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Fortress in the fog

// January 2nd, 2008 // 2 Comments » // b&w, light, street

This one shows Petrovaradin fortress in the fog. Took it during one of those days when you just grab your camera and wander off. I was drawn to the river (Danube)..that’s where the fog came from.

I needed even wider angle than the lens provided, so I took 2 shots and later stitched them together. It makes this sort of panoramic shot :)

MEMORY REMAINS II

// September 22nd, 2005 // 17 Comments » // sepia, street

This one was taken a while ago. I’m expecting large prints to be returned from a photo exibition held in Niš, so I figured out it’s about time to share it with you :) I have a few more in old-postcard style, which I plan to publish sooner or later (later, knowing myself:) No you didn’t miss number one from this series :)

SYMBOL

// May 28th, 2005 // 1 Comment » // b&w, shapes, street

You might have learnt Annabel Lee dozen times so far, so I figured out it would be nice to upload something else :)

I love coincidences..yesterday I decided to (finally) process a photo of an unusual doorhandle I shot last week in Belgrade. So, yesterday I did it, and as you can see, it does look like some sort of a symbol..head of a scepter..and later that day I saw that PhotoFriday challenged us with Symbol! Conspiracy? :)

Talking abouth symbols (of power?) I’m thinking of buying an Apple 15″ PowerBook. Would you talk me into doing it..or away of it?
One more thing while we’re in IT waters..if you’re an Nikon D70 owner, there’s firmware v2.0 out there :) New menu look, improved reading of number of exposures remaining when you’re shooting RAW and improved performance of the 5-area AF system are the most significant on it’s done list.

Techical data:
Camera/Lens: Nikon D70 / Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 27.05.2005 4:30:59 PM
Exposure: 1/20
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.5
White balance: Manual /cloudy/
Focal length: 70 mm
ISO: 200
Original name: DSC_4068

HELP

// May 10th, 2005 // 4 Comments » // isolated, street

About Danilo Kiš /yu/eng/eng/fra

Techical data:
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 10.05.2005 2:29:59 PM
Exposure: 1/1250s
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.5
White balance: Manual /cloudy/
Focal length: 70 mm
ISO: 200
Original name: DSC_3949

OLIVE WAY

// March 30th, 2005 // 9 Comments » // architecture, street

This one has appealing color composition. It reminds me of an aquarel painting.

If you noticed a sign between the window and the doors, it reads “Fire way” :)

I installed KDE3.4 and I’m quite satisfied. But..then I discovered Fluxbox and these days I’m fluxboxing non-stop :)

Techical data:
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 18.01.2005 3:36:02 PM
Exposure: 1/125s
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.5
White balance: Manual /cloudy/
Focal length: 18 mm
ISO: 200

MY DAY IN FULL COLOR

// March 24th, 2005 // 5 Comments » // b&w, people, portfolio, street

Dunno bout you, but this one’s definitely one of my favorites :) I took it while finishing my photo day the day before yesterday.
The kid at the picture just got his helium inflated baloon and one could read happiness at his face :) You can see him marching proudly as if he’s holding a flagpole. That moment he was the king in his own castle in his own world. I shared his joy..I captured his coronation.
I miss a better focus though..that’s why the photo might appear oversharpened or grainy to someone. However, I liked that touch of “gramma’s old photo album” :)

Techical data:
Camera/Lens: Nikon D70 / Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 21.03.2005 4:08:20 PM
Exposure: 1/250
Exposure bias: 0.0 EV
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.2
White balance: Manual /cloudy/
Focal length: 38 mm
ISO: 200
Original name: DSC_3142

DEPTH OF FENCE

// March 19th, 2005 // 2 Comments » // shapes, street

Shot demonstrating DoF metaphorically called Depth of fence :) That was the last breath of winter for this year I hope.

