Some details from a souvenirs boutique, Bicaz, Romania.

© bogdan bontas 2013

© bogdan bontas 2013

    ... is usually empty.

  The Moon overlooking the city at night:

Almost at it's peak, the eclipse gave the moon a bright red color

  PS: I hope 4 years from now I'll have a telephoto with me :)

   Cause that's how I'm chillin'!

    Just another gear to look into :)
    A photo made last winter that I really like. Shot here together with this one.
    It's something that I really love about reviewing winter photos during summertime. It's like reminiscing about  some old, harsh times you successfully overcame.
    "Take that Winter!"

    Summer is here!
    And this means you can stay late to capture that beautiful warm light just before sunset.
    The calm water adds to the tranquility of this pictures shot moments just before sunset on Lake Bacău II.

Photos shot here:

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       Just a glimpse of the ceremony from Bacau, last Saturday night. Didn't stay out too long, it was shivering cold. I did managed to bring the burning candle back home, though :)

Priests spreading The Light to the people at midnight

Hundreds of people walking alongside the priests, preparing for the sermon

The Holy Light

 

    View from the gondola in Piatra-Neamt, March 2011.

    Some pictures shot recently on a waste management campaign put together by CRE Bacau in collaboration with local high-school volunteers. Approximately 200 young ecologists managed to gather hundreds of kilos of waste, finishing in the end with the planting of wicker in an area that was previously affected by fire. More about it here (only Romanian).

A dog den

Knee deep in waste

Planting wicker

Planting wicker

Planting wicker

Planting wicker

Hard work pays off

Off to the dump

      Bacău celebrated Earth Hour with a small public display on "Tricolorului Square" Saturday night, 26th of March, 2011. There was a nice act put together by "In The Spot", a local artist's group and, of course, we've switched off at half past eight PM.
      More on Earth Hour here.

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Beginning of the show

"In The Spot" performing

Lights out!

Games in the dark

    Details of the igloo on top of the "Cozla" ski slope, Piatra-Neamt, Romania.

  Peeking through the fence of an old soccer field at sunset. Pretty desolated. I hate winter!

     Meatballs with bellows cheese and mămăligă.

In mid October I went on a small boating trip with a friend of mine on Lake Bacău, the "too-familiar" place where I used to go swimming when I was a kid. He did some monitoring and waste management round the area, I did some shooting. Good deal!  

    You can see Mount Ceahlău in the background.

    The last two are taken at Lake Bicaz.

 That's all I could snap away until the "mean blond lady" told me I need some kind of approval to shoot inside the mall. No comment.