Power of nature

Date: 2011-07-14, camera: Canon 1000D, ISO: 1600, aperture: F/5.6, shutter: 6s, focal: 18mm, tripod used.

Date: 2011-07-14, camera: Canon 1000D, ISO: 1600, aperture: F/5.6, shutter: 6s, focal: 18mm, tripod used.

Date: 2011-07-14, camera: Canon 1000D, ISO: 1600, aperture: F/5.6, shutter: 6s, focal: 18mm, tripod used.

Sequence of lightning while summer storm.

Arrowheads

Date: 2011-04-25, camera: Nikon D50, ISO: 200, aperture: F/5.6, shutter: 1/3000s, compensation: -0,5EV, focal: 70mm, hand held.

 Arrowheads of garden fence.

Cross and Axe

Date: 2011-04-09, camera: Nikon D50, ISO: 200, aperture: F/4.8, shutter: 1/1500s, compensation: -1EV, focal: 18mm, hand held.

Picture taken in Krzyżtopór Castle: http://www.krzyztopor.org.pl/zamek/index.php?lang=en

Young Moon

Date: 05.04.2011, camera: Canon 1000D, ISO: 100, aperture: F/5, shutter: : 30s, compensation: 0EV, focal: 750mm, HEQ5 pro SynScan used.

Two days after new Moon. Slim crescent is visible on the right sight but there is full moon's disc on this photo. This effect was taken by 30s exposure.

My cat

Date: 2010-09-25, camera: Canon 1000D, ISO: 100, aperture: F/5.6, shutter: 1/200s, compensation: 0EV, focal: 36mm

What is he looking at?

Great Orion Nebula

Date: different dates, camera: Canon 1000D, ISO: 1600, aperture: F/5, shutter: : 2361, compensation: 0EV, focal: 750mm, HEQ5 pro SynScan used.

Great Orion Nebula is the most beatifull winter sky object. Photo was taken with mixed dates and various times of exposure (60, 90, 170, 120, 151, 120, 180, 90, 390, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90 i 450s). I used my Newton Telescope 150/750 as lens. Single photos were stacked in Iris Software to remove noise and enhance signal.

Twin towers of church

Date: 2011-02-05, camera: Nikon D50, ISO: 200, aperture: F/19, shutter: 30s, compensation: 0EV, focal: 300mm, tripod used.

Picture taken from the level of 4th floor. Unfortunately I had to take a photo through window's glass because of extreme strong wind outside.

Sunset over the sea

Date: 2009-08-19, camera: Canon A640, ISO: 100, aperture: F/4, shutter: 1/250s, compensation: 0EV, focal: 17mm, hand held.

Introduction

Taking a photo seems to be a simple thing: You see a things worth making a photography and luckily You have taken Your camera. Then You just... hit the shutter button and a photo is ready - in theory.

Later, when You again take a look at Your photos, You realize that most of them belong to a category "average, nothing special". But still You can find one particular photo which is better than others, which is the best in Your opinion and worth to share with others.

This is the main purpose of this blog - created by photography enthusiasts who are not professionals, but who want to show their pictures to others. Pictures located here, according to their authors, are unique in their own way and deserve a wider audience.