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Dec 20, 2009
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Fig. 1. Central Square in Fable Cover!

Source: ISD
Credit: P2O2

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The images were made just after midnight 19/20 December 2009. The yellow glow comes from falling snow but the brownish tinge is a result of digital camera auto settings. There was a lot of learning that night ahead for me alas!

Anyway the pictures are one of my bests due to the colors and the "chemistry" of the night. Nowhere I have seen similar photos on website galleries!
Dec 20, 2009
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Fig. 1. Central Square after snowfall

Source: ISD
Credit: P2O2

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I have photographed Central Square after a snowfall but one of the picture was shot with sepia option selected just for the sake of testing it.
Dec 19, 2009
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Fig. 1. The Sun, The Clouds, and The Snow

Source: ISD
Credit: P2O2

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Exceptional weather it was, with the Sun shining through the altocumulus clouds and snow coming down in big chunks.

Do not tell me that no one is pleased seeing snowing conditions a few days before Christmas!
Oct 14, 2009
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Fig. 1. First snow in Fall 2009!

Source: ISD
Credit: P2O2

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Early snow during the fall was unexpected but perhaps it portended snowy Christmas? Look for the answer in one of the next albums!

The following address will "carry" you to Mt. Babia Góra (verbatim: Hag Mountain, translated in Wikipedia as Old Wives' or Witches' Mountain) which is visible from Nowa Huta too (the distance from Cracow to the mountain is only 60 km).


More on the subject:
1. Babia Gora's peak is called Diablak (Devil) 2. Babia Góra
Jun 14, 2009
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Fig. 1. Sunny morning in June 2009

Source: ISD
Credit: P2O2

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Late spring verdure is in profusion and looks exquisitely, especially in the warm June morning.

The pictures show among others the "Nowa Huta Meadows" just behind the Center E estate housing (the pale blue flats) and then far away a southern parts of Cracow. When visibility is appropriate (no haze, dust, pollutants!) one can see Tatra Mountains (120 KM!) but he has to move his buttocks outside and go after the aforementioned blue building.


More on the subject:
1. krakow4u.pl (Cracow For You) - awesome panoramas!
Nov 01, 2009 Deep Evening over Central Square
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Fig. 1. "Solidarność" street leading from Central Square to ArcelorMittal's Tadeusz Sendzimir Steelworks

Source: ISD
Credit: P2O2

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Plum glow during November evening contrasts extremely with Nowa Huta's Central Square street lights and the Moon. What's unique is the sky's colors and their hues. It was the first time I went outside with digital camera, ekhm, to shoots!

BTW. Addresses below show you how Nowa Huta and its Central Square where I live looks like and give you some insight and understanding into present and future photographs of mine.


More on the subject:
1. Nowa Huta
2. WELCOME TO NOWA HUTA!
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Fig. 2. Bird's Eye view of Central Square from old post card.

Source: ISD files
Credit: n/a

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Nowa Huta's Central Square and its vicinity. Check the picture with Google Maps' satellite image (hyperlink below).


More on the subject:
1. NOWA HUTA on Google Maps
Dec 11, 2011 Red Sunset Shot Outdoors
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Fig. 1. The Tree and The Sun

Source: ISD
Credit: P2O2

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Dirty, polluted and dusty air gives the brownish colors of many sunsets. The point is to catch the best mixture of the hues. This time I hunted for red Sun and with success. The spectacular Sun painted pink-red is available during winter times and during frosty weather so I have to wait a little.

Some of the pictures cover Heat and Power Plant EC Kraków SA. Perspective views of the plant you'll find on the plant's website (hyperlink's below). BTW. The pictures there are photoshopped what I very much dislike if not despised.


More on the subject:
1. EC Kraków Gallery
May 11, 2009 Mammatus Clouds
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Fig. 1. Mammatus clouds glowing pale orange

Source: ISD
Credit: P2O2

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The orange (beige?) glow is impressive but with mamma clouds the whole local surroundings looked remarkable if not sort of "out of this world"!


More on the subject:
1. Altocumulus mamma
2. Cumulonimbus mamma
May 11, 2009 Double Rainbow
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Fig. 1. Double rainbow after an evening storm

Source: ISD
Credit: P2O2

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An evening rainfall brought cute double rainbow over my precinct. Alas, due to my lack of skills and weak knowledge of my digital camera the photos were blurred. I've selected better ones but I was/am not very happy they are so bad. But the rainbow was "superb"! :)

Soon after the rainbow the sky was covered by mamma clouds (mammatus clouds). See the next album from the same day.


More on the subject:
1. Rainbow
2. Double Rainbow and reflected Rainbow
Dec 10, 2011 Golden-Red Sunset
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Fig. 1. Golden and reddish glow of evening sky and specially of the clouds at the sunset.

Source: ISD
Credit: P2O2

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Most photographs I have made come from my flat's two windows looking over the Central Square in Nowa Huta in Cracow, Poland.

Hence the trees which makes the scenery a bit "crazy". They should, the municipal authorities, trim the trees a lot IMHO. Perhaps I should exchange my flat with that of my neighbors from the upper level. :-)

Sharp eyed should find two stacks in the background on today's pictures. They are part of Cracow's main heat and power plant EC Kraków S.A.. I will return to the CHP (Combined Heat and Power) Plant/Station in a future with photos which look interesting (in my eyes at least).


More on the subject:
1. Mumbai Apartments Sunset
2. Sunset Seen from the International Space Station - acquired May 25, 2010
Apr 13, 2009 My Saint's Day's Flower
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Fig. 1. The Flower

Source: ISD
Credit: P2O2

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This is one of the first photographs I made. I see the errors now, but the flowers were so cute I decided to publish them here.

The shots were made from inside of my flat with Central Square in the background in June 2009. Hence the abundance of verdure on the photo.


More on the subject:
1. Freaky red double-gerbera
2. Wikimedia Commons - Category:Gerbera
Sep 29, 2011 The Cheap Cameras I Use
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Fig. 1. Canon PowerShot A590IS 8MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom

Source: ISD
Credit: P2O2

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In the first post of The ISD I have decided to describe my hardware I use making photos with. Please go directly to its associated album clicking thumbnail or go to the Description page (hyperlink above in Homepage box).

Any questions or remarks you may email me directly (pp_o2--o2-pl, hyphens mean "at" and "dot" respectively) or left on The ISD Forum (hyperlink above).
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Fig. 2. Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS80 with 8.1MP resolution. It is equipped with 3x optical zoom (equivalent to a 33-100mm zoom on a 35mm film camera).

Source: ISD
Credit: P2O2

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The article to which you will be directed clicking the thumbnail is very similar to the one contained in CCP Description file and coded [Info: CCP DSC] in the Homepage box/line. It is here to test the ISD website concept. It will be removed later.

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