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"No one would have believed that in the last years of the 19th century that human affairs where being watched from the timeless worlds of space"… but this image goes back even further, to the beginning of the 19th century. Keszthey at the western end of Lake Balaton turned into a vivacious cultural center under the lead of Earl George Festetics who established schools and helped agricultural researches, and extended the already pompous family castle with a new annex that homed the largest private library of the country with over 90,000 volumes of mostly scientific and literature books. This library is still remained, almost intact, and you're welcomed to visit its majestic halls and rooms, oaken and lime tree furniture, etc.

This image has almost nothing to do with Earl George Festetics and his Helicon library only with the building that houses it. You see the midsection of the castle with its tower that is a landmark not only for Keszthely but the region. It was about the first half of the Golden Hour when the setting sun casted long shadows of the charming park to the facades. And this is a long exposure photography that eliminated the passers-by and criss-crossed the clouds in the sky. Timeless, you may say.

Techie terms: I used a DIN11 welding glass as black filter, that is actually not grey but green—very dark green that translates to ND1000 for a neutral density filter. Therefore at ISO100 and f=1/20 it took 3 minutes and 10 seconds to take this. The green tint added some more contrast for the architecture's benefit.

This watermarked HD version of the image is free for your private home use but you mustn't alter, share or publish this in any form. Paid download is without watermark and has a beautiful resolution of 4Mpx and comes under the general DA terms of private use only. You may order prints, too, from this very high resolution watermark-free version.
This picture is my own work, so please don't claim it yours, don't blog, share, reblog, reshare (re-reblog and re-reshare, etc.) it. This image is agelessly copyrighted. It is very rude to infringe my rights and it would make me very sad. When I am sad I get really fierce and ready to make legal action immediately.

Description
"No one would have believed that in the last years of the 19th century that human affairs where being watched from the timeless worlds of space"… but this image goes back even further, to the beginning of the 19th century. Keszthey at the western end of Lake Balaton turned into a vivacious cultural center under the lead of Earl George Festetics who established schools and helped agricultural researches, and extended the already pompous family castle with a new annex that homed the largest private library of the country with over 90,000 volumes of mostly scientific and literature books. This library is still remained, almost intact, and you're welcomed to visit its majestic halls and rooms, oaken and lime tree furniture, etc.

This image has almost nothing to do with Earl George Festetics and his Helicon library only with the building that houses it. You see the midsection of the castle with its tower that is a landmark not only for Keszthely but the region. It was about the first half of the Golden Hour when the setting sun casted long shadows of the charming park to the facades. And this is a long exposure photography that eliminated the passers-by and criss-crossed the clouds in the sky. Timeless, you may say.

Techie terms: I used a DIN11 welding glass as black filter, that is actually not grey but green—very dark green that translates to ND1000 for a neutral density filter. Therefore at ISO100 and f=1/20 it took 3 minutes and 10 seconds to take this. The green tint added some more contrast for the architecture's benefit.

This watermarked HD version of the image is free for your private home use but you mustn't alter, share or publish this in any form. Paid download is without watermark and has a beautiful resolution of 4Mpx and comes under the general DA terms of private use only. You may order prints, too, from this very high resolution watermark-free version.
This picture is my own work, so please don't claim it yours, don't blog, share, reblog, reshare (re-reblog and re-reshare, etc.) it. This image is agelessly copyrighted. It is very rude to infringe my rights and it would make me very sad. When I am sad I get really fierce and ready to make legal action immediately.