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Postcards from Slovakia

Daniel Gheorghita — Fri, 24 May 2024 15:00:37 +0000

Slovakia is an excellent photo destination. I did this in the spring of 2024 with two American photographers. We roamed this small, but beautiful country and we were not disappointed.

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Romania 2023 Spring Photo Tour

Daniel Gheorghita — Wed, 31 May 2023 16:35:30 +0000

The spring of 2023 was one of the best periods for some fantastic photo tours. It was cold up in the mountains, snowing even in May. In this way, a nice contrast appeared between the green lower areas and the snowcapped peaks of the Carpathian Mountains. In other areas, such as Dobrogea or Wallachia, it rained a lot, and the mornings were misty. Also, lots of beautiful flowers covered the fields. It’s a good reason to come to Romania for your next photo tour.

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Photo Tour in the Carpathian Mountains

Daniel Gheorghita — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 07:31:56 +0000

Just a few days ago I decided to go for a hike in the Carpathian Mountains. Since the weather was not the best, I chose Leaoata Mountains, some smaller mountains, perfect for a day trip. Packed with food, water, best-hiking friends and one camera photo and two lenses, the wide and the telephoto, we left early in the morning from Bucharest. At 10 AM we were at the feet of the mountains ready for a 10-hour hike in the mountains. The weather was surprisingly very good and the light almost perfect.

For those who want more dramatic pictures, I recommend a two-day trip. In this way, they can shoot the sunset and the sunrise.

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Mist in Transylvania

Daniel Gheorghita — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 09:29:31 +0000

During a photo tour of Romania is always nice to be able to shot some landscape images with mist. This year, 2019, my group had plenty of mist for many mornings and lots of sunshine during the days. Just perfect for a photo tour around Transylvania, Maramures and the Carpathian Mountains.

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Windows and Doors of Slovenia

Daniel Gheorghita — Sat, 29 Jun 2019 17:56:25 +0000

While Slovenia is known for the amazing landscapes, one can’t miss the details of the old towns and villages. The local Slovenian architecture matches many times the beautiful scenery you get so see at every pace. There plenty of stories in these areas, especially when admiring the windows and doors.

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Slovenia Photo Tour

Daniel Gheorghita — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 19:59:26 +0000

This spring (2019) I organized a photo tour in Eastern and Central Europe. We’ve started in Transylvania with a few villages, passed through the city of Timisoara and then we stopped in the lovely town of Pecs, Hungary. From here we continued for more than 10 days in Slovenia. We started with the city of Maribor and then we continued with rural parts, mountains, the Adriatic coast and, of course, Ljubljana. The scenery in Slovenia is one of the most beautiful sceneries you can get in all over Europe. But I will let the pictures, just a few of them, to tell the story of this photo tour in Slovenia and beyond.

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The Cathedral of the Corruption

Daniel Gheorghita — Sun, 25 Nov 2018 16:11:42 +0000

Almost 30 years after the fall of communism, Romania is in progress of finishing the only major project, an Orthodox Cathedral. The church is nothing else but an unfinished reinforced concrete cake with a cross on top of it. It is built by the Romanian Orthodox Church, one of the most toxic Romanian institutions. The church is full of priests living in the past, lead by a group of episcopes who were in good relations with the former communist regime. Today, they back up the corrupt regime in Romania.

The total cost so far for this concrete cake? Just 121 million Euros. Mind you, it’s unfinished. Lots of millions will end up in this ugly construction, while hospitals, schools and roads in Romania are in a very bad state.

Promoting a nationalist rhetoric, the politicians and the priests help each other in order to achieve their interests. There is nothing new in this story. The Romanian Orthodox Church never lost the occasion to work with all these corrupt politicians. It was an important supporter of slavery, it was involved in the fascist movement of the 20th century and later, it worked handed in hand with the communist regime.

Yes, the Romanian Orthodox Church had an important role in the history of Romania as a nation. Indeed, there were many priests in the 40s and 50s who died in the communist prisons. Yes, religion is a key factor in the lives of many Romanians, after all, Romania is the most religious state in EU. Whether you like it or not, whether you are a believer or not, Christianity played an important role in our history and culture, but nothing can be an excuse for such huge expenses and especially for the way this public money was given to the church. Once again, the main church from Romania proves that it has no moral code and that the religion for them is nothing else but a very profitable business.

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Autumn in Transylvania

Daniel Gheorghita — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:41:12 +0000

Autumn landscape in Transylvania

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Morning in Maramures

Daniel Gheorghita — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 19:28:14 +0000

One early morning in Maramures can be very rewrading, rural images, mist in the valleys, haystacks and even some wild animals.

Morning in Maramures

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Veliko Tarnovo – sunrise, sunset, blue hour

Daniel Gheorghita — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:26:05 +0000

The dream of any photographer is to have a room with a view from where you can take the best pictures without getting out from the bed. Well, I had this room in Veliko Tarnovo.

Tsarevets, Veliko Tarnovo

Trapezitsa, Veliko Tarnovo

Tsarevets, Veliko Tarnovo

Trapezitsa, Veliko Tarnovo

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