Waterfalls in Tatras

There are many big waterfalls in Tatras like "Wodogrzmoty Mickiewicza" but no one menstions these small ones. I decided to take some photos of these small, unknown waterfalls.

Another lake:)

This lake is called "Gąsienicowy". It is not one of the five lakes from my previous posts. It's a separate place, also beautiful, located in the Tatra Mountains.

I'm having trouble with colours and brightness on my computer lately. I don't know how to adjust the brightness of some photos in PS. Ysterday I was checking my blog on my parents' computer and it turned out that they are far too dark - sometimes I couldn't even believe that these are the same photos I was working with last week. Now I don't know if they are too dark? My computer may give me a false image. What do You think of the brightness in my photos, especially the last panoramas. Do they look unnatural?

The valley of Five Polish Lakes - part two.

The first photo is from 2008 and the next two are from our last trip. My husband is working on my 360° panorama from this valley. I will publish it as soon as possible - I can't wait:)

The Valley of Five Polish Lakes - part one.

As You know our last trip to Slovakia wasn't successful due to the rainy weather. That's why we decided to go to The Tatra Mountains. We packed ourselves up and went without even having a place to stay there. The weather was beautiful (it's very rare in Tatras) and we longed for hiking very much.

The first collectiona of photos, mostly panoramas, were taken in The Valley of Five Polish Lakes. It is withought doubt the most beautiful place in Poland.

What I found in the garden... part two.

This time I want to show You a couple of bugs, a butterfly and a ladybird. According to Keith the butterfly is called Ringled Butterfly. Thanks, Keith:)

What I found in the garden... part one.

I've been dividing my posts into two parts lately. This set is devoted to: 'what I found in my grandmother's garden'. There are so many small screatures there that I'm not able to name all of them. Today I want to show you two butterflies and a moth. At least that's what I thing they are. Maybe I'm wrong - I think the last one is a moth and the first three photos show butterflies. What do You think?

Rivers - part two.

Today, more shots from Slovakia.

Slovakia is a beautiful country full of mountain ranges. I used to go there with my parents when I was in primary school and later when I was in my teens. I've got wonderful memories from those visits.

These photos show some rivers from The Demianovska Valley.

Rivers - part one.

After four days in Slovakia we were so desperate that we went back home. The first two days were not so bad - it wasn't raining but clouds were hanging so low that we hardly saw the nearby mountains. Later the rain unabled any hiking or wandering so we made the decisio to go home. We are going back to mountains when the weather is better. This time we decided to go to Polish Tatras.

In the mentioned weather conditions I was shooting either caves (I need to work on these shots a little bit longer) or rivers. Here is the first part of river photos - Slovakia 2010:)

Relax!

We're going on our holidays tomorrow. Our destination is Slovakia. The region we will be spending time in is called Demianovska Valley. I hope the weather will be better than the forecast. We're going to hike a lot as well as visit three great caves. I've visited them when I was a child and I can't wait to see them again!

In the meantime, we're going to relax just like our Figa... just look:

How to make a camera backpack - tutorial.

There are many kinds of camera backpacks in the market. They are usually quite small and all they can hold are a few lenses and a camera. There are of course million small pockets for your memory cards and other small stuff. I know that such backpacks are practical and lots of people use them, but what I was looking was a 45-liter backpack with one pouch for the camera and stuff, and another one for my jacket, sweater or just food and water. Unfortunately, I didn't find one. I started to look through the Internet in order to find some advice about what to do in my situation. I found an opinion of a young person on one of the million forums I had visited, who was writing about you can make your own camera backpack at home. The idea was good and I thought... why not?

This is how I did it:

1. Things you need: a backpack suitable for you (it should have at least two big pouches), an old foam pad, a sharp knife, scissors, a measuring tape, cloth, self-adhesive velcro and two-sided scotch tape.



2. Firstly, you have to measure the pouch which will be your camera pouch and cut the foam pad into suitable peaces. There should be a separate piece for the bottom, both sides, back etc.



3. Once you make the pieces, you shoud try if they fit by placing all of them inside the pouch.



4. Then you must find someone who can use a sewing machine and ask him/her to do you a favour:) In my case it was my belovid mother.



5. During the process of covering the foam pieces with the cloth, you should carefully measure everything over and over again to make everything suited (for example we must have to prepare the front piece three times).




6. Once you have all of the pieces ready, it's time for the self-adhesive velcro. You should stick both its parts in right places so that they will meet when you place a foam piece in the backpack.




7. Ok. The inside is ready. Now it's time fot the partition walls. I joined together two layers of the foam to make them more stiff. Again, you should try if they fit and then cover them with the cloth. To place them inside the backpack, use the self-adhesive velcro.



8. This is the end. The final effect is as follows:


I hope someone will find this description useful:)