Blog Archive: March 2017

How To Build a Drupal List Page With All Users

31 March, 2017 | Drupal Development | 20 seen

In today's Drupal tutorial series I'm going to show a simple way how to build an authors page listing all users with their profile information + some other neat features.

A few years ago I was working on a Drupal project for large media organization and I was required to build an extended user profile system on Drupal. Recently I hired few freelance writers for my own blog / website and idea of having a nice author overview page sounded a must have.  

The further written can be applied to some micro social websites powered by Drupal, but for the ease of this tutorial I will stick with an user / author overview page for multi user blogs or media organizations.

Here is the final result:

Authors overview page on Drupal

You can see a live view here: Authors

In above view I have displayed info for authors taking info from profile field, which are following:  author picture, author bio and categories author writes articles about, as well displaying total article count for each author and sorting authors on page by total article count. (No surprise seeing myself as the most productive writer, after about 3 and half years I've written more than 1,600 articles already)

Granting permission to view user profiles

I'm not going in details on how to build custom user roles, for the ease of this tutorial let's stick with authenticated users

• Make sure to enable view user profiles under People - > Permissions

Creating custom Authors view page

Now, once permissions are set,let's create a new views page displaying User, here are some highlights to adjust for your needs:

Page settings

• Path: /authors

Relationships

We are using relationships to make total article (node) count to work for each user / author. If you are not going to show total article count, skip relationships and aggregation part

• Relationships: User: Content authored

Other

See above

• Use aggregation: Yes

Fields:

• User name
• Nid (use County for aggregation settings)
• User Bio (custom field from user profile page)
• User Profile Image
• Field:Category (custom field from user profile page)
• Global:Custom text (I'm using custom text field to style and order final view result, that's optional)

Sort:

• User: Created date

Save your view and check your  custom authors overview page, which should display info from user profile fields as well using aggregation and COUNT feature you are displaying how many articles each user / author have written. 

House of Madatovi - Tbilisi Restaurant

30 March, 2017 | Restaurant reviews | 15 seen

House of Madatovi is a really lovely Georgian style cuisine restaurant, located on the recently renovated part of David Aghameshabeli avenue.

See: New Life for Agmashenebeli avenue, Tbilisi

Madatovi restaurant features not only authentic Georgian cuisine with amazing serving, it's crafted of lovely details, like chandlers with paper house shades, wine bottles, shelves, more shelves. Tastefully.

Interior at House of Madatovi

Stylish places with rustic elements are popping a lot lately in Tbilisi. The interior seen here reminded a little bit something from Restaurant Barberastan

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Chandlers with paper house shades

Now, this is something nice, not seen before. I really like that and I might use this idea for our upcoming home remodeling works.

Georgian Cuisine at House of Madatovi

Now this was the biggest surprise - I thought I know a lot about Georgian cuisine, turns out - I don't. They had some great salads with baked pumpkins, which was just delicious (and I don't love pumpkins). Some really good veal meal and mcvadi served with pomegranate seeds. Not to speak about delicious Georgian shotis puri.

ISO Settings for Night Photography

29 March, 2017 | Digital Photography School | 82 seen

The purpose of this article is to familiarize the user with the best practices regarding ISO settings for night photography. We will go over a basic introduction to ISO as well as a short guide on using different ISO values in relation to other camera settings in order to achieve best results.

One of the reasons casual photographers decide to upgrade to a DSLR camera is so they can capture quality photos during night.

However, DSLRs often require understanding of different camera settings and shooting parameters in order to achieve best possible image quality for night photography. One of these settings is called ISO.

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In film photography, ISO number is an indicator of film’s sensitivity to light. Similarly, in digital photography ISO number determines light sensitivity of a digital sensor. Higher ISO levels will produce brighter images, but it will also introduce more grain (noise) into the image.

With most digital cameras, ISO can be set to Auto, meaning the camera will automatically choose what ISO settings to use. It can also be set to manual, where the user chooses the ISO value himself. 

ISO settings

We have already established that higher ISO values will give you brighter images, with a downside of increasing noise levels in a digital image. So, what ISO setting should you use after the dark? Well, as a general rule, the short answer would be to use the lowest ISO value (ISO100, for example) you can while producing a photo with optimal exposure – not too bright or too dark. In practice, if you want the best results, it is not always that simple, as there are several internal and external factors to consider. First, you should ask yourself these questions:

• What type of night photography are you doing? You may be capturing cityscapes, portraits, street or starry night skies.
• Can you use a tripod? Photographing while your camera is firmly fixed on a tripod can make a huge difference in the final quality of your photo.
• Are you shooting a stationary or a moving subject?

