Optimist vs Pessimist
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Pessimist vs Optimist
Posted in "Art" ?? with tags "Art" ??, blue sky, glass, lemonade, optimism, optimist, pessimism, pessimist on 13 July 2010 by Watcher RomanoCurtea de Arges Princely Court
Posted in Beautiful Romania, Travel with tags Beautiful Romania, biserica domneasca, blue sky, Church, curtea de arges, princely court, sf nicolae vechi on 26 April 2010 by Watcher RomanoCurtea de Arges is home to the famous monastery built by Mesterul Manole, (which I’ll cover in a future post) BUT also to this hidden gem called “Biserica Domnească Sf. Nicolae din Curtea de Argeş“. On your way to the Curtea de Arges monastery, be sure to check this one too. The guide here is worth all the money 
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Pestera Village Surroundings
Posted in "Art" ??, Beautiful Romania, Travel with tags autumn, autumn andscape, autumn colors, beautiful landscape, Beautiful Romania, biserica, biserica sfanta treime, blue skies, blue sky, cer albastru, cer de toamna, Church, holy trinity, holy trinity church, landscape, magura, Moeciu, Moeciu Romania, pestera, sf treime, sfanta treime, toamna, trinity, white church on 11 November 2009 by Watcher RomanoPrahova Valley has a bad rep because of the fact that it easily accessible by car and is therefore filled with buffaloes. This is very unfortunate as the area is incredibly beautiful. To prove this, I submit to you the following pics taken in the surroundings of the Pestera Village, near Moeciu, Brasov, Romania:
Pestera Surroundings
Pestera Surroundings
The village also has a church under construction, but very well signaled (two villages in advance):
Holy Trinity Church in Pestera
Should you be interested to see this village for yourself, you have to start in Moeciu, and, coming from Bran, turn right and climb on top of the hill. You could also come from Zarnesti, go towards Prapastiile Zarnestilor and turn left at Fantana lui Botorog. This alternative has the advantage of first taking you to Magura village, and then on some dirt roads up to Pestera (more softroading).
Given that this is actually a village, the roads should be cleared and maintained at all times, so it would probably be no problem to go there in wintertime too (which will give you even more interesting photo opportunities).
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Plitvice Jezera – National Park in Croatia
Posted in Travel with tags blue sky, calcar, calciferous, cascada, Croatia, lakes, mushroom, mushrooms, plitvice, plitvice jezera, plitvice lakes, plitvice national park, waterfall, waterfalls on 27 October 2009 by Watcher RomanoThe Plitvice Lakes National Park is quite a unique site in Croatia. Although it’s quite a drive towards the center of the country, I think you will find it very interesting. The Croatian countryside is annoyingly similar to the Austrian one (remember, there was a war there very recently). What makes the lakes special is the fact that they are layered in a stairlike fashion (the altitude difference between the highest and lowest is over 130m!)
To be perfectly fair, there are some hindrances for people visiting this park. Everything seems to be forbidden to the visitor:
Everything's forbidden
Everything's forbidden
I am not exactly sure WHAT is forbidden here ???
Also, given the huge area the park covers, transportation is quite poorly organized. On the other hand, the soil is calciferous so the water looks like the lagoons in the Carribeans. Everything is set in the middle of a deep forrest:
Deep in the forrest
Where there are several lakes situated on different altitude levels, one assumes that waterfalls should also be present. I will end the photo presentation with what I think is a spectacular photo of a waterfall caught in the Plitvice Lakes:
Plitvice Waterfall
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Amazing day in the Capatanii Mountains
Posted in Beautiful Romania, Travel with tags autumn, autumn day, autumn in the mountains, autumn sky, balota, Beautiful Romania, blue sky, cabana roman, cabana romani, capatanii, circular polarizer filter, circular polarizing filter, gorj, landscape, latorita, latoritei, maountain landscape, mountains, mountainscape, muntii capatanii, polarizer, polarizing filter, romani, statiunea romani, Transalpina, ursu, ursu peak, valcea, varful romani, varful ursu, vf roman, vf ursu on 5 October 2009 by Watcher RomanoSunday Sept 27th I managed to gather som4 cars from Bucharest, drove to Valcea where we joined the White Wolves (with some other 10 cars) and we all ventured high up in the Capatanii Mountains. As luck would have it, the weather was on our side, so we were able to enjoy nature’s greatness and take home some wonderful mountainscapes. This kind of imeages are what makes all the efforts worthwile. The serenity stays with you for days… If you say the teaser, the wait is over!
