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Loneliness


Loneliness
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Copyright: David Lazic (Natasa-David) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 104 W: 30 N: 158] (1024)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-03-17
Categories: Daily Life, Decisive Moment, HPP [Heavily Post-Processed]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-10-01 10:25
Viewed: 138
Points: 15
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I made this photo more than year ago at Kalemegdan, one of the most beautiful places in Belgrade. Except it is very importan historical part of my town it is a place for young couples to sit and watch sunsets over two great rivers Sava and Danube. One of those moments were captured by me, including the lonely girl at the right... but only in my vision...

If you already havent read something about Kalemegdan, here it is:

Kalemegdan (Serbian Cyrillic: Калемегдан) is a park in an urban area neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad.

Kalemegdan is located on top of the 125.5 meters high ending ridge of Šumadija geological bar. The cliff-like ridge overlooks the Great War Island (Serbian Veliko ratno ostrvo) and the confluence of the Sava river into the Danube and makes one of the most beautiful natural lookouts in Belgrade. It borders the neighborhoods of Dorćol (north and north-east), Stari Grad (east) and Kosančićev Venac (Savamala; south). It is encircled by three streets: Boulevard of Vojvoda Bojović, Tadeuša Košćuškog and Pariska and the railway along the riverside.

Kalemegdan is the core and the oldest section of the urban area of Belgrade and for centuries the city population was concentrated only within the walls of the fortress, thus the history of the fortress, until most recent history, equals the history of Belgrade itself (see: Timeline of Belgrade history). First settlement was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Celtic tribe of Scordisci. The city-fortress was later conquered by the Romans, became known as Singidunum and became a part of "the military frontier", where the Roman Empire bordered "barbaric Central Europe". Singidunum was defended by the Roman legion IV Flaviae which built a fortified camp on a hill at the confluence of the rivers the Danube and the Sava. In the period between AD 378 and 441 the Roman camp was being repeatedly destroyed in the invasions by the Goths and the Huns. The legend says that Attila's grave lies on the confluence of the Sava and the Danube (under the Fortress). In 476 Belgrade again became the borderline between the empires: Western Roman Empire and Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire), and the Slav- Avar State in the North. The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I rebuilt the Fortress around 535. In the following centuries a fortress suffered continuous destruction under the Avar sieges. The Slavs (Serbs) and Avars had their "state union" north of Belgrade with the Serbs and other Slavic tribes finally settling in the region of Belgrade as well as the regions west and south of Belgrade in the beginning of the 7th century. The name Belgrade (or Beograd, in Serbian), which, not just in Serbian but in most Slavic languages means a "white town" or a "white fortress", was first mentioned in AD 878. The Fortress kept changing its masters: Hungary, Bulgaria, and then again the Byzantines. The fortress remained a Byzantine stronghold until the 12th century when it fell in the hands of a newly emerging Serbian state. It became a border city of the Serbian Kingdom, later Empire, with Hungary. The Hungarian king Béla I gave the fortress to Serbia in 11th century as a wedding gift (his son married Serbian princess Jelena), but it remained effectively part of Hungary, except for the period 1282-1319. After the Serbian state collapsed after the Battle of Kosovo, Belgrade was chosen in 1404 as the capital of the principality of Despot Stefan Lazarević. Major work was done to the ramparts which were encircling a big thriving town. The lower town at the banks of the Danube was the main urban center with a new build Orthodox cathedral. The upper town with its castle was defending the city from inland. Belgrade remained in Serbian hands for almost a century. After the Despots death in 1427 it had to be returned to Hungary. An attempt of Sultan Mehmed II to conquer the fortress was prevented by Janos Hunyadi in 1456 (Siege of Belgrade). It saved Hungary from an Ottoman invasion for 70 years. In 1521, 132 years after the Battle of Kosovo, the fortress, like most parts of the Serbian state, was conquered by the Turks and remained (with short periods of the Austrian and Serbian occupation), under the rule of the Ottoman Empire until the year 1867 when the Turks withdrew from Belgrade and Serbia. During the period of short Austrian rule (1718-1738) the fortress was largely rebuilt and modernized. It witnessed two Serbian Uprisings in the 19th century, the Great Serbian Migration in the 17th century, the Dark Ages of the Turkish Period. The fortress suffered further damages during the First and the Second world wars. After almost two millennia of continuous sieges, battles and conquests the fortress is today known as the Kalemegdan fortress. The name Kalemegdan derives from two Turkish words, kale (fortress) and megdan (battleground) (literally, "battlefield fortress").
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To gracestout2008: Thanks a lot!Natasa-David 1 10-04 05:07
To ramthakur: Thanks RamNatasa-David 1 10-03 01:49
To nicou: Thanks!Natasa-David 1 10-03 01:43
To AleksaSrbin: HVALA!Natasa-David 1 10-01 23:33
To mortcdz: Thanks + explanationNatasa-David 1 10-01 22:41
To maestramari: :-)Natasa-David 1 10-01 12:51
To szekelykristof: You're the man! :-)Natasa-David 1 10-01 11:35
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Hi David,
Yes, I can feel the loneliness. Grat composition with the people, awsome evening colours. The frame is really elegant. Simply beautiful. Thanks for the informative note, too.
Well done!
Greetings,
Kristof

Hi, well done. Ciao Mari

I like the idea of the silhouettes of the people and the diagonal composition but find the blur effect around the people a little too distracting. Was this intentional or just a result of the backlighting?
Thanks for sharing
Mark

Interesantna ideja i realizacija.Možda bi crno bela bila efektnija?
Pozdrav.

Zdravo, Davide, interesantna ideja sa siluetama...

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  • nicou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 374 W: 0 N: 441] (4716)
  • [2008-10-02 8:42]
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Hello,

Superbe vue, mytérieus, un mangigique effet dans ces belles couleurs, tous ces personnages, superbe.

bravo et amitié

Nicou

It is mood picture, David.
The silhouettes of couples against the darkening sunset suggest a moment of quiet reflection.
Your note gives a good idea about the place.
Thanks and regards.
Ram

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  • tatara Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 152 W: 29 N: 90] (2055)
  • [2008-10-03 13:53]

Ideja odlična,takođe i realizacija i svaka fotografija koja iskače iz nekog ustaljenog klišea je za mene pravo osveženje u ovom beskrajnom moru istovetnih i ponekad monotonih fotografija..
pozdrav Davide
ide ti odlično,samo tako nastavi
JozefK

PS kako ti ide na sajtu?

This is a great photo. I like the colors and the setting of the sun. The couples sitting watching the sunset looks fantastic. I like your perspective in your composition.
GRACE

Excellent compo and POV with great PS work
Well Job

Naseer

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