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This is probably
the smallest car in Europe.
I
took this picture of the "SMART" in
Florence, Italy.
Our youngest daughter
FLEUR studied there during an ex-change
programme.
How wonderful can life
be?
Copyright Olga van Dijk
2006 ©
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140 Comments
Sigridur Bachmann 02 Jul 2011
Such great DOF and great toning ! Very smart indeed ... Great photography !john sp 09 Aug 2010
i love this pic. great shotAnonymous Guest 27 Jun 2010
Great shot. Nice depth.Justin Shrum 13 May 2010
Amazing work well doneMiles Baker 22 Feb 2010
Wonderful-Right place Right time Right Camera Right SkillRight my pod! Miles XNancy Dadisman 07 Feb 2010
Excellent Olga. I love it!Anonymous Guest 17 Nov 2009
Olga very very nice! I just came back from Napoli and you have nailed it!!!!!!Anonymous Guest 17 Nov 2009
Olga very very nice! I just came back from Napoli and you have nailed it!!!!!!Annie Lemay 11 Sep 2009
Great shot!Bo Jeune-Fille 01 May 2009
Impressive... captivating...edwin ijpeij 13 Aug 2008
extremely creativewim denijs 06 Aug 2008
past er net tussen ! contrast tussen oud en nieuw is groot , daarom " I am drawn to it "Tania Hristova 27 Jul 2008
hey ..wow ! ;)Gavin North 19 Mar 2008
This is such a cool image, I am really drawn to it, but I can't explain why, Very Cooltimmy anderson 20 Feb 2008
This is cool it is well captcherd;)!!!Crystal 14 Feb 2008
Great photo!!Lacey Gregg 10 Feb 2008
Great shot. Awesome contrast with old and new!Jessica Jacobs 23 Dec 2007
i really like this i like how the alley looks really old and creepy but then leads the eye to a very futuristic carSharon Henson 29 Nov 2007
I have to look thru my pictures but I think I have a picture of this alley myself!!!! Well done!Caballero Salguero 16 Sep 2007
encantadora calle y magnifica foto, mis felicitaciones.josestewart pawley 11 Sep 2007
Love this Olga!Tanelle Hindley 23 Jul 2007
The old and the new worlds together, very cool!Heather Link 16 Jul 2007
this picture makes me giggle.. in a good way! I like how the alley leads you to the tiny car. Kudos!!Redjaine 17 Jun 2007
the walls look as though they rise forever... great pic !Elf Evans 07 May 2007
You've captured the alley view exquisitely...June Steward 24 Mar 2007
this is so beautiful--it captures the essence of italyKarie Goffic 23 Mar 2007
great photo, great compositionCharles GUY 03 Mar 2007
Fun Olga. Like it very much !Curtis Fleming 03 Mar 2007
I like this picture - well done!Robin Brown 25 Feb 2007
This is Smart in all aspects. Very trendyuyat rahmatulloh 21 Feb 2007
nice capturing scene. the perspective, and composition very interesting...italy..ah..the place that i want to go to befor i die...Tom and Susan Repasky 06 Feb 2007
Olga, this is an exquisitely composed piece! The alley way has become a focal point of travel to the unknown just beyond!! Excellent job on this unique and beautiful image!! ~Swayne holland 23 Jan 2007
Interesting composition.James Lassiter 19 Dec 2006
the pov in this photo is grand indeedNikolay Semyonov 01 Dec 2006
love the tunnelling light from above. stunning imageRandy Smith 08 Nov 2006
Hi Olga there ARE smaller cars! I love the smarties though. in Amsterdam i saw a one seat car..same length and height but only half as wide as a smarty! Very nice picture and thank you for your comment on "Mrs Higgins"!Anonymous Guest 05 Nov 2006
Send this beauty in to have it juried, Olga! Great contrasts and perspective. Awesome! -regards, O.PTAnnamaria McDonald 28 Oct 2006
Hee Hee, there believe it or not is smaller cars! LOL! I am from Italy, actually I was just there visiting family and you should see what they come up with in the small towns....LOL!!!! I think the cars are hilarious and cool!!!!kelly christiansen 24 Oct 2006
I like this. I like the perspective on this. I want a car like that!Kathy Albright 10 Oct 2006
They wouldnt call it Smart, if the driver of this car ever got rear ended by a tractor trailor. Scrunch is a better name for it.Josh MacDonald 01 Oct 2006
I like the lighting in this one, the car is illuminated.Greg Joens 26 Sep 2006
what a great statement... I wish I had a car that small... no wonder they call them the smart car... they are probably great on gas!Anonymous Guest 26 Sep 2006
Reminds me of being in the Netheralnds :) Wonderful capture !!~***BRAVO***~!!Keith Mooney 25 Sep 2006
This is a great perspective shot. Nice work.Lilly Antoneavic 22 Sep 2006
This actually looks like a Photorealistic paintings... marvelous work... LOVE the Picture... Hugs from, Lillya nd cats...Brigitte Hintner 22 Sep 2006
