (they could be seen as a symbol of everlasting memory) going to the coloured houses.
dobra robota
pozdrowenia z Wlochy
Silvio

grantlp (2104) 2007-10-13 5:14

Hi Michel,
You've captured the lovely colours and architecture well, and your POV from low down has worked well. Very good clarity and lighting across the image.
Cheers Grant

vero07 (1747) 2007-10-13 6:33

Hi Michal,
A very nice POV from the ground to show this beautiful view of the town. Specially nice the different colours of these houses and the intense blue of the sky covering them.
Great composition.
Thanks for sharing and thanks for your useful information.
Well done!

chawax (5977) 2007-10-13 10:08

Hi Michal,
Great photo. The houses have fantastic colours and I love your framing, with the great perspective formed by theses paving stones.

Paul65 (1402) 2007-10-13 11:39

Doskona³a kolorystyka, faktycznie ma co¶ z pêdzla...
Czy barwy przesycone, chyba nie, mnie osobi¶cie nie ra¿±, a odnowiona architektura coraz czê¶ciej przybiera intensywne barwy. Bardzo podoba mi siê pierwszy plan. Kamienie bruku tak mocno przerysowane maj± co¶ w sobie podkre¶laj± architekturê tego miejsca.

AgaA (2632) 2007-10-13 20:28

Hej,
Ladne zdjecie, wyszlo ciekawie bo i wybrales ciekawy niski punkt do strzalu. Fajnie nasycone kolory - moze to kwestia monitora, bo dla mnie nie sa za mocno wykolorowane. Bardzo fajnie.
Pozdrawiam,
Agnieszka

Alco (1494) 2007-10-13 21:09

Hi Michal,
Nice picture with beautiful coloured houses.
Alain

Iwon (4234) 2007-10-14 1:07

Rzeczywi¶cie...scena niczym z obrazu Canaletta...podoba mi siê spojrzenie z do³u...fajne...
pozdrawiam
Iwona

anes_lc (14768) 2007-10-14 4:33

hi michal
a great one ,the low POV make the difference :)
great colours and well framed
i read the comment of silvio and your answer ..i didn´t know about before
thanks sharing
take care ...and hope we talk soon
anes

Fis2 (45849) 2007-10-14 10:33

Witaj Micha³!
Ale kolorowo... Ciekawy kadr od do³u. £adna kompozycja. Ogólnie podoba siê.
Pozdrawiam
Krzysztof

jackart (5560) 2007-10-14 11:29

Witaj Michale!

No cóż - podczas odbudowy Warszawy korzystano z prac Canaletta jak z dokumentacji. Zresztą sam artysta malował w sposób niemal fotograficzny pomagając sobie w projektach urządzeniem camera obscura. Co do Twojego zdjęcia: Bardzo fajny niski POV ( czasami też korzystam z takiego spojrzenia znad bruku) Technicznie też super. Ładne żywe barwy

Pozdrawiam
Jacek

doubay (5023) 2007-10-17 3:05

Hi Michal!
Very beautiful shot of these old-new houses. I like especially the low POV. I knew that large parts of historic Warsaw were rebuilt after the war, I had no idea though that the Canalettos paintings served as blue-print. That’s very interesting.
Regards
Andreas

PixelTerror (86138) 2007-10-28 9:03

HI Michal,
I know the place so I can appreciate fully the quality of your photo and the excellent light you got and used best here, the buildings seems to have been renovated since last time I was here but anyway their colors are shining. I like as well the low PoV using the nice cobblestone to provide depth, superb image that your capital could use for its promotion.
Have a nice evening JY

swiatopelk777 (8510) 2007-10-30 3:59

Czolem! Super POV, superujecie. Fajna kolorystyka. Zywe kolory, ze az w oczy kole, ale jest OK w sumie.

pasternak (13354) 2007-10-31 6:23

Nice one, Michal! I like your low POV, you must have lying on the ground to shoot this, and this has given the possibility to the pavement lines to become a major compositional element in your picture, nicely leading a view to these beautiful deeply coloured buildings against the blue sky. Very good luminous shot!

Cheers
Alexander

Polonaise (5636) 2007-12-04 9:28

Why we, people of the planet earth - Why we destroy each other the most precious things...???
Why WE do these to the others...
Why the others do these to us...

One of the most barbaric things the war brings (besides mutual slaughtering)- is: Demolishing someone's else the most significant cultural achievements...????
How our countries would look like without these bombs, blasts, fires ????

Phock !!!!

Canalettonian Warsaw…!
The gone by dream…

grabula

jurek

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yso (3185) 2007-12-22 3:17

Hi Michal,
Very nice point of view to give us a big perspective. Colors are so beautiful and contrast perfectly with the blue sky, well done !
Regards,
Yves

ElAprendiz (7370) 2008-01-03 6:52

Hola Michal
Bello e impresionante paisaje urbano, lleno de colores, contraste y detalles.
Un punto de vista, con un perfecto encuadre, la perspectiva a ras del suelo, recrea mis ojos.
Felicitaciones
John

ekinokswest (2974) 2008-05-31 7:50

the variety of colors is a good concept here on this photo I see all buildings have different colors . you could try different versions maybe including less of the ground

westozman (2869) 2008-09-21 18:39

G'day Michal!
Everyone has already said it: just a great shot and angle on this amazing architecture!
And with a mentor like Piotr, you're in great hands!
Best wishes,
Jeff

Graal (57995) 2008-11-03 23:15

Czesc,
fajny efekt strzalu z niskiego POV. Piekne warszawskie kamieniczki, bogata gama kolorow. Dobra jakosc. Podoba mi sie ta praca.
Pozdr. Al.

fayeulle (26543) 2008-11-03 23:19

Hi Michal
What a stunning town with such coloured houses. Il like the way you framed this picture with you camera near of the ground.
Cheers
JP

Photo Information

Copyright: Michal Gierlinski (Gierlinski) (940)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-06-27
Categories: Castles, Daily Life, Architecture, Ruins
Camera: Canon EOS 350D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM, 1 GB SanDisk Ext.III, Hoya PL-CIR 77mm
Exposure: f/8, 1/125 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-10-13 3:55