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Two ladies dressed in retro outfits admire pictures with the city of Galaţi during the

interwar period. (‘Strolling through Galaţi’ - cultural event initiated by the County

Department of Culture; the event was meant to recreate the atmosphere from the early

twentieth century).

Gheorghe Zamfir performing live at Shopping City Mall in Galaţi - 01.12.2014 (Romania’s

National Day). Known as "The King of the Pan Flute", Gheorghe Zamfir is one of the

best, if not the best-selling romanian artist of all time. This unprecedented virtuoso has

a fantastic ability to hold concerts on the last string. He is like a Paganini of the pan

flute. Despite the very cold weather, his true value transcends all barriers towards the

hearts of audiophiles. From a musical perspective, I think the last time I’ve experienced

a similar feeling was at a Jean Michel Jarre concert held at Polyvalent Hall from

Bucharest in 2010.

Thank you, Daniel!

Best wishes. 

Leontin. 

The aviation event “Fish Soup 2016 – Fly In” held at Vădeni Airfield, Brăila

County.

Thank you Brian for your assessment!

Best regards,

Leontin 

Thank you, Pierre!

Best regards,

Leontin

Canon EOS-1Ds, Micro Nikkor 55mm - 3.5, BlackBerry 8520/Find the

missing letter!

Goran Bregović with Weddings and Funerals Orchestra - New Year's Eve

2016 celebrations in Galaţi (Canon EOS 1D/70-200mm, 1Ds/24mm)

Night view of the ArcellorMitttal Steel Plant in Galaţi. ArcelorMittal Galaţi

(formerly Sidex Galaţi) is the largest steel plant in Romania and is one of

the main pillars of the city’s economy.

Hi Patrick,

I would like to thank you for your comment. I’ll try to make this explanation as comprehensive  as possible. Initially, I had in mind for about two months the split queen which I wanted to use in another image, but I never did. The split queen can have various meanings, taking into account not only the cultural aspects. I leave this choice in the mind of the beholder. I thought using a simple back cover with the lyrics from a vinyl with Violator album (1990) was a good idea.  I wanted somehow a narrower depth of field (with that lense, even with a very small aperture in size, which I didn’t want to use, you don’t get enough depth of field from a relative small distance) because who recognizes a couple of lines knows what is all about and the fading words must create a  more pleasant view. I positioned the queen below a “random” line… Tell me, why I did so? :) I am also a teacher and the redundancy idea came to me from a subject taught in school: Ecology. I won’t describe what redundancy is.  

Well, thank you for your feedback and I hope I was not too elusive.

I wish you all the best and A Happy New Year!

Warm regards,

Leontin 

Collage made with some of my photographs taken with my beloved Canon

cameras. For the main picture, I mounted on a tripod one of my favourite

classic 1D bodies with a 70-200mm lens attached on it. (EOS 1D/Micro

Nikkor 55mm)

Dancer from “Ritenitis” Folk Ensemble – Latvia (“Doina Covurluiului”

International Folk Festival – Galaţi, 2014)

Thank you Roldao for your assessment. These types of events give color to our city life and they represent a true delight in terms of photography. Best regards, Leontin. 

Dancers from “Anadolu Folklor Vafki” Artistic Group – Turkey full of joy in

the final day of “Doina Covurluiului” International Folk Festival held in Galaţi,

2014

Dancer from “Anadolu Folklor Vafki” Artistic Group – Turkey (“Doina

Covurluiului” International Folk Festival – Galaţi, 2014)

Dancers from “Komarnan” Folk Ensemble – Slovakia performing a ring

dance (“Doina Covurluiului” International Folk Festival – Galaţi, 2014)

Houses from the outskirts of my hometown. (Canon EOS D60/Edixa

Steinheil 135mm)

A man walks in the parking near Selgros hypermarket in my hometown.

(Canon EOS D60/EDIXA Steinheil 135mm)

Night view of the railway station in my hometown. Given the fact that Galaţi

is a major port on the Danube and an important industrial center in our

country, it was necessary to develop a proper railway infrastructure to fulfil

the requirements of this industrial city. Also, from this location, there are

junctions to the nearby Damen Shipyard.

Thank you Laurent for your assessment.

Best wishes,

Leontin.

I took this photo on the outskirts of my hometown where I think is a good

place to capture contrasting aspects of our society. I have not caught that

entire gorgeous BMW. I was also dissatisfied by the fact that I caught only

a part of the dog behind the wall but I was in a restricted area and

immediately came to me a guard asking me to leave and I only did one

photo. Sometimes you have to stop being so disgruntled when others may

live hard times and give you photographic opportunities.