Sunset, Dobroselica (Zlatibor Mountains / Western Serbia)
I know that the spectacular sunset is the most interesting element of the photo, but I wanted to include the few buildings for a sense of scale and isolation.
Dobroselica is a village scattered among the hills of Zlatibor. The buildings in the photo are located in the "downtown" area of the village, where houses are more traditionally lined up along a roadside.
The long, low building is the elementary school, in which a part of Emir Kusturica's film "Life is a Miracle" (Život je čudo) was shot. Enrollment in this school has been declining steadily over the past fifty years.
Between the school and the house from which this photo was taken is a windy, unpaved road that follows up and down hills, branching to houses clinging to their sides and separated from their neighbours.
In this landscape, the horizon is so high that the sun sets much too early in the summer.