Found in my grandfather's shoebox by iaacf
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Description
Imagine to be a kid..you are visiting your grandfather and grandmother. They say you might play on the attic... Interesting place to go.. so many things to discover. You're there and it appears there are many things of interest. Old and long forgotten furniture saved for who knows.., dusty dolls, paintings.. maybe painted by Rembrand..who knows ..and there is that old, brown shoebox. What is in it ? ... And there it is.. lots and lots of old photographs..one of the pictures appears to be this one, showed on your screen. A Renaissance castle, located nearby the city of Breda (Netherlands). You look further and than you realize you've just found a treasure. A reminder of the days that went by and never will return.
Perhaps a bit disappointing: the story above was pure imagination of mine. I have taken this photograph one year ago with my Minolta dimage 7i and thanks to the postwork it looks this way.
The original photograph can be found in my album and was added on November 3, 2004.

Comments (23)
Beautiful old castle, I've seen it on a calendar actually. Wonderful find!
Wonderful mood in this picture!
Excellent ! very well done ! a beautiful castle and reflection ...love the colors too...
Excellent postwork. Now you have me thinking about all the old photos in my parents attic,think I'll go looking for them.
What a find, what a treasure, what a photograph !
superbe!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh wowwwwwww its timeless and so perfect..those old box brownies sure took brillaint shots.. the quailty is superb.. a real treasure.. thank you for sharing this idyllic image.. love it excellent... the photographier sure had the eye and poetical heart in this capture... sublime :)
Damn tease!!! Anyways, you have done a wonderful job here!
very good shot! perfect atmospher
Ciao dear friend!This photo of this place of dream is a masterpiece!I love very mmuch these tones and colours!Excellent and superb shot!Great job!Well done!Thank you for sharing!V!Ciao dear friend!Warmest and friendly regards!Have a nice week end!A big hug!:-))
Wonderful picture. Absolutely superb misty atmo! I like it very much and VOTE
This is such a charming and romantic photograph, and your story was a lot of fun. Now it leaves me curious as to where it really is? Don't get me wrong, I could rank this carefully constructed work nothing other than excellent, but it looks like a somewhat faded photograph. Why not simulate a great old, but slightly better-preserved picture? I miss not being able to see a little more of the details in that lovely foliage, but on second thought, the mysterious haze certainly does add to the mood.
Splendid tone in this antique look photo... the atmo is superb !
very cool photo, i love the old look to it! nice job with the framing! i'm sure there's more treasures where that came from! excellent work!!!
This is sooo beautiful !!!!!!!! I absolutely love the hue and atmo - whatever postwork you did; it is magnificent!! VOTE!
Oh thats such a pretty shot here,what a job to make it seem so old. Excellent capture and job here.
how dreamy... luv the reflection & that tower... would luv to go in but would be perfectly happy rummaging around the attic... :]
This is really a fantastic shot. Your text on the bottom kind of spoils it for me though. Maybe in the comment section you could have typed it. MHO.
dBgrafix: I understand what you mean. I added that part of the text when I found out that some people really believed that I had found the picture in my grandfather's shoebox. I felt uncomfortable about that, so I explained that the picture was not my grandfather's but mine.
A real great jog you did. I should believe this beauty came out of the shoe box.
gorgeous job
a wonderful and dreamy capture! so very effective presented! gorgeous reflection in the mirror! love the moody haze! remeber a cooky tin my grandma owned! full of collected button! a treasure for me and i played so very much with it! also interesting the tin, I took a spoon and used the ton as a drum! ;o)
Eh, Oskar, you are a good lyier :)) I believed your story as soon as I started it ... sorry for the conclusion :)) Very beautiful shot, Oskar : a little marvel :)) V