Predjamski Grad Photo

Photographer’s Note

"Copyright © – Attila Szili.
The reproduction, publication, modification, transmission or exploitation of any work contained herein for any use, personal or commercial, without my prior written permission is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved."

About 12 km northeastern from Postojna is situated Predjamski grad (The Cave Castle). It is one of the most visited castles in Slovenia. Castle was built-up into the ovehanging rock apparently accessible from just one side.
Today’s castle dates from the Renaissance.
Historical sources prove that the castle existed in the 13th century and probably even earlier. It was administered by the Jamski family. After the Jamski family, the castle was taken over by Adam Purgstaller, while from 1567 onwards it was home to the Kobenzl family, who had it renovated. The last noble owners, from 1846 to 1945, were the counts of Windischgrätz, who altered the castle’s external appearance.

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xavshot (62759) 2006-08-08 4:28

Un endroit très impressionnant bien mis en valeur par ta photo. J'aime bien ce chateru coincé sour les rochers. Bon POV
amicalement
Xavier

chrisnet (20376) 2006-08-08 4:38

Hello Szili,
Very good shot,the castle is impressive with the rocks,good POV and framing,colors and light perfect;excellent work!
Very well done!
Regards
Christian

PixelTerror (86358) 2006-08-08 4:38

Hi Attila,
Ah you've been to Predjama too ! Awesome place, isn't it ?
You got just the right PoV here to show how this lovely castle is included in the cliff, and not even the catapult is missing !
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

Gerrit (35937) 2006-08-08 4:46

Hi Attila,
beautiful, this hidden castle and its dramatic situation. Impressive.
regards, Gerrit

pablominto (40958) 2006-08-08 4:51

Hi Attila,
This kind of architecture never stops to amaze me, would like to know what was on the mind of the constructores..!
I like your point of view here, giving good leading lines... The two girls and colourful flowers add life...
Good details in the castle, well composed image!
Greetings,
Pablo -

vinicio (22416) 2006-08-08 4:53

Bel posto, chi lo ha visitato me lo racconta con molto entusiasmo, bella foto con ottima prospettiva, contiene tutti gli elementi necessari, comprese le due ragazze che insieme ai fiori sono le uniche serie fonti di colore, complimenti.
Ciao
Vinicio

daddo (11381) 2006-08-08 5:29

Hi Attila. Impressive site made even more impressive by the excellent PoV and light. Including those colourful flowers was a nice touch. Regards. Klaudio

papagolf21 (56483) 2006-08-08 8:15

Bonjour mon ami Attila,
Curieuse et très intéressante image représentant un château qui s'apparente plus à une forteresse dont une partie a été creusée dans la montagne.
L'ensemble respire force et invincibilité.
Excellent cadrage pour mettre en valeur cet impressionnant château.
Bravo !
Amitiés.
Philippe

alekpet (4659) 2006-08-08 9:12

Hi Atilla.

Thank you for showing this part of Slovenia, Karst or Kras as it is called here in Slovenia. The photo is taken from a nice angle, I enjoy it so much. I've never been there, unlike PixelTerror and you and I could be there in just one hour if I wish. Your photo maybe conviced me that I should go there.

take care, Aleks

Budapestman (42328) 2006-08-08 11:43

Szia Attila!
Elképesztő látványt nyújt ez a szikla oldalába épített erődkastély! Gyönyörű hely lehet, és a kilátás sem lehet rossz! Az előtérből induló út nagyon szépen vezeti a tekintetet a kép „főszereplőjéig”, az üldögélők pedig otthonos-békebeli hangulatot adnak a képnek! A színek szépek, a részletek tiszták: minden együtt van egy jó képhez! Gratulálok és további szép képeket!
Gyuri

leo61 (43438) 2006-08-08 12:42

Hi Attila!
Verry impressive castle.You had a good POV and made a nice composition.Good diagonals and good sharpness overall.The people and flowers are nice details and their colors are good for the composition.
Regards,Leo

josepmarin (33861) 2006-08-08 13:06

Hi Attila,
This frame shows a spectacular castle to us, constructed on the rock. Caught well, in addition, the presence of people allows us to appreciate its dimensions.
The diagonals of the terrace and garden give a good geometry to the set, and the great rock wall where the castle is located is impressive. Good touch of color in this very gray image thanks to people and the flowers.
Well done.
Regards,
Josep

Deepforest (8813) 2006-08-08 15:20

Hi Attila,
This is beautiful castle with the rock. Excellent PoV, very good natural colours and good light.
Very well done!
Best regards,
Andrzej

lestans (15474) 2006-08-08 16:06

Ben fatto a mettere la foto di questo bellissimo posto! E ci stanno bene i fiori e le persone