When shooting landscapes of any type usually means your subject is far away and static, which is great news if you want to avoid noise in your images. The trick here is to use slower shutter speeds as an alternative way of getting more light into your images. As long as the shutter is open the sensor will be continuously collecting light. Set the shutter speed slow enough (such as 1s, 5s or even 20s) and you will get bright images while keeping the ISO at low levels (ISO50 – ISO400). Note that using slower shutter speeds makes the camera more sensitive to movement and vibration. For this reason, we recommend using a tripod to keep the camera stationary, or at least resting it against the floor or some other firm object. If you must shoot with your camera hand-held, it would be of great help having some type of optical image stabilization (IS) – integrated either in-lens or in-body. IS compensates for vibrations in your hands, allowing you to use slower shutters speeds (down to a point).

When shooting portraits in low light it all depends whether or not you want to use flash. Be it internal or external flash, it will provide more than sufficient lighting for you to avoid high ISO values. If you want to capture a portrait using natural lighting only, you will have to increase ISO, which will ensure your subject is sharp, but will also increase noise.

For street photography during night you probably don’t want to use artificial lighting and will have to use a faster shutter speed (something like 1/80s – 1/120s) if you want moving subjects (such as people and cars) to remain sharp. Faster shutter speed means you will have to increase ISO, but if the street is well lit than you probably won’t have to push the ISO level too high.

In case you are interesting in capturing photos of the night sky and achieving special effects such as star trails, using very slow shutter speeds and a tripod is must. In this case ISO will not be a problem and you can set it anywhere between ISO50 and ISO200.

Examples

• Using a mid-range DSLR, shooting a cityscape during night, with the camera mounted on a tripod, you might want to use the following settings:  Sensor sensitivity at ISO100, shutter speed at 8s and an aperture of F/8.
• Using a high-end DSLR, shooting a stationary portrait in a well-lit street during night without flash, camera hand-held, you might want to use the following settings:  Sensor sensitivity at ISO1600, shutter speed at  1/100s and an aperture of F/1.9.
• Using a mid-range point-and-shoot digital camera, shooting a photograph of a well-lit street, camera hand-held, you might want to use the following settings: Sensor sensitivity at ISO400, shutter speed at 1/32s and an aperture of F/4

Please note that these are only approximate values to give you an idea how ISO settings work in relation to other shooting parameters. These settings may not work best for real-world scenarios as there are even more factors which will impact the final result. Sensor size, quality of lens and in-camera JPEG processing algorithms all have a great effect on the quality of your photo.

It has hard to give exact values without knowing how and what you are shooting. But I will try to give some examples so you can get a general idea of ISO settings for night photography.

Champions Academy Tbilisi

28 March, 2017 | Health & Wellness | 93 seen

Champions Academy in Tbilisi is a gym/ fitness / crossfit training facility, located on a 4-storey building on David Agmanashebeli avenue. 

I've enrolled at Champions Academy at the start of February 2017, with a goal to train my heart using cardio vascular trainings, also I'm using a little bit weight lifting and some crossfit workouts. 

The gym seem to be open starting 7:00 AM, which is great because of two reasons - first I love to exercise in the mornings, and second yes, this gym is located really close to our apartment. 

Unfortunately during the early hours, there are no trainers / coaches available, and I'm left to train my self using knowledge I have from my previous almost 20 years (though irregular training sessions). Luckily YouTube helps a lot.

The price per month without a trainer (which still is not available at 7:00 AM) - 160 GEL, with kind of limited access, just to the buildings second, third and fourth floor. Unlimited access, and probably some individual graphic from a trainer - 200 GEL.

The first floor seems is for power lifting, second floor is for dog sled and ropes, third floor is equipped with treadmills, exercise bikes, including dumbbells and other gym equipment, while in the fourth floor there is a boxing rink and few punching bags.

For my training sessions I'm mostly using third floor, where treadmills and a little section from crosfit is located, but I love to push and pul dog sled or punch a boxing bags also. So, that's great about this place.

Treadmills at Champions Academy

I'm using treadmill for a warm up section and fat burning workout. 

