btoth76 Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Hello! I am becoming more and more obsessed with photography, so I climbed the hill above my backyard again this weekend. I guess, I will have to find another Forum, before You kick me out. :D Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 I enjoyed them, (but you still might get kicked out!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Nice photos. Better put some sacrete around that one headstone though before the Virgin Mary comes tumbling down!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Very nice photos. Y'all have some neat looking countryside there. A cool river valley with some "monolith" type hills over on the other side of the valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted May 6, 2013 Author Share Posted May 6, 2013 Hello! Thank You! I guess there's much more room left for improvement, tough. These are too dark, for some reason. Photography is a science on it's own... You mean the mountains in the distance? You are right. These mountains are "mesas" - couple of million years ago those were island on a sea. On the other side of the mountain there is river Istar (sumer), a.k.a. the Danube. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Bence, I liked the photos. They present insight as to who you are. Wish I had the skill to do so. Post them when you like and just assign a major or minor key signature. Stay with it. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyC Posted May 6, 2013 Share Posted May 6, 2013 Beautiful scenery like this makes for great photography! Keep em coming! Any cool old cemetaries nearby? They make for some very interesting photos as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted May 7, 2013 Author Share Posted May 7, 2013 Hello CindyC! Actually there is an old cemetery nearby with wonderfully carved tombstones and totem-poles as well. If I can chase away the gothic punks I will shoot some interesting ones. ;) Hello Steve! The key is always minor, always since She left... Anyways, to make photos of this quality, it doesn't require any skills, not even a decent camera. These were shot with an old HP Photosmart device. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc3c46 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Hello! I am becoming more and more obsessed with photography, so I climbed the hill above my backyard again this weekend. I guess, I will have to find another Forum, before You kick me out. :D Cheers... Bence Great pics! Send some pics of hungarian food as in : Gulyas, Porkolt and Salami ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyC Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Hello CindyC! Actually there is an old cemetery nearby with wonderfully carved tombstones and totem-poles as well. If I can chase away the gothic punks I will shoot some interesting ones. ;) Hello Steve! The key is always minor, always since She left... Anyways, to make photos of this quality, it doesn't require any skills, not even a decent camera. These were shot with an old HP Photosmart device. Cheers... Bence Heck, get some pics of the gothic punks too, now that would be interesting! That cemetery sounds very cool, I'll look forward to those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Nice! If I may give you one piece of advice, try not to have objects only partially visible in the frame. Like the headstone to the right isn't showing enough to be contributing to the photo but is visible enough to be distracting from the overall picture. The way you frame your photos is as important as the subject matter itself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Nice countryside around you, Bence! Wandering around with a camera is a very creative activity. Your mind interprets things much more fully than when just going out for a walk. I, too, like to see your snaps. Be aware, though, that the images you take and those you show will perhaps reveal more about you as a person than you realise!......... P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Hello Pippy! That's very true! Since I started it, I realized I am surrounded by a beautiful world. Too bad nature (or God) created the man to ruin it. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Nice! If I may give you one piece of advice, try not to have objects only partially visible in the frame. Like the headstone to the right isn't showing enough to be contributing to the photo but is visible enough to be distracting from the overall picture. The way you frame your photos is as important as the subject matter itself! Hello Dub-T-123! All advices are welcome, since I am new to this hobby. Actually, the picture You've pointed out was a pain to shoot, since there was a fence of private yard right behind me. I had to lean against it to take the picture :D. Great suggestion! Thank You... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Great pics! Send some pics of hungarian food as in : Gulyas, Porkolt and Salami ! Thanks! Haha, I had a colleague who was obsessed with, - what we called - gastro-photography. I had the luck to travel with Him to Sweden once, where He was asking me to make pictures of Him eating local food. It was really embarrassing when He sat on a mail box at the bus station in Gothenburg with a cheese-filled ice-cream... By the way: Gulyás, Pörkölt and Szalámi are nothing special. The real thing is Pacal, Disznósajt, and Kocsonya. If You don't mind, I'll not post any pictures of them - I am afraid of being banned from here. Google them for fun :D Here is something I was thinking about for long. I haven't collected the necessary courage to try it yet: http://www.chocolitza.hu/ :D Under the second tab ("A CSOKOLÁDÉ") there is an icon for English description. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I was looking at your town on Google Earth and was trying to find exactly where you took the photos. I didn't figure out exactly where you were. I couldn't find the old cemetary and I didn't see any Goth looking kids from the sattelite view!! But I checked out your town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Hello Badbluesplayer! Right here: Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 I can't see the Goth kids neither...they are still at school, I guess. :D Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyC Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Chocolate covered bacon? Whats there not to like? Bacon makes everything better, chocolate makes everything better the two together? Win Win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 Hello CindyC! Here are the photos from the cemetery, as I've promised. Let me first say, our village mainly populated by Schwabish, and some Hungarian families. The village almost extincted during the Ottoman occupation. When they left at the end of 17th century, the village got repopulated with germanic settlers. All the headstones prior to 1945 have german texts on Schwabish graves, later ones are all Hungarian. These are typical Schwabish headstones: This is an odd one. It's a Hungarian headboard in Transsylvanian style. Actually this is the grave of a former minister of agriculture (1940-1944) Baron Dániel Bánffy de Losoncz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1niel_B%C3%A1nffy): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 This is very nice too: This one belongs to four WWII heroes, György Brand senior master sergeant and three of His comrades, who fought against the invading Red Army, - probably as volunteers of SS-Grenadierdivision Hungaria. These graves belong to martyrs of the Red Army, fallen in the fights for the village. There are 4-5 names on a concrete headstone in average: The leaders of the village tried to negotiate with the Russian authorities about the reconstruction of this part of the cemetery, - unfortunately - without any success. The concern here is the symbolism on the monument, which - in fact - against the law, and hurts the sensitivity of local people. Many of them were persecuted during the soviet occupation. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 The Mayor's office: The Church (built by Jakab Fellner in 1867): Yes, that's a chopper! It belongs to the priest. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I really enjoyed seeing those images of your town, Bence! I could post some of mine but if you just google 'LONDON UK' you'll get better pictures than even I could manage......lol! P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 The leaders of the village tried to negotiate with the Russian authorities about the reconstruction of this part of the cemetery, - unfortunately - without any success. The concern here is the symbolism on the monument, which - in fact - against the law, and hurts the sensitivity of local people. Many of them were persecuted during the soviet occupation. Cheers... Bence Can you 'splain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 Hello DanvillRob! The central monument has the coat-of-the-arms of the Soviet Union engraved on it. In Hungary, - just as in most of the European countries - it is fobidden to publicly use/wear/show symbols of totalitarian regimes (such as swastika and red star). Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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