Techical data:
Camera/Lens: Nikon D70 / Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 05.03.2005 1:15:24 PM
Exposure: 1/400
Exposure bias: 0.6 EV
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.5
White balance: Manual /cloudy/
Focal length: 65 mm
ISO: 200
Original name: DSC_2909

2 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT

// March 2nd, 2005 // 1 Comment » // architecture, light, street

This is the “Cathedral”, the one and only in Novi Sad, built between 1893 and 1895 in neogothic style. If you ask me, that’s the most beautiful building in Novi Sad. And “2 minutes to midnight” is a song from Iron Maiden. When you add a vail of night to a religion, what you get is more than ghostly..it’s horror :)
The building itself is not this bluish, but the white balance was set to tunsten and some big street tv screen was playing some blue video, so I turned out completely diferent..ghostly :)

However, these days I’ve been poisoning myself with something else..C.C.R. and The Chemical brothers.

Techical data:
Camera/Lens: Nikon D70 / Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 24.02.2005 8:07:41 PM
Exposure: 10sec
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f22
White balance: Manual /Tungsten/
Focal length: 18 mm
ISO: 200
Original name: DSC_2822

VUKOVAR JEDNA PRICA

// February 27th, 2005 // 4 Comments » // street

This textual part is inspired by a movie called “Vukovar jedna prica” I watched for the second time two days ago. How low human race can fall keeps surprizing me even now. Feel free to google about war stories from Vukovar..days of it’s “occupation”, “liberation”, “reoccupation”.. There was an interesting thought going through out the movie. Thought of choosing a side. Weather you are “our” or “their”..choosing a side as for declairing as a Croat or a Serb. People stopped being divided into chubbies and slims, tall and short, smart or dull..everyone became just one..a member of either Serbian or Croatian herd. Yes, herd! When you stop using your own brains (if you ever used them at all) and when you start looking at the world as a monochromatic place, at the people as those who are patriots, no matter what they do, and as those who are war criminals, even if they didn’t do a thing..you should hold on a little and wonder if your herd is the right one. If you’re absolutely shure, then you’re wrong.
Like the photo shows, there were two paths you could go. Quintessentially different in the eyes of those taking either one of them. The very same in the eyes of those found inbetween. The very same in the eyes of people who loved other people for what they truly are, and not for their nationality. As you can see, both of them disappeared in the fog..fog of war. Both of them led to the disaster..both of them led to the begining. Like an infant, people learned to walk among and talk to their pre-war neighbours and the war enemies. I wonder sometimes if this whole thing that had happened to my late country really has a moral as of a story or it’s just another Monty Python like sketch, where you see how patethic we are. Only, there is nobody to slap us around a bit with a large trout.
Choose the right side..don’t choose at all!

Techical data:
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 11.01.2005 3:31:42 PM
Exposure: 1/100
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.5
White balance: Auto
Focal length: 18 mm
Flash: Off
ISO: 200
Cropped: No
Original name: DSC_2244

STREET CANTATOR

// January 14th, 2005 // 13 Comments » // b&w, people, portrait, street

This is a man people call Bracika (Bruh-tzee-kuh)..I don’t know much about him..moreover, all I know about him is that he likes to sing aloud in the streets, amusing people. Once he told me that he used to sing in an opera house. He often comes under the windows of a girls’ boarding school singing “O sole mio” and some other songs. Poor guy..he definitely lost one of his marbles. But who didn’t.

I like noticing details at people..especially at the photos. Bracika’s long nail at his right arm’s little finger, his watch glittering from his sleeve, his clumsy sewed left coat pocket..it seems I cannot be just a mute spectator. People have a soul and a spirit..and photography captures it.

Techical data:
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikkor 18-70mm 1:3.5-4.5G
Date: 08.01.2005 14:59:49 PM
Exposure: 1/500s
Exposure bias: 0.0 EV
Exposure program: Aperture priority
Aperture: f4.5
White balance: Manual /cloudy/
Focal length: 70mm
Flash: No
ISO: 200
Cropped: Yes
Original file name: DSC_2143