Dark, foreboding, & spooky ... I'm enjoying the atmosphere of this image as I'm a Bram Stoker fan. The dark reflection of the abbey sets off the mood as well. I do notice some noise in the sky ... I use a program called NeatImage for noise removal ... there is a freeware version one can download if you do not have it already. I do I like the contrast in colors. Very well done & the composition looks great.

I like it the way it is! Isn't there supposed to be lots of noise around Dracula's birth place?!! Looking forward to the original though.

Winona

Spooky and dramatic, you've created a great atmosphere here, excellent work.

Yes, I like what you did to the photo, I love the way you can see thought what use to be the windows to the wicked sky, and I like the castles reflection in the water. Great shot.

Very nice work,I liked the movie an the book,a nice portrale of what it could have been Steve

Love the HD effect on this scene! I have a feeling the original isn't going to be the equal to this one.

excellent effect and capture:)

I got this in the VB =D excellent work.. I really love the dark foreboding creepy feeling.. Funny I didn't know where this was at the time of voting when I viewed it (I do know the place as i've been there in my younger years) I thought this would be great for a vampire movie.. lol.. so you definately got the right feel across... very well done.. love it

Impressive. This will go to my fave right away.

Well Bram Stoker had a few things right and the movie exudes only certain parts of the real Dracula. Mina for one, who flung herself into the river in Transylvania. The river that runs through there is now called the Princess' River. Again, this is awesome and I'd like to know how you took a daylight shot and created this midnight masterpeice.

Same for me. A very impressive image. Congrats :-)

Just finished reading Dracula and I'd recommend it as a good read. Interesting how all those Hollywood cliches' just spring out of the page in a refreshing and original way. Found it quite the page turner towards the end (predictable, but an enduring yarn). Good to see your picture promoted to the permanent gallery. J.

Barry: I moved this one into the 'Rework' gallery and I created a link to the original capture. Hope you'll like it :-)

wow! big change in the mood from the original! I think i like this one better though, because it is more striking and dramatic...
Thanks for sharing!

That writer did certainly not created the character all by himself but he was inspired by the Romanian true story of Dracula. Even the name is all Romanian, it's a form of the Romanian word "drac", wich means "demon", "evil" etc. Excuse me but noone can not take that away from us. Dracula is ours. He was a great Romanian leader. So you can't say that he wasn't born in Romania. (By the way, it's funny how foreigners always ignore the name of our country, wich is Romania, not Transilvania. And for crying out loud, Transilvania is a part of Romania, not Hungary. >__> )

Wow what an amazing capture and is spooky looking the dramatic sky and work. Thanks for the history on this abby.