One year passed since the Mermaid catastrophe
Photo by Attila Volgyi / blog.volgyiattila.com
Tragic accident of city sightseeing boat Hableany (Mermaid in Hungarian) happened one year ago on 29. May 2019. at 21:05.
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Great short movie about language differences
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Zoltan Veres’ May Day flight above Budapest
watch it with me again after 6 years -
Battle of Tapiobicske celebrarted 170 years later
soldiers revived the historic events -
Watch some photography documentary
here is a vast collection of them
"my photo" related posts on the blog
Let’s celebrate World Dance day!
during corona virus pandemic no live celebrations are held
We photograph paticipants of the 2016 World Dance Day flashmob in Budapest.
Photo by Attila Volgyi / blog.volgyiattila.com
This year live celebrations of World Dance Dday were cancelled, but an old werk photo remembers the anniversary and photographing it too.
Budapest’s landmarks before and now
formerly crowded tourist attractions are now totally empty
Tourist attractions before and now
Photo by Attila Volgyi / blog.volgyiattila.com
Once I have a photo archive and we live such historic times with the COVID19 pandemic, I made a before/after photo pairs gallery about the effects of the pandemic and the currfew on tourism.
Tips and tricks for photographing airplanes
may come handy at air shows, aerobatics races and all helicopter photos
Photo by Attila Volgyi / blog.volgyiattila.com
I don’t like to go into sophistry in photo techniques. Firstly because so many other photographers do it, I don’t want to join the queue. Secondly, there are so many different views and approaches one cannot expect everyone to follow the same rules all the time and think everyone is mistaken for doing things in a different way.
170th anniversary of Battle Tapiobicske
historic battle is reenacted in Hungarian countryside
Photo by Attila Volgyi / blog.volgyiattila.com
170 years aggo on April 4th. in 1849. Hungarian soldiers defeated advancing Austrian forces at villagge Tapiobicske.
20th August air show in Budapest 2018
air show above river Danube again
Photo by Attila Volgyi / blog.volgyiattila.com
Returning to historic traditions airplanes again took over the sky above Budapest with an air show of both military and civilian aviation. They made everything imaginable to make viewers standing on the two banks of river Danube drop their jaws in amazement.
Battle of Tapiobicske reenacted again
it happened 169 years ago - Hungarians won again
People in period military uniforms re-enact a historic battle in Tapiobicske (about 60 kilometres East-Southeast of capital city Budapest), Hungary on April 4, 2018.
169 years after the real Battle of Tapiobicske history enthusiasts reenacted the famous event with great joy. Hundreds of school children witnessed the unique history lesson and they enjoyed it almost as much as the people participating dressed as Austrian or Hungarian soldiers.
A flock of sheep crosses Nine holed bridge
autumn festive of celebrating the end of grazing season
Photo by Attila Volgyi / blog.volgyiattila.com
Shepherds of the great plains of Hungary lead their flock of Racka sheep through the famous landmark Hortobagy Nine holed bridge. This is how they march to the traditional festive closing the grazing season started on the end of April.
Battle of Tapiobicske reenacted again
live history lesson with weapons, explosions and smoke
Photo by Attila Volgyi / blog.volgyiattila.com
History enthusiasts reenacted again the Battle of Tapiobicske and Hungarian forces won the fierce battle once again. Just like I wrote about it a few years ago, this battle reenactment is full of interesting scenes this year again.
Elephants had more than a bath in lake Balaton
Circus elephants of the Caselly Family take a bath in lake Balaton in promotion of the Circus Night event at Balatonlelle (about 140 km South-West of capital city Budapest), Hungary on July 18, 2015.
The story divides people if it is worth allowing such events, but I have to tell elephants having a bath in lake Balaton are a really special thing to see.