More macro (probably there will be many of those)!

The chance I was waiting for ever since I got this little ring that allows me to magnify small stuff, came last night. There was a spider in the house. So, I grabbed the little torch and proceeded to use her (or him, I don't know) as my model. The results are here. As usual, click on the photos in order to see them bigger as a slideshow.

Unfortunately, because of the inefficient light, the ISO was skyrocketed and the noise is too much. Nothing like the sunlight, I guess. But we have to take some photos somehow.

The same model from a different angle. Notice the spark in the eyes. All eight of them.  

As I was escorting the first model to the exit, another one appeared and I took the chance. Unfortunately, this model was not very static and I didn't manage to get any very good photos. But still, I managed something little. Not very bad, I'd say.

Still at Domeniul Greaca

What can I do? The good photos from Domeniul Greaca are too many to ignore. But today I combine a nice place with an awesome person. Some photos of Dana, who worked extremely much in order for this congress to be successful, and she deserves her own post. Not only because she worked a lot but because she's awesome anyway. There we go.

The light is very important in night photos. The lights there were just great. They were giving beautiful colours, something that we saw on the previous posts.

The editing adds a bit to the lighting without exaggerating. I know you can't see it now, but if you click on the photos, the difference will be obvious.

Here is Dana and behind her is the pool. And the hotel.

And here with more intense colours, as I like to edit my photos in general.

I think that I prefer this photo over the previous one. The lighting is better and the details clearer.

Yeah. You can even see the details on the bottom of the pool. I love night photos. Perix, brace yourself! In two weeks I'm coming!

Back to Domeniul Greaca (poolside)

I told you already, I have a couple of thousands of pictures. And many of them are very interesting. Let's go back to Domeniul Greaca and see some interesting shots.

I know that I don't post a lot lately, but I have some other projects as well, for which we will talk when the time comes. Also, I'm lazy.

Peace, truth, hope. You can find these stones while going to the swimming pool of the hotel.

The great lighting helped me get some beautiful detail here. You can click on the photos to see them better.

Talking about the swimming pool. Check this. It's like we're back in Tunisia, not Romania! This photo is like made for a card! But wait, there's more!

OK, I'm not experienced in taking photos, but a good photo for me is one that keeps you staring at it because you like it (not because of its ugliness), even if there are some flaws. This is one of those photos. The blue is beautiful here.

The young lady on my left is Marina. After some group photos next to the pool in the evening, we stayed a few more minutes to try and see what we can do with long exposures.

I like very much the colours of the night photos. Especially the green of the grass and the details of the motionless parts are great. Click on the photos! See them in all their glory!

Also, I wrote on a previous post that the Peleş was something like Ceauşescu's house. I was mistaken. He didn't like it and he had closed it from 1975 until his execution. Shortly after that, it opened again.

Executive board EFUCA, Greaca, September 2013

So, From 18 to 22 of September, we were in the exceptional Domeniul Greaca hotel, in the deep south or Romania (5 km from the borders with Bulgaria) for the executive board of the European Federation of UNESCO Clubs and Associations. Important decisions were taken and the next meeting will take place in March 2014 in New York.

I had the chance to take more than 1200 photos in these days, some of them I will present you right here, right now. It was a great experience with some great people and I'm looking forward to the next meeting. To the photos now!

The weather was nice and we had the chance to capture many nice moments. Here, you can see myself as well, right after I used the remote controller. Good that I had it with me, otherwise I wouldn't be in any photos!

I think that this is my absolute favourite. Everyone is smiling or laughing after my request to say "cheese"in their respective native languages. So, you could hear "queso", "brânză", "τυρί", "formaggio", etc. I was a fun moment.

This was from the last evening, after all the thanks were given to everyone who helped for this event to take place.

The evening of a tiring day is finding us all smiling.

Remember to click on the photos in order to see them larger!

A night walk

People leave big boxes or old furniture on the sidewalk at night, to be collected in the morning. Sometimes they leave old furniture in very good condition too, to be collected by individuals as well.

We begin straight with a photo this time. Last night we took a walk at around midnight and I had the chance to take some photos, of course, and experiment with the settings of the camera. The very important conclusion is that a tripod is essential for these night shots, if you don't want this stupid shaky effect. And the sharpening when you edit the photo can't help much.

Even though I stabilized the camera, I couldn't prevent the shaky image. Of course, probably I forgot to close the aperture and instead of an f/11, for example, I was on f/4 - f/5.6. This counts also for blurry images, especially if the focal point is missed.

The tram line near home. I love the tram, you know. It's like the metro, but it's entirely out of tunnels, with some insignificant exceptions. Too bad that there aren't many tram lines in Paris.

Here I tried to remove some of the yellow light that is all over the place. I can't say that I'm very happy with the outcome. Probably I need to work much more on the white balance of the 650D.

A 180 degrees turn and the other side of the line takes a curve and goes towards La Defense, where there is also an RER and a metro station. Notice how the lines lead the eye to the enormous buildings, whose height is not visible on this photo.

After some sharpening and some playing with the colours, I removed some light but I lost a lot of green from the grass as well. You win some, you lose some, I suppose? It will get better, slowly.

That's all for today's post. Hopefully tomorrow I will have a whole new bunch of photos from one of my favourite areas. Stay tuned and click like on the Facebook page, because from time to time I upload there some photos that don't make it to the blog!