This PhotoFriday’s challenge (Success) made me think of life..my life. Why do I always connect word success to life, as if they were ment to be bind together.
Freud would ask me if I had a happy childhood :) I ask myself if I am happy with who I am now. The uncertainty about the straight answer would tell something to both of us :)
…after some thinking..hestitation some might say… I am happy with who I became. Taken the spiritual dessert I grew up in, I turned out to be quite a good cactus :)

Speaking of success..I’m very happy I’ve found this photo (finally), as I thought it got lost somehow. It’s taken from the Petrovaradin bridge during one of my river-inspired walks.

Sometimes, while passing them by, I find myself envying those people holding fishing poles at the river bank. They look so calm..so satisfied..so happy with where they are. I call it ‘a success’. I’ve chosen some other path in my life..I cannot imagine myself sharing their kind of destiny. I part of me regrets it already (I smell a weekend warrior:)

Who is more successful..a man with a pole in his hands and a smile on his face or a taycoon with a briefcase and a grin?

…it’s your call…

…sinister laugh…

Not in a mood to talk much..that’s why I do photography ;)
I shot this one the very same day when I shot this one. I walked down the Danube quay that day and I found particulary interesting shooting “seagulls”. This is one of the photos that turned out to be as good as I expected :)

Techical data:
Camera/Lens: Nikon D70 / Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 21.03.2005 3:33:18 PM
Exposure: 1/2500
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.5
White balance: Manual /cloudy/
Focal length: 70 mm
ISO: 500
Cropped: Yes
Original name: DSC_3068

We’re still in January the 8th :hehe Now we’re in Dunavski park and what you see is a reflection of a tree against the water in the swan pond. Swan family moved to some warmer place for winter I guess, but it didn’t stop visitors from spamming the water with pop-corn, bread, cleenex tissues..parts of those can be seen as white spots at the photo. But, as they look like stars in the dawning sky I left them exist at this one :hehe
All I wanted to shoot is a reflection, but later I saw that water acts like a polarizer..very strange, but cool effect. I left the bottom of the picture (which was actually it’s top, before I did a 180° rotation) as it’s colors oppose very well to the rest of the photo.

And now..as I feel like writting (as I have time as the matter of fact..I’m reinstalling Win2K at one of the computers..) I’ll continue
with babbeling :hehe
Tonight it’s R.E.M.‘s concert in Belgrade, last night they were in Zagreb, and the night before in Ljubljana. I didn’t feel like going at the concert as I’m not their fan..I like their music, but it’s just not enough for me. Plus, bringing the camera in is not allowed :o :hehe Instead, I decided to go to another metal gig at the club I was a few weeks ago (check this one out). May Result and other bands performing won’t ring your bell, but I hope to catch some shots that will :hehe

Erm..if you’re thinking of buying an MP3 player, I might suggest you considering this model made by SanDisk. I got myself 256MB one and I’m quite pleased with it. Of course..if you’re into quantity, and not quality, consider buying this one which is some 15€ cheaper with 512MB flash memory :hehe

Hehe..I can’t believe I dragged you reading all the way here..boy you’ve got time! :p But don’t worry..people keep saying me that all the time :D
Oops..it seems Windows is installed..gotta go.

Techical data:
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 08.01.2005 3:15:44 PM
Exposure: 1/50s
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.2
White balance: Manual /cloudy/
Focal length: 35 mm
Flash: Off
ISO: 200
Cropped: Yes
Original name: DSC_2153

I always have this problem..I go out one day, take a walk and make some 10 shots I consider worth of sharing, I publish one, make a two day pause, then go out again and make some more shots and on fourth day I publish one shot from the new series. I hate not having time to publish all of the shots I intended to. Thus I decided to publish shots respectively, in order they were shot.

Today’s shot was taken just outside the building I live in. The winter sun was in it’s zenith and it casted these eye-catching shadows at what I beilieve is a platan tree. Not only that I liked shadow colors, but also geometry of the scene. The tree deck slit the frame diagonally, and on the split part is divided into two areas..one with purple shades and the other one with the black ones.

