Thursday’s Special: Traces of the Past 01

In the area of 49,000 square kilometres at the historic crossroads of cultures, religions and conquerors Slovakia boasts more than 300 old castles and ruins. The castle in the photo bears the name Hrad Beckov and stands proudly on the Beckov cliff on the road that runs from Bratislava to High Tatra mountains. Many legends are told about the place, but nobody really knows…

Thursday’s Special: Dusk

Dusk is that magical part of the day when things you don’t want to see are hidden and the faint light in the sky makes you want to hold to it for ever.   (click on the photo to zoom in, to see it in accurate colours and contrasts) Welcome to the first Thursday’s Special in 2015 with the theme “dusk”. As always you are allowed to…

Black & White Sunday: Night

Late dawn. Early sunset. Short day. Long night. Winter solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere today we celebrate winter solstice – the day with the longest night. In pre-Christian times in this part of the world the December solstice observance included people sharing food and showing forgiveness. Many cultures continue to organize feasts, festivals, holidays and celebrations around December solstice. Although winter was regarded as…

Photography 101: Mystery

Today’s music comes from Oslo, from the remarkable young composer Peder B. Helland. At only 19 years of age, this Norwegian artist, has already written an  impressive opus of instrumental music ranging from dark, suspense, to emotional melodies and relaxing soundscapes featuring a variety of instruments like piano, cello, violin, bagpipe and many more. Meeting a talent like Peder’s is not an every day occurrence, and I…

Refraction

Few things are so exciting to see and capture as a rainbow, especially a double rainbow 😉 I captured this one during my holiday in Slovakian mountains Tatras. I hope you will enjoy this remix too     Let’s see other entries to Weekly Photo Challenge: Refraction  

Nighttime in Bratislava

    This is my entry for weekly photo challenge: Nighttime.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Humanity

Humanity is defined as the quality or state of being human, and therefore encompasses all the characteristics that humans are capable of: good and bad, and all the ones in between. However, the term also refers to the quality or state of being humane which means capable of compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals. If you take a walk with me in…

Thursday’s Special: By Night

As the night falls and the hazy daylight gives way to dusky skies, human figures become less conspicuous. That’s when I rush into streets resolved to carry out my plan…     If you would like to participate in Thursday’s Special themeless (non)challenge, feel free to grab my Jupiter widget bellow and provide a link to this post in your post especially designed for…