Comments on: Transalpina Trip

By: Watcher Romano

Watcher Romano — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 22:51:30 +0000

De ce ti se pare mai periculoasa acum, asfaltata in totalitate ?

By: nkn

nkn — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:41:07 +0000

transalpina este un vis, mai frumos ca transfagarasan, dar totusi , este mai mult periculos

By: Transalpina once again « Photography Blog of Watcher Romano

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Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:18:44 +0000

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By: watcherromano

watcherromano — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:38:38 +0000

Our former colleague XalanX is very active in the stock photo business, but I totally agree with your POV on Stock Photos. He has 100 pictures of the same girl looking left, looking right, looking up, etc.
I think I only have 2 or 3 photos that would qualify as stock Photos.
When I think selling it I think more like ‘fine art’ photography.
I have printed some 60 40×30 cm pics, framed them on black cardboard and am now considering WHERE to hang them around the office

On http://www.trishjones.com/blog-vs-website/ I found a nice clarifying answer to your earlier question

By: halbasus

halbasus — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:13:10 +0000

oooh… stock photography… that’s a nice idea, though I think it would be easier to try and sell photos on stock photo sites. Besides that stock photography doesn’t look so appealing (businessmen shaking hands, blue skies, happy families – not exactly “artistic”), I’m sure that a really good photo – for example the Afghan girl or that pulitzer winning photo of the child and the vulture – wouldn’t be a major hit in a stock photo gallery.

By: watcherromano

watcherromano — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:03:01 +0000

I took care of that – now every picture opens in a new page.
I have to admit I did not give it enough consideration when writing the post, because I ALWAYS click with the mouse wheel (Open In New Tab), on ANY link whatsoever, so the [i]target[/i] attribute is dead to me.

As about blog vs site: they are not exclusive, a good reason to have a blog is, in my opinion, that you need to add content similar to news.
On the other hand a site is more static.
I am contemplating solutions for a site where I would sell my photography – and a site is better suited for that.

I see the blog as a very useful tool to keep everybody informed very easily (because of syndication features) and that allows me to add new content without having to think too long on how I should update the rest of the site (links, etc)

By: halbasus

halbasus — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:23:43 +0000

Nice photos as usual… and congratulations for the blog (though I still don’t understand the difference between a “blog” and a “personal website” ).
P.S: too bad the pics don’t open in a new window… I closed the entire blog twice before I finally got the hang of using the “back” button.

By: watcherromano

watcherromano — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:22:31 +0000

I would not go as far as that, given that Transfagarasan is closed some 7-8 months a year, but it is far easier when practicable, and the landscape, though very impressive is limited being between 2 slopes of high mountains, whereas Transalpina passes numerous valleys, plateaus, peaks, etc.