My starting weight, starting was 105 kilos (in some other article I will write how did it go), and for the next two months I'm planing to loose minimum 5 kg body weight (fat), and of course improve cardio. I prefer treadmills over running outside, as they are equipped with gadgets like heart beat monitor. After first training on treadmill I quickly learnt what should be my maximum heart beats per minute, which is 189. I never push more than my maximum. At the end of training session I try to run at least 1km. My result after 4th training day 8 minutes and 45 seconds, with max heart rate 183. 

gym for power lifting

My access to gym does not allow access to this hall, and seems it' s visited by Georgian rugby team. Yeah, I should mention this gym is using some method called Barwis Methods, I actually have no clue are they using it because of method being great or because of marketing (sounds great - I'm training at Champions Academy using Barwis methods). Anyhow, probably that's something great - take a look here: Barwis Methods

Dumbbells at Champions Academy

I include dumbbells in my exercises

Dog sled

Restaurant Kus Tba (Turtle Lake) in Tbilisi

26 March, 2017 | Restaurant reviews | 17 seen

Restaurant Kus Tba is located next to the popular recreational area Turtle lake in Tbilisi, here serves a traditional Georgian cuisine in a touristic sauce. 

I have been to this place several times, I cannot tell neither good, neither bad - I'm more neutral regarding this place, it definitely is not the cheapest, but also not the most expensive, from what I have met in Tbilisi. See Tbilisi restaurant reviews.

I have my favorite Turtle lake restaurant, maybe that's way I cannot be objective today - Intelligentsia Coffee Bar Tbilisi, which actually is located just few meters way from Kus Tba.

Cozy interior at Kus Tba restraunt

Salads with chicken filet dressed with matsoni

Sleep Inn Philadelphia

25 March, 2017 | Hotel reviews | 7 seen

Offering a fitness centre, Sleep Inn Philadelphia is located in Philadelphia. Free WiFi access is available. Each room here will provide you with air conditioning and cable channels. There is also a microwave. Featuring a bath or shower, private bathroom also comes with a hairdryer and free toiletries.

We booked this hotel at the start of 2017 (January) and stayed here for about 3 nights, during a short, but remarkable trip to Philadelphia. We paid about $120 per night. Though this hotel is listes as a 2 star hotel, it actually is really good, I realy love the location of this place, it's just a few blocks away from famous Terminal Reading market, and Greyhound terminal is very close.

Sleep in hotel in Philadelphia

The hotel is 100 m from Pennsylvania Convention Center, 800 m from Liberty Bell and 1.1 km from National Liberty Museum. Philadelphia International Airport is 11 km away.

King Size Bed at Sleep in Hotel

Cost of living in Batumi, Georgia

24 March, 2017 | Living in Georgia | 66 seen

This article was originally written as a guest post by Ms. Irina Nikolaeva (written back in 2017)

In the article 5 reasons why Batumi is better than Moscow (or other big cities), I specified the low cost of living as the first reason why I moved from Moscow to Batumi. So let’s have a closer look at this topic.

Apartment. The middle price of apartments for 1-2 people (about 50 sq. m., studio with a separate bedroom) is about 300$. That would be a flat not far from the city center (honestly the city is so small as most living areas would be in 15 minutes from the center), with good design, fully equipped with consumer electronics. If you have less money, you can find something lower, from 150$. This price is real if you would search for a flat in the period from October to March and rent a flat for one year or until May or June.

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Then closer to the summertime flat rents are growing and becoming extremely high (from 500$ for the same flat). This way every apartment owner tries to earn more money during three months of holiday time.

Utilities. If you rent a flat for a long term you need to pay yourself for electricity, Internet, water and gas. The sum depends on how much you spend on heating in the cold season (3-4 month). If you use hot A/C or under floor heating you will have to pay from 250 GEL (90$) only for electricity. If you use central gas heating it would be from 100 GEL (40$) for gas. So I advice you to look for a flat with central gas heating, that would be more bounce to the ounce. The bill for water is low, about 20 GEL (less than 10$). Summary living alone I pay for utilities about 150-200 GEL per month (55-75$).

