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Stones of the Stone Forest near Varna, Bulgaria.

Description:

Ancient Carbonate structures of the Stone Forest near Beloslav in Bulgaria.

The mystical stone forest has developed over centuries.

Photo Notes:

For this photo I felt it was important to image the relative sizes of the various stones.

I also wanted to show the texture and form of each stone sharply.

This meant using an appropriate aperture to ensure sufficient depth of field.

For this shot I used the 10-20mm Sigma zoom.

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Caption:

Parasailing above the clouds in Albena, Bulgaria.

Description:

Parasailing, also known as parascending, is a recreational activity where a person is towed behind a vehicle while attached to a specially designed parachute, known as a parasail.

The boat then drives off, carrying the parascender into the air.

If the boat is powerful enough, two or three people can parasail behind it at the same time.

The parascender has little or no control over the parachute.

There are six parts of a parasail.

The harness attaches the pilot to the parasail, which is connected to the boat, or other speeding vehicle, by the tow rope.

The activity is primarily an amusement ride not a sporting activity.

Today it is a popular attraction on beaches all over the world.

Albena is is a seaside resort on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria.

It’s near the town of Varna and the resort town of Balchik.

It’s near some other resorts and has fine cliffs and woodland surrounding it.

The resort is named after a female character from a tale by Bulgarian writer Yordan Yovkov.

Photo Notes:

Among the photo challenges with this picture was the extreme contrast of the light over the sea.

Interestingly I met an event photographer on the beach who told me that he had to shoot jpegs because his clients wanted pictures from their adventures very quickly.

Not surprisingly he had trouble with both contrast and noise.

Luckily, stock photography is consistent with a more measured approach.

I used the RAW setting to give me more information to work with and as this is a classic telephoto type shot I used the long end of my 75-300mm Canon IS zoom.

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Caption:

Art Gallery and Royal Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Description:

The National Art Gallery of Bulgaria in Sofia houses over 50,000 pieces of Bulgarian art.

It is located on Battenberg Square facing the the famous yellow brick road so called from the yellow Viennese cobble stones.

It occupies the building of the former royal palace of Bulgaria which is a typical example of Second Empire architecture in the style of  a chateau.

It was constructed in two stages, the first lasting between 1880 and 1882 during the rule of Knyaz Alexander Battenberg, when Austro-Hungarian architects under Viktor Rumpelmayer worked on the building.

It was inaugurated on 26 December 1882.

The second stage, during the reign of Tsar Ferdinand, saw the construction of the palace’s east wing by Viennese architect Friedrich Grünanger, who incorporated elements of Viennese Neo-Baroque.

In 1946 after the abolition of the monarchy the palace became the National Art Gallery.

Photo Notes:

In my film days I mainly used 6x6mm medium format equipment with 35mm as a back up.

So, the transition to digital meant consideration of picture quality.

These days I mainly use a DSLR but as backup I’ve tried a compact ot two.

For this picture I used my Canon Powershot G9.

The main problem with this camera is that the small sensor exhibits significant noise at anything over 100 ISO.

Harking back to the old days of Kodachrome and Velvia I’m quite happy to use low ISO settings and for this picture I set the camera to 80 ISO.

At this setting, the powershot provides excellent quality.

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