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19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Wonderland

This work is part of a photo series called "Wonderland". The series is special for me because it was born after a trip made with my wife, in a mountain town in Romania, called Băile Tușand, on the occasion of our marriage. The series is a small sample unmolded during our honeymoon, which presents some dream places that nature in Romania has. As many people as possible should enjoy them. During the meditations I had after admiring these breathtaking places, I personally felt like in a world of the fantastic in which nature seemed to dominate the human being. The name of the series was naturally shown, as the very creatures of the earth and the sky that lived in those places. The surrounding beauties that are torn as if from a children's story, can calm the nature and the most disturbed person who comes from the hectic environment of today's world. This nature reserve made me want even more to live somewhere where the madness of the modern world is calmer, reminding me once again of the importance of forests and the gifts that nature offers man to help him be in harmony with it, but especially with the Creator.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Baile Tusnad, Romania
Copyright: © Cristian Calistru