Oh, what a funny photo ....it makes me smile :)only a car for short people LOL .....very cool perspective . Very creative indeed dear Olgy ! Have a fine weekend !!!Troll 21 Sep 2006
this a beautifully done photography... great work!Stu Smith 19 Sep 2006
Ace pic, great textures and great composition. Reminds me of when I went to Rome a couple of years ago, these diddy little cars (and ones like them) were all over the place. That and scooters. I absolutely love Italy, if it wasn't for my appauling dress sense I'd like to have been Italian.Seth Weaver 18 Sep 2006
Great composition!Kirsten Talmage 13 Sep 2006
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City includes a SmartCar in it's Design/Architecture section. Very cool.Timothy Hughes 09 Sep 2006
Fa\ntastic composition and capture!Godfrey Blow 09 Sep 2006
This is a wonderful picture. I like the contrast between the old walls of the alley and the shiny car at the end. lovely subtle colours as well.Anonymous Guest 01 Sep 2006
this is a really cool photograph, neat carMukul Pipalia 01 Sep 2006
I love this picture. I lived in France for a short time and so I can relate to quaint little street like this that locks between its walls centuries worth of history.Randy McCullough 01 Sep 2006
I love the composition and your range of tones!Anonymous Guest 01 Sep 2006
I love this picture. I lived in France for a short time and so I can relate to quaint little street like this that locks between its walls centuries worth of history.Emilio Bello 01 Sep 2006
kind of fun to me. In fact, I wanna by a SMART, it´s my favorite car since it came out. Very cool picture.Terri Poposky 01 Sep 2006
I just love this.Sondra Ertzberger 30 Aug 2006
great perspective :)Maurizio Miele 29 Aug 2006
Great shot ! Maurizio Mielerb chakravartty 25 Aug 2006
wounderfull workAthena Workman 23 Aug 2006
I like this. Very, very nice!Stacy Taylor 23 Aug 2006
What a fantastic photo. Good job.Eddy collins 23 Aug 2006
nice workShari Morfin 20 Aug 2006
Nice job showing why this size car is needed!Stacy Steinman 10 Aug 2006
cool effect!DMITRY KOSTYLEW 07 Aug 2006
Sharp shot!!!! I like it, Olga!!Alberto Pérez 07 Aug 2006
Good picture, OlgaLaura Barbosa 05 Aug 2006
This is wonderful !! Very nice CHEERSRonald Levesque 05 Aug 2006
Love this shot! The contrast of the old and new--the large and small.Miad Kasravi 04 Aug 2006
l0ove the hsot the view...very inspiringSara K 04 Aug 2006
great shot of such a car, the proportion and depth is great!Anonymous Guest 04 Aug 2006
hi olga, dankje voor je complimenten..ja ik ben nederlands..woon in berlijn.Fred Chuang 03 Aug 2006
No way out...but up! Great composition!Mike Carroll 02 Aug 2006
Kind of a surreal feel to this. Is that a broken window above the car? Seems like an odd place to see a shiny new looking auto parked. Must be something shady going on somewhere. Nice pic.Sandy McClosky 02 Aug 2006
Love this. Creepy and uncomfortable and uncertain- what has happened (or going to happen) to the people driving this car? Nightmare...Jim Perkins 01 Aug 2006
Like the alley way makes me want drive off in volkswagon, nice colorDavid Holcombe 30 Jul 2006
This car seems to be hiding in the alley, just waiting to surprise a traveller. The shadow in the alley leads into the shiny car and sunlit wall. I think we all need to be driving these little cars, or perhaps Vespas, or better yet, bicycles. Thanks for sharing.Carl Huffman 29 Jul 2006
Without yet reading your description I was going to guess this was Florence! I was there last October. Lots of narrow streets there, no wonder there are small cars. Nice capture, thanks for sharing it.Nira Dabush 28 Jul 2006
bEAUTIFUL PERSPECTIVE...!Robert, R. Ferguson 27 Jul 2006
Thanks for your comments on my Burgess Falls Tennessee picture, and I just wanted to say that this image is great. Admiration, Bob.Svitozar Nenyuk 25 Jul 2006
Great work! Very nice!!!dave ronzone 24 Jul 2006
beatiful , this reminds me a lot of old san juan in puerto rico . i grew up in puerto rico . very nicely done .gregg dutcher 21 Jul 2006
Gee,...with streets that small a person would be "Dumb" to buy a big American car!!!--excellent contrasting photo--Carla Silva 21 Jul 2006
Love this image. :)Kenzie Pedersen 20 Jul 2006
I LOVe THIS PICTURE! amazing work! I want to ride in that car someday!C DeMaio 16 Jul 2006
great shot and perspective.daniel pagan 14 Jul 2006
Great pic. A shot like that makes me want to travel.Lori White 12 Jul 2006
Nice shot and perspective! :)Hassan Pasha 12 Jul 2006