The beauty of the Capatanii Mountains
Ridge between Ursu and Balota peaks
Mountainscape near Romani peak
Panoramic view near Romani Peak
I decided to post the scenery photos separated from the offroad specific ones, so stay tuned for the offroad pics tomorrow’s post.
Bolboci Lake
Posted in Beautiful Romania, Travel with tags artificial lake, Beautiful Romania, blue sky, bolboci, bolboci lake, circular polarizing filter, lac, lac artificail, lacul bolboci, lake, polarizer, polarizer les, prahova, reflected sky, sinaia on 7 September 2009 by Watcher RomanoAn incredibly beautiful artificial lake in the Sinaia area, on an autumn day. The reason it’s incredible is that it is so close to Sinaia, Romania, but is still very little frequented (luckily).
Bolboci Lake on an autumn day
Valencia – Centre Ciudad
Posted in "Art" ??, Street photography, Travel with tags ajuntamento, blue sky, catedral, cathedral, estacion del norte, estacxion norte, plaza de, plaza del ajuntamento, spain, valencia, valencia ajuntamento, valencia cathedral, valencia trainstaton on 24 July 2009 by Watcher RomanoColorful buildings shot in the center of Valencia, Spain:
Estacion del Norte in crazy colors
HUGE pano (140cm @300dpi)
Plaza del Ajuntamento on a beautiful day
I think that this post concludes the Valencia series. I feel I should thank the city of Valencia for giving me so many photo-opportunities. I have realized this only very late afterwards, when I counted the photos I published. When actually IN Valencia, I did not enjoy it that much..
I have also put up a page with all the photos from this trip together. You can find it HERE . If you do like these photos, be sure to use the RSS feed or EMAIL method to be certain you do not miss out on any masterpiece I produce 
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias
Posted in "Art" ??, Black and White, Travel with tags abstract building, alb negru, artes, artes y ciencias, arts, arts and science, Black, Black and White, blue sky, buildings, cac, ciencias, city of arts an science, ciudad de las artes y las ciecias, directions, futiristic building, futuristic, orientation, science, signs, valencia, White on 6 July 2009 by Watcher RomanoI am sure that everybody already knows about the City of Arts and Science in Valencia, and there have been numerous depictions of it over the time. However, I feel I did take good enough photos to show them. I just can’t decide over color vs black and white:
Ciudad de las artes y las ciencias
or
Ciudad de las artes y las ciencias
Bonus picture:
Orientation @ CAC
Wallpaper Landscape
Posted in Beautiful Romania with tags blue sky, meadow, mountain, nor, norisor, open range, poiana, wallpaper, white cloud on 18 November 2008 by Watcher RomanoAnother wallpaperlike landscape shot in the Apuseni Mountains:
Wallpaper View
Bears’ Cave Teaser
Posted in Beautiful Romania, Travel with tags bears cave, blue sky, cer, cer dramatic, clouds, dealuri, dramatic sky, green hill, hill, hills, landscape, nori, norisori, pestera ursilor on 14 October 2008 by Watcher RomanoDuring the summer holiday I managed to reach the Apuseni Mountains, home to some incredible scenery and carstic formations. The most beautiful cave tourists can visit in Romania is the Bears’ Cave (Pestera Ursilor). I am working on a big post (15+ photos) from the cave.
Until then I thought I’d give you the last thing I saw before entering the cave:
Bears' Cave Surroundings
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