Transport. In this city I use only taxi, because it is extremely cheap. The life hack - use Maxim taxi mobile app and never ask drivers for the price. In the app you can see the price before a taxi driver see you. If a taxi driver notice that you are a foreigner the price will grow twice or even more. The costs in Maxim taxi:

• From the city center to the airport - 6 GEL (2.5$)
• From the city center to Batumi Garden - 9 GEL (3.5$)
• Inside the city center and near areas - 2 GEL (0.7$)

You can also use public transport - buses or microbus. One ticket on bus is 0.40 GEL (0.1$), on microbus - 0.60 GEL (0.2$). But be prepared to wait 10-15-20 minutes on the bus stop

Food and drinks. As a solo feamle who doesn’t cook a lot I spend about 100$ per month in supermarket and 50$ in restaurants and fast food cafes. So the cost of my food and drinks is about 150$. The average prices for some products in Georgia:

• Chicken - 7 GEL (2.5$)
• Pork (1k.) - 14 GEL (5$)
• Beef (1k.) - 18 GEL (7$)
• Fish (1k.) - from 15 GEL (5.5$)
• Bread (1 piece) - 0.60 GEL (0.2$)
• Milk (1l.) - 2.5 GEL (1$)
• Cheese (1k.) - 12 GEL (4.5$)
• Eggs (10 pieces) - 2 GEL (0.7$)
• Season fruits (1k.) - 5 GEL (2$)
• Season vegetables (1k.) - 2-3 GEL (0.7$-1.2$)
• Wine (1 bottle 0.75l.) - 12 GEL (4.5$)
• Beer (0.5l) - 3 GEL (1.2$)

Entertainment. Honestly from September to June there are too less entertainment in Batumi - no parties, no clubs, no theaters or concerts. So I go only to the cinema one time per month, it is 8 GEL (3$) for ticket, 3,5 GEL (1,5$) for popcorn and drinks. And the second activity is playing games with friends in a bar. There I spend 20 GEL (8$) for drinks or food per evening. Two evenings with games per week is 160 GEL or 64$ a month

Healthcare. Batumi is the place where I don’t have problems with health. Usually I spend in a pharmacy about 40 GEL (15$) per month, just for common reasons. Be prepared that all doctors for foreigners are paid. But anyway Georgian healthcare (doctors, analysis, medicines) is cheaper than European.

Beauty. The column for girls. I spend on beauty about 100$ per month. It includes:

• Manicure (shellac) - 25 GEL (10$)
• Hair coloring (whole length, long hair) - 70 GEL (25$)
• Eyebrows (coloring and correction) - 15 GEL (5$)
• Wax epil (three areas) - 50 GEL (20$)
• Lenses - 40 GEL (15$)

Sport. Fans of running could feel great in Batumi, because there is a long boulevard for running in the city. The same for bicycles. I like to swim and in cold time need to pay for the swimming pool - it is about 180 GEL (70$) per month

The Bottom Line.

Summary I spend 800$ per month living alone, having fun, taking care of my beauty and health. And that is the great quality of life, not stressful and pleasant.

Home Remodeling - End Of The Season 2

23 March, 2017 | Home Remodeling | 9 seen

Wow, that was a ride. In this post I will write down all major tasks we performed during Summer 2016, which was second year since we started to manage and repair our rural property.

Learn more how it all started: Home Remodeling - How It All Starts

Each year, at the start at April we arrive to our house and put a lot work and investment to make this a livable place. In the first year, the major task performed was roof replacement, see: Meet the New Roof (Pictures Before and After)

Season 2 we started with following goals: 

For this years plans - a water supply is a must have, in order to get water here, we need to dug a well at first. We plan to construct a bathroom (for that we will need to change few bearing beams and rebuild from scratch few walls). I believe a lot of effort will be put on territory improvement, one of the things we plan to do on this - to dug our small fish pond a bit bigger)...and plan a really cool outdoor terrace.

The good news - we completed about 85% of initial goals. And yes, there are no bad news. 

We started in Spring with territory cleanup, chimney repair works, trimming trees and branches, planted some plants both in garden and both in wooden boxes. I bought a trimmer and trimmed grass as a madman.

We made a quick repair in second floor's room and made it as a nice guest bedroom

Later a bore hole was drilled and for the first time we had a drinking water. Nex followed pond excavation works and we shaped a really cool, though small, pond.

Pond at the start of October 2016

Yes, we are still waiting water level to rise

A nice rock garden was formed in the front of house

View towards rock garden and house

In the place a rock garden is built, use to were a huge dump, see: The Big Spring Territory Cleanup

From rock garden we moved to the bathroom and auxiliary room construction works, by replacing old rotten log walls with aac blocks. See: Bathroom, I should mention a lot of force was put on foundation works, which were carried out by my next best friend this summer - a concrete mixer.

Back view of house

On the left side - bathroom, on the right - auxiliary room

Again, I should mention, before actually proceeding with wall replacement works we had to take down a massive chimney inside, see: Taking the Chimney Down.