oh this is great ... so awesome man ... awesome capture, i mean this is a classic picture ... i love your imaginationLauren Munger 11 Jul 2006
Wonderful photo of a wonderful car. I just saw my first one here in the states this week. I love how you show the perspective through the dark alley between the buildings, very impressive impressionistic work.chris 11 Jul 2006
i don't know if i could drive something like that, cool photo thoughBart van Oijen 11 Jul 2006
Heerlijke foto! Ik dacht even dat het een hyperrealistisch schilderij was. Moooiiii! Bart van Oijen.Anonymous Guest 11 Jul 2006
Magnifique et si realiste, cela me rappelle l'epoque que nous avons vecu ensembles en Italie Bravo D.A.Charles Thomas 10 Jul 2006
wow, thats a small car :)Jessica judy 10 Jul 2006
haha, this makes me giigleBob Berthelotte 10 Jul 2006
Wonderful contrast of the old and new. It speaks volumes about the harmony of human design.Peter Rivron 09 Jul 2006
Neat photography, I like the effect you have created with this one.Esther Steele 09 Jul 2006
Great image, such a small car!! You couldn't get lost inside of it.MACWELLS 08 Jul 2006
I LOVE this!! More!mark jorgenson 06 Jul 2006
very cool capture!george martinez 06 Jul 2006
an artistic picture like "smart" worth more than million words, excellent olgaSteve Farr 06 Jul 2006
This is like the coolest photo ever!! Its funny, it captures functionality as well as practicality, and also great composition!! Excellent job, Olga!! ^_^Anonymous Guest 06 Jul 2006
Very clever.Timothy Phelps 06 Jul 2006
I loooooove it!Gayle Taylor 06 Jul 2006
What a fabulous photo! The old with the new.Penny Myers 06 Jul 2006
What a neat little car. Bet it is great on gas. Thanks for sharing.Kathryn Arruda 05 Jul 2006
Great shot-What a cool car! I like the contrast of its shiny exterior to the worn walls and narrow street.vibhor taneja 05 Jul 2006
what to say all i can say is that you have the eyegerry logan 05 Jul 2006
Oh Wow!!!! this is such a cool shot love that car, and the way you did this at the end of the long street is so cool. Great work.John Enright 05 Jul 2006
love it. such a cool car and a dynamic shot. You must have waited all day for that to occur ;)David Kasradze 05 Jul 2006
I thought it was painted. Very good shot!Irma Gustaityte-Calabrese 02 Jul 2006
I love Italy. When I went there, everything seemed to be "art". Beautiful mood, and also nice car!Doug Kearse 02 Jul 2006
Love it.Jerie kunitsky 01 Jul 2006
Excellent photo. Love the car..Wish I had one..Loredana 01 Jul 2006
GREAT PERSPECTIVE OLGA EXCELLENT IMAGERY :)Keerati Sarakun 30 Jun 2006
iNTeReSTiNG!! :)Mrs.David Jobes(Dee) Jobes 29 Jun 2006
Great artistic capture!!! Great photography!!!:)K L Marsala 28 Jun 2006
excellent perspective shot... great lead.Ines Froehlich 27 Jun 2006
Wonderful scene!!Sara Deutsch 26 Jun 2006
Great shot! We need these in the U.S. to help with gas prices...Anonymous Guest 26 Jun 2006
Dad It is not only that this is a nice little car, but the way it is taken is really beautiful.BEVERLEY PRYOR 26 Jun 2006
I really like this one Olga.Cristina Marsi 26 Jun 2006
Great shot :) hehe, just the kind of car you need to move in Florence alleys ;)Aris Stathakis 19 Jun 2006
i love the Mercedes Smart car, have you seen the Smart Roadster it is also amazing, great shot!William Boyer 13 Jun 2006
I saw that car in Germany. LOLTabitha Borges 09 Jun 2006
I left Florence in dec in marvel of the street and these car great pic..Chas Sinklier 08 Jun 2006
What an outrageously cool Pic Olga!!! Clever One you are :0)Joke Schotting 08 Jun 2006
Beautiful shot,Olga!!!!epsylon lyrae 07 Jun 2006
original indeed :DRusty Woodward-Gladdish 07 Jun 2006
Hello Olga! How are you? I love this photo so full of that special Florentine atmosphere. The Smart car is very popular in the Uk too. Brilliant!heliopo Heliopo 06 Jun 2006
a very nice and good shot Olga !Analua 06 Jun 2006
Probably the unique car who can across this narrow streets! Excelent work Olga!!!Emily Reed 06 Jun 2006
How great, Olga! I will be in Florence on Friday, and I will look for this car. Hope it's still there LOL!Anonymous Guest 06 Jun 2006
The beautiful and old streets of florence...i miss it.José Fortunato 06 Jun 2006
A great car in a narrow street ! Beautiful florence and shot !thea walstra 05 Jun 2006
A very beautiful and outstanding photograph OlgaJoseph Moran 05 Jun 2006
wonderful shot Olga! The alleyway leads you right up to the car.Lauren Abric 05 Jun 2006
So little! So cute!Nelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 05 Jun 2006
great photo!! I adore!!