Photography Or Art?

Last time I visited one of my favorite art gallery, they were in the middle of taking down one photo exhibition and setting up the other. Lucky me, I could still take photos of the old exhibition and promised myself I would return to capture the beauty of the new one and that's what I did this morning.

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So today I'd like to invite you to a new photo exhibition, that was amazing in my opinion. Looking at the photos at the exhibited photos I was thinking, it would be great to get to that level one day.

The exhibited photos are a selected few from the International Hungarian Photo Salon of 2022, which was the 22nd edition and gathered 1617 photos from 147 photographers from 7 countries. There were 5 categories in which the photographers could participate. So let's dive into the exhibition.

Naskalat

Shame on me, I had no idea what Naskalat means, but because Google is my friend, I was able to find out that it refers to the Naskalat Mountains, which are the highest mountain range of the Csíki Mountains. What you see in the photo, for me it can be described as absolute freedom. This was the first photo on the wall and caught my eye immediately because of the colors. I love that green and blue together and this is all mother nature's work. I hope one nice day I can stand there, and look down the valley, admire its beauty.

The Dying of Light

The title itself is heartbreaking as without light, there's no life. Good thing in this case it refers to dusk and the arrival of the evening.

These photo exhibitions for me are always an occasion to learn and later on you'll see what I mean. In this case you have to be in the right place at the right time, to capture this light at the top of the mountains, but you also have to know how.

Fairy Tale Giants

This is not the first photo of this type, I've seen similar scenes, photo taken in daylight, but regardless of the part of the day, it's brilliant. This is particularly precious due to the hiding light. You need to get out of your comfort zone to get to such a place as they don't come to your cozy living room. Being up at that altitude in the evening, at those temperatures, when the wind is blowing too, is quite a performance.

Birds

This photo gave me Hitchcock vibes. I've witnessed such scene several times, but if you don't have a nice background, there's no point in taking the shot. I'd love to know if this was planned or the photographer was in the right place at the right moment.

Fractal Pattern Lake

This was an amazing one and I was standing in front of it for a few minutes, admiring the outcome. Capturing such a scene is a great performance and most likely can be done once in a lifetime. I mean you can get the drone out every single day, but that alone does not guarantee you can capture such a beauty. And now comes the funny part. I don't know why, but I ran a search using the title of the photo and look what I came across.

Norbert Kovács says:

After the long winter days the lakes were frozen, and one night a snowfall created some peculiar patterns on the icy surface of a lake. It was not a prominent phenomenon and was only visible from a bird’s eye view. I am glad I was in the right place at the right time because I had never experienced such a beautiful texture before. To be seen, a lot of prerequisites must be met, such as the weather, the wind, the temperature, level of humidity, lake temperature, water transparency, the condition of the lakebed and underwater currents just to name a few.

After taking the photo, the fine details slowly started to fade until the whole pattern ceased to exist. Since then, I have been keeping an eye on our frozen lakes in the hope of catching similar fractal patterns. The image was taken in Sikonda near the town of Komló. source

Norbert Kovács is the photographer who took the photo. So you would think this photo has been manipulated, but it hasn't. The funny thing is you can stand at the side of the lake, looking at the water and not see a thing as it's only visible from above. Isn't mother nature amazing? You can click this link and see the photo without the reflection.

Road to Nothing

This was another fantastic photo, the scene, the angle, the point of view was perfectly selected. This is my kind of scene, even if I haven't been able to capture a similar one yet.

Landscape of Gyimes

Gyimes is a small village in Bacau county, Romania. There's a pass with the same name, the is famous for it's beauty. It's on my list and hope one day I'm going to be able to visit and capture the beauty of the place. I'm not sure I'll be lucky to capture such amazing light as in the photo, but it's a reminder for me to look for twilight opportunities as mother nature is generous.

The Sea

The title of this gorgeous photo was in English and I'd say it couldn't be better. This is the perfect one. In 2016 I had the pleasure to wake up to a similar scene in a valley, but this is the next level in my opinion. You have to reach certain altitude in order to witness such a beauty. At that altitude, there's only you, nature (which is in power) and God.

Autumn Signature

There are so many things I could say about this gorgeous photo, but this time I'll let you describe what you see and what it could mean to you.

Yesterday I posted about a lot of amazing paintings with deep meaning. Today here I am, posting a lot of amazing photos with deep meanings. This morning I had no idea I'm going to be gifted this chance, so I'm extremely grateful and consider myself lucky to be able to see these amazing works. For me these are not just photos. Each has a deep meaning, if you know how to read them.

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