From the soil left over after foundation digging with shovel and rack I graded it around house, see: Grading Soil Around Foundation

The loft

Next Summer it's planned to perform some remodeling works here, that will involve changing beams, building a new chimney, adding flooring e.t.c. but that's already story for next Summer.

View towards house from apple orchard

We have a lot of apples, I should start to brew something

Pine coppice and backyard

The central party place, at this area is planned to build an outdoor terrace

View towards house from woods

What's Minimum Wage in European Union 2017

22 March, 2017 | Macroeconomics | 55 seen

This is already fourth annual article covering minimum wage and its disproportion among 22 of 28 European Union member countries.

Update: Minimum Wages in European Union 2018

Feel free to browse through the archives for previous years, before proceeding, see: 2016, 2015, 2014

In 2017 there were 22 out of 28 European Union member states with official minimum wage set by the government.

N.B. Countries that don't have a minimum wage set by the government in European Union - Austria, Denmark, Finland, Cyprus, Italy and Sweden (collective bargaining agreements effective, instead of minimum wage)

Now, the biggest question about future reports involves Britain after Brexit. As for 2017 United Kingdom still counts in as a member country of EU, in the following table below you will still find data on how much Britons receive in the minimum wage in 2017

Key findings

As for the previous years, there are no changes in the country with highest and lowest minimum wage. Luxembourg as usual ranks #1 with almost EUR 2,000 minimum wage in 2017, while Bulgaria ranks last with just EUR 235.50. Making a gap between highest and lowest salary in European Union 8.48 times. That's huge. 

All, but Slovenia, former Communist block countries fall below EUR 500 minimum wage in 2017

Minimum wage map in European Union 2017

Southern European countries Spain, Greece, and  Portugal fall between above EUR 500 and bellow EUR 1,000 minimum wage in 2017. With Greece being the only country which minimum wage has increased just by 0.11% during the last three years (2014-2017).

So-called, Western countries - Benelux countries, Germany, France and UK have more or less similar minimum wage. With Britain experiencing a huge, more than EUR 200 increase, over the last three years, well that, of course, involves British pound strength against euro.

For this year's minimum wage table I've included data for 2014 and current 2017,  with added minimum wage growth over three years, to better understand the overall scene. Also, for the first time I've included Forecast for minimum wages in 2020, using last three year growth rate as an indicator. 

Data used in this table are from Minimum wages on Eurostat, List of European countries by minimum wage and my previous articles: Minimum wage 2016;  Minimum wage 2015; Minimum wage 2014;

Also, it should be noted: The calculations are based on the assumption of a 40-hour working week and a 52-week year, with the exceptions of France (35 hours), Belgium (38 hours), United Kingdom (38.1 hours), Ireland (39 hours), and Germany (39.1 hours). Most of the minimum wages are fixed at a monthly rate, but there are countries where the minimum wage is fixed at an hourly rate or weekly rate.

* Minimum wage in Germany was introduced in just in 2015, in above table historical data for minimum wage in Germany is used values from 2015.

Exchange rates for hourly minimum wages are set as of 3/21/2017 and might differ for countries with minimum wages set in other currencies than euro.

The average minimum wage for 22 EU member states has increased by about EUR 70 during past three years, from EUR 779.14 in 2014 to EUR 890.51 in 2017. Of course, its just a median indicator as we already know - minimum wages in EU member countries vary.

Also, it's clearly visible that minimum wage growth is relatively much faster in Eastern European countries, with Romania growing it's minimum wage for the past three years almost by 60%, followed by Bulgaria (35.95%) and Estonia (32.39%). 

Minimum wage is growing relatively slower in old EU member states, with an exception the United Kingdom. If British Pounds exchanged to Euros, UK shows a very nice about EUR 200 growth for minimum wage in the past three years.

Planting Strawberry Plants In Fall

21 March, 2017 | Home Remodeling | 11 seen

It was at the end of September (2016), when we planted 80 strawberry plants in a field which was prepared few days ago with a tiller. See: Ground Milling With A Tiller

Earlier this Summer we planted about 15 strawberry plants in wooden boxes, but as we were of for a week long travels to Spain, corvine's ruined 90% of our harvest. This is the thing I worry most, probably some net should be added over plants in future.

Strawberries planted under film

We bought about 6 varieties of strawberry plants (in total 80 plants) at local plant nursery, paid for both film and plants under EUR 20. Film is strengthened using special plastic bolts. Rocks are added as an extra safety against wind.

View towards house and rock garden

First harvest is expected to be around Summer Solstice 2017.

