Photo Names: Flowers in the countryside (photo set)
Caption: I took this photo in our countryside garden and it was one of the first photos I took with a DSLR.
Properties: Nikon D5200 f/6.3 ISO-400 1/1600 sec 55mm crop (first photo).
Date & Location: 2014 Iun 29, Priboieni, Arges, Romania.
In 2014 I decided that my soul needed another hobby, I searched deep in my memories and realized that I have always been fascinated by the stars. From this moment, without dwelling on other redundant thoughts, I sought to act concretely towards astronomy. I remembered an astronomy club attended 10 years ago by my then girlfriend.
Then, 10 years ago, the stars had fallen asleep in my mind. I hadn’t been to any of their meetings even though she had a telescope and I remember she invited me every time. All at their time.
At the beginning of my life, when I looked up at the black and starry sky in the countryside, in Argeș, I saved that memory among the few that mark your life. From then until my hormones went crazy in my teenage years, I would want to be an astronaut and an explorer.
Then followed a life full of form, disengaged, productive, sometimes depressed, but without salt and pepper for the soul.
The reawakening of my soul had begun shyly since around 2012, with the first mountain hikes. This step would have taken me even further towards reconnecting and defining myself as a person.
From these memories to the first step towards astronomy, it was just a google search. Google search, “astronomy, SARM”. “It’s like SARM was called, from sarmale..”. The result sends me to the page of the Romanian Astronomical Society of Meteors (SARM), more precisely to their excursion page.
“Yes, a trip like that would be a good step,” I thought. I called, booked a place and in a few months we were leaving for the Canary Islands.
Photo Names: Strange shapes alive behind the glass (photo set)
Caption: I took this photos during my trip to Loro Parque, Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Properties: Nikon D5200 f/5.6 ISO-1600 1/80sec 55mm crop.
Date & Location: 2014 Jun 03, Loro Parque Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Photo Names: Animals from Loro Parque (photo set)
Caption: I took this photos during my trip to Loro Parque, Tenerife, Canary Islands (First photo). Every photo from the gallery except the one with the lizard was taken inside the large park. The small lizard was photographed somewhere on the island, outside the park.
Properties: Nikon D5200 f/4.8 ISO-900 1/30sec 32mm crop.
Date & Location: 2014 Jun 03, Loro Parque Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Photo Name: Apes in the park
Caption: I took this photo during my trip to Loro Parque, Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Properties: Nikon D5200 f/5.6 ISO-360 1/125sec 55mm crop.
Date & Location: 2014 Jun 03, Loro Parque Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Photo Name: In search for the perfect vacation pic
Caption: I took this photo while visiting the Canary Islands with my friends. This was one of the many tries for my friend. I also pose for something similar. The cliff edge looked amazing on the photo but not that scary actually.
Properties: Nikon D5200 f/8 ISO-160 1/250 sec 45mm crop.
Date & Location: 2014 Jun 02, Canary Islands.
