December 2007, Poland, Lodz, Park Staromiejski known as “Park Sledzia” (Park of the herring). The strange name of the place comes from the fish market that used to be in that place. The park lays at the edge of Baluty - Old Jewish district of the town (and former Litzmannstadt Ghetto) and the city centre. The market was one of the most smelly places in Lodz, and the river that used to flow in the place of Polnocna Street (North Street) was one of the most polluted, that finally was covered and turned into sewer.
Today the park is quite nice place with its trees, water pools and the paths with the stylised lampposts. It is a green patch just beside the crowdy and grey city centre, however it is not a good place to have a walk at night. Camera: Samsung GX 10, Lens Samsung 17-50mm + Hama Polar filter.
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The Moon also known as Luna, Maan (Moon etc. in Germanic languages), and in Slavonic languages is called Miesiąc (old Polish), Mesec, Mjesec (and other similar forms in other Slavonic tongues) and Ghealach (Scots Gaelic) and Gealach (in Irish). It is winter and it is very cold in Poland so the night sky is so clear (unless is cloudy) and it is the best time for shots of the sky. I know that photos of the moon are quite popular and they are almost the same always (the moon doesn’t change, it is always the same), but I have a great fun with the new lens (Sigma 70-300 F4-5.6 APO DG Macro) for my camera (Samsung GX10) so I just wanted to see the impact craters on the surface of the moon. I hope you like it.
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December 25th 2007, Christmas, Lodz, Poland. Photo of the frozen red flower of the rose, the only one that survived in the garden. Photo is taken from the top of the flower, and the ground covered with the yellow and brown leaves is the background (so far there haven’t been to much snow, but it has been freezing for the last couple of days). The garden is in the suburbs of Lodz in Poland. Camera: Samsung GX 10.
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