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For true mountain people, the stay at the Observatory was undoubtedly fascinating. Everywhere as far as the horizon, the ridge loomed beyond the ridge, the peak beyond the peak. The great valleys of both Cheremoshes wound for dozens of kilometers under the slopes of Kopilash, and the distant Hniteza and Perkalab. At the southern foot the Balzatul lake gleamed, and in the depths the Tisza valley opened. Sunrises turned pink on the crags of Ineula, the guardian of the Rodnia Mountains, and to the west the vast ridges of Pietros glowed, all covered in snow.

-Władysław Miodowicz

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Landscapes painted with light... or shadow. I didn't feel it was worth posting these shots alone. Are they not interesting enough in themselves? Too little going on here? Maybe. Although I personally like to look at noise and dirt, and this reel is very dirty ;) However, it doesn't bother me at all here. I look at these shots in a very painterly way.

Holfa 120CFN

Ilford HP5

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I have no idea how this happened. Seriously. Maybe I forgot to rewind the film after yesterday's night exposure in Lviv? Very likely. This is how one of my favorite photos was created. Favorites in general, not only from this reel.

Zakarpattia (Eastern Carpathians) is a beautiful and interesting place. Every fan of mountain trips along poorly maintained and marked trails will find their place here. It's worth having a compass and a map with you (very worth it). When starting the journey, this region does not look abandoned or particularly deserted. The locals will gladly take you from the village to the edge of the forest, where the foresters' bases are, for a hryvnia; I can't call them exactly 'nice lumberjacks', because the scale of this logging practice is huge. Climbing higher, at the right time of year you can meet highlanders - Hutsuls - living there seasonally in the mountain pastures; They graze sheep and make cheese, which they happily share with others. You may come across a few tourists and a few athletes traversing the trail RUNNING and JUMPING while you cough up your lungs on the usual ascent.

We started this approach to the Chornohora range 'from the back' from the peak at the south-eastern end of the range, the mountain - Pop Ivan. Formerly the highest inhabited point in the Second Polish Republic...

//to be continued