Minerals - part three.

The third and so far the last part of photos which present minerals show a small piece of a topaz. I would like to tell you that all the minerals that are shown on my blog come from my brother's collection. He's got some amazing examples of many different minerals.

Minerals - part two.

Today I want to show you a couple of agates. I love the shapes that are hidden in these minerals. Only after taking macro photos you notice some new lines or colours. I'm going to borrow three macro rings from my friend. There are some parts of these agates that shoud be enlarged but my current equipment is not good enough to do this.

Greetings;)

Minerals - part one.

After a long break caused by the end of the term at school (very busy time for a teacher), I finally started to photohraph again. The weater in Poland resembles late autumn so you won't see any landscapes on my blog. I focus on minerals and water drops during the winter holiday that has just started.

Today, I present a mineral that has been bought as a souvenir during our last summer holidays.
Greetings to everyone;)

New Year's Eve 2010

New Year's Eve was a time of learning how to shoot fireworks. I had been reading articles about the proper technique before, but that night was to be a practical course. There were some beautiful, colourful fireworks visible from my backyard, but apparently my reflex failed. I managed to capture some of the small ones. These are the results.

Happy New Year!

We're having beautiful winter this year. There are many sunny days and the frost makes the world magical. Trees are all white and they look wonderful against the blue sky.

Happy New Year everybody!

Old times

Christmas has passed and I haven't had time to write anything here. I'm going to catch up a little bit today.

I will start with showing You what I found during Christmas, when I was spending time with my family at my grandmother's. What we found there were four thick albums with my grandparents' old photos. They covered times of their youth as well as the war, the births of their children and weddings of their friends and relaives. What I like most are photos of hiking trips my grandpa went on. He loved mountains as much as I do. It's a wonderful feeling watching him walking familiar trails in the mountains that haven't changed at all since then.
Here are some pictures I liked the most.

The man on the left is my grandfather.

The girl on the left is my mum, the other one is her sister.

I also love the photos of architecture that was taken by my grandparents' friend. I have never been good at this kind of photos. He captured the buildings and building sites so professionally that I really find his pictures motivating.

I hope You enjoyed a little old fashioned photography. Greetings to everyone;)

Flying beauties

During working on my website I accidently found a folder with photos from a rehabilitation center for injured birds. I posted some photos form that place a few months ago. It turned out that there were many photos that I didn't have time to work with, so I decided to post them now. Correct me if I'm wrong with the names of the birds as there were so many species that I might have forgotten some of them.

Kestrel

Peregrine Falcon

Long-eared Owl


Tawny Owl

The Autumn 2010 is over

We have had a very beautiful, sunny and warm Autumn this year. Unfortunately it's definitely over. Another cold has visited our home. Through sneezing and coughing I want to show you the last Autumn image I've taken in November.

Demianowska Cave of Liberty

I don't have much time to take photos lately, so today I would like to show you pictures from The Demianowska Cave of Liberty. It is located in Slovakia. It is the most beautiful cave I've ever seen. It's full of various stalactites and small lakes. It is also very colourful. There are different colours of rocks on it's walls from orange to almost white. I recommend this place to everyone. Unfortunately, to take photos there you have to pay 10 Euro and it is forbidden to use a tripod, but it's worth its price.