Un saluto da Parigi, un po' fredda oggi e ieri

Livia

TeresaT (10733) 2006-08-08 18:17

Hi attila,
Great shot of this wonderful place.
Perfect colours and sharpness.
Perfect details of the castle.
The 2 girls and the flowers add a nice colourful to thew image.
regards
teresa

berek (28937) 2006-08-08 18:18

Hi Szili,
this picture is fantastic. very good sharpness and framing. its like dream. congratulations. have a nice day.
Berek
my overall evaluation -> :-)))

izmirli (3223) 2006-08-08 19:27

merhaba my friend attila
very good interesting cave castle.very good grey colours and flowers.very good composition and note. well done.
best regards.
gürkan akçakır.

alana (2607) 2006-08-08 22:33

Hello, Attila
Very interesting and unusual piece of architecture, I like the composition with a lot of details, natural colors, human presence, great point of view and light management. Great job as always

**Alana**

Giorgio (8730) 2006-08-09 2:35

- What strange and very impressive fortress a party of which was dug in the mountain. The persons soften the austerity of the place, well done!
giorgio

gp_pl (1394) 2006-08-09 3:22

Hello Szili,
great shot, nice composition and cropping, beautiful - warm, saturated colouring. I like it very well.
regards
Grzesiek

riclopes (33043) 2006-08-09 4:04

Hi Attila,
What an interesting historic place. It remind me a lot of a Monastery (Sumela) that I visited in Turkey, because of the curious way it is melted with the rocky cliff. Good shot from a distance in a very good composition. The perspective is well chosen, with this passway leading to the scene.
Friendly regards,
Ricardo

goodwill (4029) 2006-08-09 4:14

Hi Szili,
Beautiful POV.castle in the rocks with beautiful architecture of the altered windows. The inclusion of flowers and life in the shot brings a lot of breath at this heights.
Great shot,
Rajeev

tjanze (5674) 2006-08-09 5:16

Hi Szili!
Good angle fo view and composition.Castle is interesting because of its position on cave door.
I have the same castle in my gallery,with just a little bigger catapult.
Regards!

jhm (82879) 2006-08-09 8:13

Hi Szili,

A castle against the mountain slope, the decorations at the windows gives a lovely view on the facade, excellent composition and nice of colours, you did very nice through addition the two girl tourist beneath!
Thanks for dharing.

Have a nice day,
John.

maki (0) 2006-08-09 9:45

Hi Attila,
I like this strong PP, "clarify" as I supposed. Nice idea for such POV and good light was made all the colours so vivid.
regards,
maki

cjmm (4019) 2006-08-09 13:17

Hi Szili,

I like very much the place you present to us and the way you do it with this impressive and complez image.

I believe that the veranda where tourists are sitting is key in leading the eyes into the castle.

Great work my friend!

Kind regards, saludos,
Carlos

gaby (19793) 2006-08-09 16:33

Attila bonsoir - again a splendid shot with a superb quality - very well caught -
Thanks
Rgs
Gaby

gilou530 (35422) 2006-08-09 16:46

salut attila
une forteresse impressionnante collée contre la falaise, les quelques fleurs rehausse l'image, magnifique.
amitiés
gilbert

markstaples (15670) 2006-08-10 2:05

Great framing and composition here with strong diagonals of the wall. Nicely done.
Best wishes
Mark

Graal (58267) 2006-08-10 2:55

Jó napot Attila,
unusual place, beautiful castle on the rock, good composition and colours. I like this view a lot. Well done photo.
Rgs, Aleksander

Fis2 (46057) 2006-08-10 8:58

Witaj Attila!
Wonderful place. Curious object. I like the composition and colours. Good work.
Regards
Krzysztof

Dragonheart (8393) 2006-08-10 9:32

Hi Attila,
Oh yes! WOW! excellent, what a lovely place! you have very well composed it, I love the colours and excellent architecture and of course the mountaiuns in the background.
Well done
Thanks for sharing
Best regards
Vivek

marjan (6085) 2006-08-10 11:24

Hi Szili, i saw that you wisitted my country last week. I hope you faund log of interesting here. good POV , strange light, maybe too dark but beautiful perspective and compo. Good notice about this nice place.
Marjan

paura (38742) 2006-08-10 12:54

Attila,
Amazing place, wonderful photo.
I would like to go there!

