Posted by Michael Skorulski (Cigel, Slovakia) on 20 March 2008 in Plants & Nature and Portfolio.
Here we are inside a hollow linden tree in the courtyard of St. Matthew's Church in Cigel, Slovakia. If we look out a knot hole, we see the top of the church with its Slovak double cross which is also on the country's flag. Now to see if I can climb out that hole without getting stuck. Looks like a tight squeeze!
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What an unusual perspective, Michael. This wonderful old linden tree has cast a magic spell over you, I believe.
20 Mar 2008 12:26am
@givethemhell: Yes, it has. Thank you, Eva.
and to be very honest, when u mentioned you will get inside the tree, i never really did believe that you would "actually" do it ... !!! ... :) ... hehe ... love the way u hv managed to give a peek of the church ... !!! ...
20 Mar 2008 1:06am
@dilip: All things are possible in photography. Many thanks, dilip.
Wow, you really did get inside that tree! Didn't believe you would two days ago, hahaha. For all your effort, you got a wonderful photograph and have shown us an interesting perspective of the old tree and the St. Matthews Church. Thanks for sharing Michael.
20 Mar 2008 1:16am
@Ken: A pleasure , Ken, and thank you.
why not camp in the tree to get the same shot at night.... probably do a star trail shot BTW that is a wonderful image
20 Mar 2008 1:24am
@dpm: I may do that. Thank you, dpm.
This is great, the natural frame of the tree really draws your attention to the isolated architectural features.
20 Mar 2008 1:27am
@Rhys: I agree. Thank you so much, Rhys.
very good framing, excellent for u
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20 Mar 2008 2:11am
@Irwansyah Sk3tchw!nd: Thank you very much.
hello..amazing..A 600 year old tree??wow!!
20 Mar 2008 2:13am
@CHESTER: Thank you, Chester.
yeah..do you have a YM?
thanks for the comment!
20 Mar 2008 2:22am
@CHESTER: Sorry. I don't. thank you.
Fantastic shot!
20 Mar 2008 4:46am
@martie: Thank you, Martie.
A unique view! Take care when climbing! :-)
20 Mar 2008 5:07am
@MadScientist: Thank you so much, MS.
Excellent view from that tree! I love the framing!
20 Mar 2008 5:13am
@Betty: Thank you, Betty.
What a great view from inside this tree.
20 Mar 2008 6:27am
@Viewfinder: Thank you, VF. I'm glad you like it.
Wow, what a super viewpoint! You outdid yourself on this one, Michael!
20 Mar 2008 6:50am
@vu@granby - Wolfgang: Thank you, Wolfgang. That's a kind comment.
Beautiful capture of the church from inside the tree! An unexpected way of framing the beautiful building! Most interesting!
20 Mar 2008 7:46am
@Japanalia: Thank you, Gabriela. I tried to make it as interesting as possible.
beautiful perspective of the house
20 Mar 2008 7:58am
@Teresa Durães: Thank you, Teresa.
Excellent Michael!!! You kept the details of the shadows and didn't blow out the highlights to the sky and church steeple. Excellent pov and just a great image!!!
20 Mar 2008 9:14am
@amy: Thank you, Amy. It was really a balancing act between shadow and highlights as you point out.
a very interesting perspective.
20 Mar 2008 9:20am
@Harald: Thank you, Harald.
Hat's off to you Michael, for climbing into the tree. It was well worth the effort to get such an unique viewpoint for this image. Bravo.
20 Mar 2008 9:48am
@MaryB: Many thanks , Mary. I appreciate that.
Good luck! Cool shot!
20 Mar 2008 10:51am
@Craig: Thank you, Craig.
wow it has a huge hole in it.
Cool framing and lovely colour tone.
20 Mar 2008 10:59am
@pLusOne: Thank you very much, P1.
Nice shot from an unusual perspective
20 Mar 2008 11:05am
@Peter Miller: Many thanks, Peter.
excellent! love the framing and perspective.
@Elisa: Thank you, Elisa.
very creative point of view - I like this image
20 Mar 2008 12:03pm
@yiannis krikis: Thank you, Yiannis. I appreciate that.
Awesome tree, nice framing! :)
20 Mar 2008 1:28pm
@Ina: Thanks so much, Ina.
wow thats coooool!
20 Mar 2008 2:47pm
@Hoopand: Thank you, Hoopand.
Nice composition!
20 Mar 2008 3:01pm
@Porcsin: Many thanks.
Very nice capture. Great natural framing!
20 Mar 2008 3:54pm
@standley: Thank you, Standley.
A lot to discover in that old tree, I guess that you're going to bring us some others hidden spots of that tree. Bravo.
vu@granby - Gilles Martineau
20 Mar 2008 5:27pm
@vu@granby: Many thanks, Gilles. Tomorrow we'll go on to something else. Perhaps come back to the tree another time.
Every shot looks like a completely different tree. A great series.
20 Mar 2008 6:49pm
@Michael Rawluk: Thank you, Michael. I like variety.
I love it that you are having a lot of fun with this series. Lovely work by the way.
20 Mar 2008 7:12pm
@Rags: thanks, Rags. fun is the word.
highly creative idea in selecting of view point
20 Mar 2008 9:22pm
@Dara: Thank you, Dara.
I knew it, there's only beauty ;)
21 Mar 2008 3:29am
@Lorraine: Yes, we always find what we look for. Thank you, Lorraine.
Great tree series, it was fun following you intside that tree =D)
Dan
21 Mar 2008 9:45am
@drphoto: Thank you, Dan. I'm glad I'm out again. LOL.
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