Temporary Window For Bathroom

19 March, 2017 | Home Remodeling | 7 seen

This year's (2016) home remodeling works are coming to the end, though one problem were left - a window for bathroom. 

As just outer constructions of walls were performed, and there are still a lot to do inside, before having actual working bathroom, I was left with two options, either purchase an used plastic window and install it or be more creative. I opted for the second variant. And as a temporary window I used old wooden doors.

Window box for bathroom

See complete works for bathroom.

Old wood doors

These doors will be used as a temporary bathroom window for upcoming winter.

Window installed and secured from inside

Carpe Diem Cafe Bar in Tbilisi

18 March, 2017 | Restaurant reviews | 23 seen

Carpe Diem is a cozy cafe bar in Tbilisi, located between Narikala fortress and Shardeni. Here at Carpe Diem you can try tasty home made burgers and have a herbal tea in pot. 

Because of this place been located in a steep uphill between Narikala fortress and Old Town, I have visited this place just twice so far, both of the times after climbing down from the fortress. The good news, this cafe bar have been in business for years, and it means just one - it's a good place. 

Carpe Diem is one of the rare places in Tbilisi, where  smoking inside is not allowed.

Carpe Diem in Tbilisi

Carpie Diem in Tbilisi is located next to the Armenian Apostolic church. Had to make a panoramic photo, to frame both places in one photo. 

Interior at Carpe Diem

Ground Milling With A Tiller

17 March, 2017 | Home Remodeling | 6 seen

During the Summer of 2016 we met some new faces, and so back in July we met with a neighbor (Ok, he is actually living some 10 km from our rural house) with a tractor with tiller - I started to ask about the device, would it be possible to mill ground at our place, as we are really into growing some veggies not only in a wooden boxes, but would love to grow something in the soil. 

It was at the end of the September, when I got a call from the neighbor and he asked - OK, I will be at your place tomorrow with a tractor. I thought, cool, let's do it. And so did in couple of hours neighbor with a tractor an tiller did the magic - the ground was milled. 

Tractor with a tiller

With time I'm planing to buy some tractor with a tiller and grass mowing functionality, but for now this was a win-win deal. Sometimes its cheaper to rent.

Ground milling process

After milling the soil is soft as a powder

New garden is ready

Noe it's time to seed in something, more on that in upcoming blog posts.

Former Archaeological Museum Building in Tbilisi

16 March, 2017 | Tourism objects | 252 seen

Former Archeological Museum Building in Tbilisi is a great example of the Soviet architecture in Georgia.

I had a chance to discover this place and explore surrounding area, first time in February 2017, thanks to the Tbilisi Soviet Architecure tours organized by Brutal Tours: See: Brutal Tours - Explore Soviet Georgian Architecture in Tbilisi

​The museum was established in 1988 by the well-known Georgian archeologist, head of the Tbilisi archeological expedition, Rostom Abramishvili (1924-1996). The museum housed monuments, discovered by the archeological excavations in Tbilisi. The chronological frames of the collections were from the V c. B.C. up to the feudal times. In the museum was kept the earliest in the world samples of tinned bronze objects from the Delisi (Tbilisi district) dwelling, dated as 4.000 years old; bronze buckle inlayed with silver decorated with horse rider image; inventory of the Treli royal burials (XII-VIII-VII c.c. B.C.)

Museum is not operational in 2017

Former Archeological Museum Building in Tbilisi

This place was a great discovery to me, I enjoyed it a lot, and I will definitely return here more often. It would be awesome to make a HDR golden hour photography here, or maybe a star trail photography, might come up with really bizarre photos.

View towards Tbilisi from the former Archeological museum hill

Autumn in Latvia

15 March, 2017 | | 7 seen

In today's Piece of Life photo series a story from Autumn 2016 - when almost all major planned home remodeling works for this Summer were finished, in a dank September morning we decided to catch a morning mist by visiting some nearby objects.

Road in mist

I love mist photography, in fact i love to capture mist in the early mornings in our backyard, see: Beautiful morning mist and Another morning, another beautiful mist

Crop fields in Autumn

They look even more beautiful in Summer, see: Summer in Latvia

Water reflections

One of the ways to make your photography more interesting is by shooting water and water reflections, see: Water Reflections on Lisi Lake

Road in mist

These are the forests we went gathering mushrooms this Summer, see Deep in the Forest

House in mist

Not ours, but our neighboring Berghof manor

Kazdanga mill lake in Autumn

See: Kazdanga Mill Lake And Its Surroundings