Paulo

Henryk_Bilor (20367) 2006-08-10 16:39

Hi Attila
What a great capture. The castle looks unreal, pasted into the rock. Beautiful perspective.
Regards

Angshu (33877) 2006-08-10 23:49

Hi Attila
I could only look at this picture for a longtime, amazed at the setting of this castle. This is quite unbelievable! What pains the people would have taken to construct such a building is such an inaccessible locale. Apart from your excellent POV, the inclusion of the sitting girls & the colourful flowers add a lot of interest..thanks for sharing this, friend
Regards
Angshu

siolaw (25794) 2006-08-11 8:44

Hello Atilla,
A great spot, well composed, with nice colors and crisp sharpness, an interesting note
TFS
Laurent

sabyasachi1212 (19546) 2006-08-11 10:12

Hi Szili,
You capture images from so many countries, such beautiful perspectives but this one is truly original. This castle really looks impressive. This looks more like an invincible fortress to me.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

kermit350 (8988) 2006-08-11 11:38

Hello Attila, two mastodons leaned one with the other which of both supports the other, the image is imposing like the subject, sincerely

CRATEOS (7274) 2006-08-11 13:04

agreat catch you make hear my frend....one other epoca one other world!!!!perfectly lighting controle ...a beaute one!!!!!Nikiforos

Vato_Law (11682) 2006-08-11 17:10

Hello Attila,
Wonderful image this one! The house and the way it was built, looks like it was built from this rock. Great POV with this path leading to the house. The people we see adds a lot to your image giving us the sense of height of this building. Nice colours and light on this one.
Regards.
Paulo

rosaline (0) 2006-08-14 3:53

Hi Szili
This building looks almost unreal. I had to look very closely for a while, as I thought it was a model playhouse until I noticed the two women on the right. A very nice capture and place in a dramatic location. Nice colour texture and good presentation. Good work.
Aubrey

abulafia (4802) 2006-08-14 10:57

Hi Attila
Impressive to see how this castle is build into the rocks.
nice shot
Harry

CoolDan (2490) 2006-08-14 20:12

Bonjour Szili,
Super composition l'endroit est très étonnant et très bien présenté.
Well done.
Danièle.

wanna_yu (0) 2006-08-15 6:46

Another fantastic shot of my ex contry. Impressive :)

Greetings
Ivana

t0mmm1 (5434) 2006-08-15 8:33

Ciao Szili,
immagina che non ho ancora fatto questa foto... e forse non mi servira' farla... perche' questa me la metto nelle preferite e potro' guardarla sempre quando avro voglia ;)) Cosi risparmio anche un po' sulla benzina ;)) Bellissimo angolo di ripresa.
Ciao
Tomi

vhemmati (616) 2006-08-16 13:06

Hi,

It's good shot technically, but it's even more interesting to see such wonderful place.

Thanks

osse (2806) 2006-08-17 18:33

Hi Attila
Nice shot again. Good colours, light, sharpnes and POV.
well done

osse

MIMACSKA (291) 2006-08-31 4:12

Szia Atus!
Mostanában nem nagyon voltam, de most, hogy ismét vagyok :-) gyorsan benéztem hozzád. Jó csomó szuper képet találtam megint.
Lehet, hogy újak, de az is lehet, hogy csak eddig elkerülték a figyelmemet!?!
Marha jó ez a kastély így a sziklába építve!

Már régebben akartam kérdezni, hogy ha lenne pár kérdésem a fotózástól, válaszolnál e rá e-mailben. nem akarlak zavarni vagy rabolni az idődet, de pár dologgal nem tudok megbirkozni a gépemmel...
köszi
Erika

albertopiubello (2591) 2006-09-20 14:17

Ciao Attila,
conosco bene questo posto: non è il castello del folle Erasmo? Un luogo magnifico che hai saputo inquadrare e valorizzare perfettamente.
Alberto

sergio1 (12150) 2006-10-20 5:28

Hi friend

Wooow Original place and great compo to castle. Magnific pov and contrast
Well done
Sergio

Jakab (3472) 2007-11-03 17:41

Lenyűgöző, milyen bravúrokra voltak képesek a régi mesterek! Ebben a fényben szépen érvényesül a kastély, jól elválik a szikláktól. A képet a kis kert színei és a lányok teszik derűssé.

Photo Information

Copyright: Attila Szili (atus) (15476)
Genre: Lugares
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08-05
Categories: Castillos
Camera: Nikon D70, Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G ED DX, Hoya Super HMC PRO1 67mm Sky
Exposición: f/7.1, 1/125 segundos
More Photo Info: view
Versión de la foto: Versión original
Date Submitted: 2006-08-08 4:23
Favoritos: 2 [Ver]