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Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Amazone zu Pferde

 Happy New Year

Amazone zu Pferde (Fighting Amazonian woman) is a bronze equestrian statue built by August Kiss at the entrance of the Altes Museum in Berlin.

It was a foggy morning when I rambled upon Alexander plats.

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Saturday, March 4, 2023

Kiskirálylány

A statue of little Princess (Kiskirálylány) sitting on the railings of the Danube promenade in Budapest is modeled after the eldest daughter, Évike, of the scuruptore, László Marton (1925–2008). It became a symbol of Budapest since its foundation in 1990.

"Évike, aged around 6, played in a little princess costume by pretending her bathrobe as cloak and a hat László made from newspaper as crown", László said in 2007.



The same statue can be seen in in Tapolca, the artist's hometown and in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space (東京芸術劇場) cultural center's concert hall. JAPAN!!



Friday, December 30, 2022

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Foggy Christmas

 It is not a white Christmas in Olomouc this year, fortunately. Rather it was foggy all day.





Merry Christmas.

Wishing all of you a Happy New Year 2023!


Saturday, November 19, 2022

Liberty Square in Budapest

As you are already aware, I, too, am impressed at the image quality taken by a smartphone with small sensor size and lenses. To compensate for these cons, the image processing is rad. This reminds me of the human eye and brain. Unlike camera lenses with dozen of various types of lenses, only one lens is equipped in our eye and the brain processes the visible spectrum of light (colors) with a wide dynamic range.

Almost no post-processing procedure is required. No wonder nobody wants to carry camera gadgets for taking photos. The only advantages of the camera are night photography and a better resolution, I guess but I am afraid it's just a matter of time before the smartphone camera to overcome...









Sunday, October 16, 2022

Sunday, October 2, 2022

Olomouc Zoo Part Three

 Big cat species taking a nap after lunch! 


Tigar

 

Male lion


Female lion


Black Panther


Jaguar

Jaguar


To be continued...