Bulgarian landscape II. - with islands Photo

Photographer’s Note

Back to the Istanbul travelogue. We cycled along the river Danube in Bulgaria till Nikopol. The other side of the Danube is Romania. It was annoying to see the Romanian planes on the other side while we were cycling up and down and up and down the Bulgarian hills.. (: This one may not be a very interesting photo, I just wanted to post it because I think it really belongs to the travelogue.
I would be pleased if you told me your opinion about the photo!

The Danube (In German: Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow, run", Slovak and Polish Dunaj, Hungarian Duna, Romanian Dunărea, Old Norse Duná, Turkish Tuna, ancient Greek Istros, Slovenian Donava, Croatian Dunav, Serbian Дунав/Dunav, Bulgarian Дунав (Dunav), Ukrainian Дунай, Arabic and Farsi دانوب) is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.

It originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance of some 2850 km (1771 miles), passing through several Central and Eastern European capitals, before emptying into the Black Sea via the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine.

Known to history as one of the long-standing frontiers of the Roman Empire, the river flows through — or forms a part of the borders of — ten countries: Germany (7.5%), Austria (10.3%), Slovakia (5.8%), Hungary (11.7%), Croatia (4.5%), Serbia (10.3%), Romania (28.9%), Bulgaria (5.2%), Moldova (1.7%), and Ukraine (3.8%). In addition, the drainage basin includes parts of nine more countries: Italy (0.15%), Poland (0.09%), Switzerland (0.32%), Czech Republic (2.6%), Slovenia (2.2%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (4.8%), Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Albania (0.03%). The highest point of the drainage basin is the summit of Piz Bernina, at 4,049 metres.

Istanbul by bike 2008

bostankorkulugu, edytungkal, Cricri, belido, isabela_sor, Vasa, josepmarin, Budapestman, Hormon_Manyer, Charo, Felip, jaywalker has marked this note useful

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brandstaetter (14114) 2009-01-18 8:16

Hi Marci,
so much of pure nature in the middle of Europe... a beautiful panoramic view you´ve never had down in the planes, so it´s worth cycling up and down..
very good that you enclosed the grapes in the foreground, adds a lot of depth.
Compliments, well done Christian

bostankorkulugu (33536) 2009-01-18 15:48

although we dont see the sky here the upper part of the compo is as blue as the sky somehow marci... not the best of this travelogue may be but still nice pal...

korkut

edytungkal (4519) 2009-01-18 17:58

Yes maybe just needs a little bit sharpness but the panorama is beautiful, I like the green nature everywhere...nice shot Marci and have a nice day :-)

daniel

Cricri (43092) 2009-01-19 9:10

Hi Marton
C'était le bon POV pour avoir une vue large et profonde de ce payssge verdoyant et bleutée sur l'arriére, c'est une jolie balade a vélo :-)
Friendship
cricri

paprika-jancsi (1957) 2009-01-19 17:42

OK Marci, my honest opinion is that it's a beautiful photo. Nice to see what our good old Danube is doing in her lower section (alsoszakasz) where she must have created lots of islands with all the sediments she carried all the way from Germany. Na mindegy.
Koszi, Jancsi

belido (16455) 2009-01-23 11:30

Hi Marci,

I was in Bulgaria for a short time in 2008 and actually I didn't have time enough to discover it. :( I see here a wonderful natural scenary, full of greens and water. The chosen pov makes good use of the light difference between what is in the foreground with what's in the back. Very good sharpness as well. I like this a lot!
Regards,
Carlos

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Vasa (5500) 2009-01-23 13:07

Hi Marci, friend,

another nice picture from your bike trip. Very pleasant panoramic view. I still remember which from Golubac from Romanina side. This must be a wonderful idea to take the bike and camera. You can stop when you wont ...to memorize. For my stays in Golubac I take with me five cards of 2GBt, so the capacity of 7000 shots in big resolution. This is to avoid the service of local protographers.

So glad to see you after a long and unvoluntary break.

Friendly your

Branko

josepmarin (33785) 2009-01-24 4:44

Hi Marci,
The sight from this POV is spectacular and has a great image depth.
I like the contrast of the green tones of the vegetation in foreground and the landscape that surrounds the Danube, with a few most bluish tones that give it a very soft appearance.
A nice work, and a beautiful landscape.
Best regards,
Josep

Aviller (3106) 2009-01-24 7:38

Great vivid colors in this picture. The entire frame is packed full with information and elements which looks nice. The different shades of green and blue look great. I like how there's a bit of a clearing in between two trees right in the center of the shot. First of all it gives us the opportunity to see more of the forest in the distance and secondly it means that we have some nice "natural" edges on both sides of the shot.

Budapestman (41886) 2009-01-24 9:47

Szia Marci!
Nagyszerű panoráma fotó. A kompozíció látványos, a vadregényes táj oly sok gyönyörű zöld színtónust rejt, hogy nehéz megszámolni. A hangulat békés és harmonikus. Gratulálok!
Gyuri
Ui: Köszönöm kedves gondolataidat a máltai képekhez....

Hormon_Manyer (354) 2009-01-25 0:17

Szia Marci!

Abszolút nem mondanám, hogy nem való a travelogue-ba. Nekem legalábbis nagyon tetszik. Kitűnően telített, gyönyörű színek, egyszerűen szép látvány. Amit esetleg másként csináltam volna, hogy a kamerát leheletnyit feljebb billentem, hogy picit több látszon az égboltból. De még így is pazar, szóval grat.

Én is áttértem a módszeredre a TN-en, azaz a heti egy, vasárnap esti feltöltésre, de még így is el vagyok havazva a kritikákkal, mert a héten alig volt időm fotózással, ill. a fotós fórumokkal foglalkozni. Úgyhogy lehet, hogy ma ide jön kép, itt úgyis alig ismernek. :)

Minden jót, üdv, Laci

TopGeo (21789) 2009-01-25 4:19

Hi Marci! Has interest your passage from this region! It is a beautiful description your note Interesting parts it goes through the river I want to see him! Good the natural beauty!
Compliments,
Georgios

MarcT (21099) 2009-01-29 0:04

Hi Marton,
Nice POV. Colors and sharpness are great even if there's a little bot of blue in the green of the valley...
Best wishes
Marc

Jakab (3470) 2009-01-29 15:51

Szia Marci!
Van ez így, a táj gyönyörű, a kompozíció sem rossz, a kamera meg valahol eltévedt. (Küldök egy korrekciót, amiből leginkább az látszik, hogy én sem találtam meg a fehéregyensúly - de ha már bajlódtam vele...) Az is ronthatja a hatást, hogy a távoli erdők csak borotvaélesen érvényesülnének igazán, ahhoz meg talán a 300 kB sem elég. De így sincs miért pironkodnod!
Üdv
Laci

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Charo (31671) 2009-02-06 14:31

Hello Marton,
The scenery is beautiful, I love how they will degrade the shades of green into blue. Excellent perspective and detail.
Good weekend.
Best regards,
Charo

Felip (3905) 2009-02-07 7:30

Hi Marton,
You have chosen here a fabulous POV, the sense of depth and perspective are fantastic as the landscape is itself. Beautiful colours.
Nice regards

Felip

jaywalker (12190) 2009-02-08 8:59

Hi Marton, A lovely lush green landscape & real beautiful nature, very good light through-out & good sharp quality, the perfect high POV, TFS, kind regards Wilson.