Once upon a time I started taking photos with a Lubitel, which is an old, very basic, and completely manual camera. In 2000 I switched from film to digital and everything could be automated. This was the time when I finally realized that having a good camera is not everything. A perfect exposure with a good camera can still result in an ugly and boring photo. Lubitel 2 When I had a fully manual film camera, I quickly learned how to do perfectly exposed photos without any tools to measure light or distance.

Once upon a time I made some time-lapse videos, but I gave up quickly. Recently I have watched yet another Attenborough nature series: The Green Planet. It was full of beautiful time-lapse recordings, and suddenly I felt the urge again to give this genre another try :-) I visited my favorite recreational area in the Pest side of Budapest: Lake Naplás. It’s an artificial lake close to the border of Budapest, which quickly turned into an important bird nesting place and a protected nature area.

I love photography. I started taking photos four decades ago using a camera called Lubitel, a cheap Russian knock off of Rolleiflex. I switched from film to digital photography back in 2000, which was quite a bit earlier than most. I always treated mobile photography with strong skepticism (small sensor, too much processing, etc.) and have a dedicated camera with me everywhere. Well, the problem is with the words “always” and “everywhere”.