Texturized photograph of Lake Góra near Kępa Kikolska, Poland.
Around 1780, on a picturesque bank of the Narew river, a small “summer palace” was built for prince Stanisław, a wealthy nobleman of the famous Poniatowski family which counted princes, bishops, kings and marshals of France among their kin.
The last owner of the palace was count Wacław Gutakowski, a colonel in the famed 13th Hussars Regiment of the Duchy of Warsaw. Drawing by Zygmunt Vogel, dated 1801, shows a beautiful structure surrounded by a park – the mighty river flows by - a marvelous sight!
History showed little mercy for the palace, it was burned down during the second world war and was never rebuilt. The river has changed its course since then and today a small ruin, overgrown by vines, stands on a small bluff of a little lake.
At this time of the year it's impossible to capture the beauty of the place; it's so overgrown that it's almost invisible in the tangled mass of trees and bushes.
And so I ploughed my way through the thicket and brushed aside the twisted vines to touch the old wall and look at the glowing water of the small lake.
And for a short while it seemed to me I was not alone there. Charming ladies in their beautiful dresses.mingling with officers resplendent in their napoleonic uniforms... Soft laughters and quiet whispers.... And live music playing softly...
Could I really hear them?
Nah... it must've been the wind playing tricks on me.
Single exposure, RAW developed in ACDSee Pro 8. Several textures applied in Perfect Photo Suite 8 in various blending modes. Touched up with NIK Color Efex Pro.
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