Techical data:
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 08.01.2005 1:31:37
Exposure: 1/320s
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.5
Metering mode: Matrix
White balance: Manual /flash/
Focal length: 70 mm
Flash: Off
ISO: 200
Quality: JPG Fine
Cropped: No
Original name: DSC_2118

Yesterday..well..now, two days ago, I woke up and saw one of the most beautiful sunrises ever. First the sky was yellow, when I got out and while commuting, it was orange to become silver with almost a summer drizzle and two rainbows by the time I came to work 20 minutes later  :) That sky show made my day.
Those three white spots you might notice are reflection of lights inside the bus against the window..not UFOs :)

Techical data:
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 27.12.2004 07:15:06 AM
Exposure: 1/80s
Exposure bias: 0.0 EV
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.2
Metering mode: Matrix
White balance: Auto
Focal length: 38mm
Flash: Off
ISO: 200
Quality: JPG Fine
Cropped: No

Took this one the other day together with Reflection without a name and some other photos you will see in the next few days.

I was always interested in the railroads..I presume because I often read about them, but there were none around the town I grew up. And someone “complained” that there are few people at my photos :)

I’ve been switching between this one and it’s cropped version for 15mins now..can’t make up my mind. At this one I like vast space, misty flora, human will and a long railroad perspective. Tomorrow the accent will be on the movement, dynamics and less geometry.

Techical data:
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 7.12.2004 08:591:57 AM
Exposure: 1/2000s
Exposure bias: 0.0 EV
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.5
Metering mode: Matrix
White balance: Auto
Focal length: 70mm
Flash: Off
ISO: 200
Quality: JPG Fine
Cropped: No

This is one of the dead-end alleys in the park..that’s why it’s covered with moss. It looked so warm and pulpy in the dusk sunlight luring you to walk it barefoot.

Techical data:
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 21.11.2004 13:01:31
Exposure: 1/250s
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f3.5
Metering mode: Matrix
White balance: Manual /cloudy/
Focal length: 18 mm
Flash: Off
ISO: 200
Quality: JPG Fine
Cropped: No

Not much of a photo..as it’s not much of news that GWBush won the elections. That’s why I think these two are a perfect match.
Have you ever think what will be the next global threat when the world run out of terrorists? I bet on Space Invaders. No, not locusts, not this time..nowadays those are good fellas fighting wars on global scale so that we feel safe in our cocoons. Oil? What about it?! Political domin..what? How does one spell it? I dunno..I don’t care..I’m safe! I’m over and out!

;)

UPDATE: Remember me buttons now work again. Thanks to Dejan! (blog language: serbian/croatian)

Techical data:
Camera: Pentax Optio 33WR
Exposure: 1/125s
Aperture: f6.9
Focal length: 5.7mm
Flash: Off
ISO: 100
Cropped: No

Old tractor pulled aside, fighting lost battle against time and it’s ally – rust.

One could think that I’m quite depressive these days, but I’m not, honestly :) I’ve got sore throat, but other than that it’s great :)

Techical data:
Camera: Pentax Optio 33WR
Exposure: 1/320s
Aperture: f3.1
Focal length: 7.5mm
Flash: Off
ISO: 100
Cropped: No

This is one of the very last pictures taken by (my) Pentax camera. I’ve got a few more prepaired for publishing, but I hope I’ll have my new Nikon D70 camera delivered until wednesday, so I will bring my photographical asceticism to an end very soon :)

I’ve taken this one at Kalemegdan Fortress in Belgrade..it was a sunset time..and that grass was trying to catch as much sunlight as possible, so one could see it beaming with light..beaming with energy..“for he knows the time is short”…

And now, the end is near;
And so I face the final curtain.
My friend, I’ll say it clear,
I’ll state my case, of which I’m certain.

Techical data:
Camera: Pentax Optio 33WR
Exposure: 1/80s
Aperture: f2.8
Focal length: 5.7mm
Flash: Off
ISO: 100
Cropped: No