Category: water

Smoke over Vidra lake

The tree is burning slowly, not sure if due to heat or a human hand. Fortunately, the Vidra lake is close, so no disaster happened.

vidra

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Fishermen

When I saw this fishing boat on the Black Sea it reminded me of another fishing boat I encountered in my Indian travel half a year ago: two fishing boats, two fishermen encampments, worlds apart still the same trade.

fishermen
fishermen

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Goodbye Vienna

Since I am sure at this point I already bored all my readers with the photos from Vienna, I think is the time to put an end of the series with an one last pic. Have fun!

vienna

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Vienna: funny fountain

Say whatever you want, but I found this fountain in a central park of Vienna to be really funny. I pondered for a while some editing to change the water color, but in the end let it natural.

fountain

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The Well

This is a very traditional well as you can see today if you are lucky in a remote village. I have to witness, I didn’t drop any coin in it and didn’t make any wishes, but would like some photo sessions in this type of scenery.

well

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Old photo, new edit

I needed a pictures with water drops for a little photo contest among a small group of friends, this is what I tool the roses, skin and water drops series, but unfortunately I had some publishing restrictions suddenly appearing on it, with no time for new pics, there is a “plan B” to activate: get an old pic and make the best of it for the contest. So here’s the old pic with today’s editing:

water drops

And if curious, the old version from about 3 years ago when I was a newbie photographer with beginner’s gear and a lot less editing experience:

water drops

However, I expect some (trolling or not) to prefer the older version (these days I am reading a book about “extreme” editing makeover, so is not impossible I went overboard or was misguided).

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Roses are red

Roses are red
Water is wet
We don’t see any thorns, I bet

Me is definitely no poet 😀

roses

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Fishing

Near the city of Durgapur on the Damodar river there is a big barrage to prevent flooding during the rain season. After the barrage, there is a wasteland with some ponds, which supposedly have fish. You can see the barrage wall as the background in the fishermen picture and the wasteland behind their encampment.

fishing
fishing

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Crossing the Gange

Gange is the biggest river in India and it passes trough the city of Kolkata, so if you go to Kolkata, you very likely will have to cross the river. How? On the bridge or on the boat. Photography is forbidden on their bridges, so I have pictures only from the boat (yes, you can shoot the bridge from the boat). Included here: departure, sailing and landing.

gange
gange
gange

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The shell girl

I think the shells picking girl is good representation for what is happening in Vama Veche: free, unconventional, direct, sincere.

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Vamă

This year I spent my May Day holiday with a few friends in Vamă, which is pretty much a Romanian tradition. Unfortunately the weather was totally uncooperative, my mood not the best and didn’t have the full gear (is not the place for that). Overall, it was an experience:

vama vama vama

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Here comes the rain again

This endless rain is sickening, the lack of sun is ruining all the expected beauty of the spring and photography plans, I don’t know mow much of it I can take any more… fortunately Mino, a brave soul dared to stick it into rain’s face and go for an outdoors photo session

rain

Umbrellas, the last flowers of the spring, that was what we played with before getting to wet:
rain rain

And for the finale, we find an empty place (who’s in the park in a rainy spring evening?), took cover from the rain and played a bit more:
rain rain

I think she sacrificed a bit on the art’s altar, and didn’t recovered fully from the cold caught in this rain. Get well Mino!

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Another summer in the city

I like to catch the summer impact on the city and Piața Unirii in the center of Bucharest is just good for that, with its huge but horrible (communist heritage) fountains. This year I had a bit of help, so the result is a bit more direct and personal:

summer

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A walk in the park – the winter edition

With this snow all over us and no handy access to some beautiful landscape out of the city, I decided for a week-end walk in the park, trying to capture the moment:

snow

The park where I used to shot candids all summer long, even my favorite bridge, everything was empty and desolated
bridge

Very few chicks around, and not of that kind:
ducks

Still, some people were having fun:
sledge

I also visited the cathedral which impressed me in the autumn colors, but obviously it was changed:
cathedral

In the place where squirrels used to play (they probably hibernate by now) there was a different fauna, somebody got a pony:
pony

And transportation was assured by their full-grown versions:
ride

Of course there was animation, with reindeers and elves (unfortunately, not my favourite type of elf):
elf

…and I stand corrected, there were some chicks:
girl

When the night come, the colorful lights were fired:
lights

Even the fake reindeers:
reindeer

And a mighty Christmas tree:
christmas tree

Well, is cold enough, a close-up with the tree and I can go home:
christmas tree

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Fascination with water

We may be fascinated with fire, but it’s archenemy, the water, is also a fascination for us. Not that magic as the fire, but water is everywhere: waterfalls, clouds, sea waves, rain, fountains, snow, tears, ice…

[creel]

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