Bostjan S

End after 2 years

2009-10-14T11:02:00.000-07:00

Don't let the title bother you. I'm not finished with blogging, I'm just moving to a new page.

I would like to thank to all the readers who helped me on my photo-journey and hope to continue on my new blog.

WWW.BOSTJANSFOTO.COM

Handball: Maribor-Koper - great win for MB!

2009-10-04T01:47:00.000-07:00

In the 4th round of Slovenian handball first league, Maribor faced a favourite Koper. A lot of people expected Koper to win with little efford. But the in first minutes Maribor showed huge resistance and lead in the end of first half with 16:14.
Dvorana Tabor also recorded a record number of spectators (550) who made big effort for Maribor to win.
In the second half Koper got to a 2 goals lead and held it trought the majority of the game. But in the end Maribor tied the score and in the last second with a bit of luck by Rok Ivančič scored the winning goal. 32:31

RK MB Branik Klima Petek: Jelen, Jelovčan; Čelica 3, Vrečar 2, Čebokli 4, Backovič 3 (7m-1/1), Gregorc, Razgor 5(7m-3/2), Pučnik 1, Martinc 1, Fister 5, Mirnik 1, Ivančič 3, Hartman 3, Jug, Furlan 1

Handball: Maribor-Krško first league!

2009-09-20T10:21:00.000-07:00

Maribor finally made it into the First Slovenian league! In the first round they fought their last year's rival Krško and won with 32:27(16:12).

RK MB Branik Klima Petek:
Jelen, Jelovčan; Čelica 3, Vrečar, Čebokli 1, Backovič 4, Gregorc 1, Razgor 4 (7 m-1/0), Pučnik, Martinc 6, Fister 3, Mirnik, Ivančič 6, Hartman 3, Jug, Furlan 1 (7 m-1/0)

Football: Slovenia-Poland

2009-09-09T23:52:00.000-07:00

Slovenia made a giant step towards qualifing to the next World cup in Africa.
Our team controled the whole game and won at the end with 3:0

Handball: Gorenje-Trimo Super Cup FINAL

2009-09-07T12:33:00.000-07:00

Handball: Koper-Slovan Super Cup-Semi final

2009-09-07T10:18:00.000-07:00

Handball: Gorenje-Slovan Super Cup

2009-09-06T06:37:00.000-07:00

Second game was played between a team from Velenje, Gorenje and a team from Ljubljana, Slovan.
Gorenje controled the whole game and won at the end.

Handball: Koper-Trimo Super Cup

2009-09-06T01:44:00.000-07:00

In the first game of Slovenian Super cup Koper and Trimo fought hard against each other. Koper competed with its second team. They played great at the beginning but couldn't hold on to their lead and lost at the end.
These photos were made with Nikon's best sports camera Nikon D3.

Football: Maribor-Sparta

2009-08-21T04:09:00.000-07:00

Maribor played a home game qualifiers to get into the Europa league.
They were more aggressive during the entire match. But Sparta had 2 big chances, used them both and won with the final result 0:2.

Ljudski Vrt - panorama

2009-08-17T04:40:00.001-07:00

6 (vertical photos) × 3 (hdr) = 18 (RAW photos) -> 1 panorama

Football: Slovenia-San Marino

2009-08-13T08:46:00.000-07:00

In front of 5000 people Slovenia achieved a 5:0 win against San Marino.

Portraiting: Nina

2009-08-10T11:19:00.001-07:00

Football: Maribor-Olimpija

2009-08-09T01:39:00.000-07:00

Finally the big derby returned to Maribor. Olimpija had to play without their supporters, the Green dragons, because they demolished a train on they way to the game and police sent them back home.
It was the 20. anniversary of existence of Maribor's supporters Viole therefore they made a big spectacle.

NK Maribor started hard and scored a goal in the 3rd minute in front of 7000 spectators. Both teams had many scoring chances but neither of them could score . The game ended with the victory of the home team Maribor 1:0.

Football: Maribor-Zürich

2009-08-06T10:14:00.000-07:00

Maribor had advanced into the 3rd round of qualifications for champions league after beating Wit. His next opponent was the Swiss champion, Zürich. In the first game, which was played in Zürich, all of 500 Maribor's fans witnessed an impressive victory with 2:3. Everyone believed that Maribor could hold the score with the home game at Ljudski vrt. The whole stadium was sold out already 3 days before the game.
It was not to happen for Maribor this year. With 400 wild supporters, Zürich players were motivated enough to beat Maribor 3:0.
Maribor will now play in the 4th round of qualifications for the Europa league.

0:2

Football: Maribor-Wit

2009-07-23T09:51:00.001-07:00

After a tie game in Wit, the second qualify game for champions league was played in Maribor. Maribor started well and scored in 9th and 19th minute. But Wit got the score down to 2:1 in 45th minute. In the second half Wit got back into the game and had quite a few opportunities which made the game very intense for 6.000 spectators in Ljudski vrt. When Mihaleič scored in the 85th minute everyone could start celebrating for advancing to the 3rd qualifier round.
In next round they will be playing the Swiss champions Zürich.

Bunderla (1:0)

Tavares (2:0)

Player of the game Marcos Tavares

Portraiting: Emma

2009-07-19T12:03:00.001-07:00

This was the first time that I worked with children and was also given the opportunity to use a transparent umbrella.
Because I don't want these photos to get stolen I put a watermark on them.

Mountain Bike World Cup 09 - Pohorje

2009-06-22T10:08:00.000-07:00

Best downhill racers from all over the world came to Pohorje to compete in a world cup race which hosted a 4-cross race day before. Unfortunate it was raining that day and not many people came to see it. But the weather had improved and it didn't ruin the downhill race. That's why quite many people came.
The racers showed theirs skills on a demanding track with many jumps and sharp corners.

Red Bull X-Fighters Exhibition Tour

2009-06-10T08:30:00.000-07:00

A big freestyle motocross event took place on the Glavni trg in Maribor on the 09.06.2009. Guys from Red Bull X-Fighters took part in an exhibition tour. Stunt junkies used KTM SX 250 bikes to fly into the sky. They really impressed the 15.000 spectators, who came to see a show and got it.

Water drop architecture

2009-05-31T11:13:00.000-07:00

Football: Maribor-Interblock

2009-05-24T11:45:00.000-07:00

Before NK Maribor got the trophy, they had to play against Interblock. The game did not mater much, since Maribor had won the title already 2 games ago.
Their supporters - Viole - faced an important trial. They couldn't do anything stupid, since they already got punished with not seeing 2 games in next season but if they would cause problems during this game they would me banned from 4 games in the next season. They responded with a silent protest in first half of the game. They showed how important their role is in producing the atmosphere, because the game was quite boring. But they showed how it's done in the second half and they got it perfect. Maribor dominated Interblock throughout whole game and had plenty of great scoring chances but unfortiontly they didn't score and Interblock took their only real chance and made the final result 0:1.

Maribor - new football champion

2009-05-23T14:23:00.000-07:00

NK Maribor finally did it! They became Slovenian football champions after long 6 years. After loosing against Interblock (photos are going to be posted tomorrow) they moved outside the stadium and started celebrating.

Longest photoshoot with a single fly

2009-05-16T11:34:00.001-07:00

I have spend over an hour taking photos of a single fly. That's nothing unusual for some of the best macro photographers, but I was trilled when I found a fly that was half a sleep and let me shoot her for such a long time. In that time I made over 150 pictures. The post process took me quite a long time aswell, since all the pictures are stacked from 3 up to 6 images.

Few flies

2009-05-03T11:50:00.000-07:00

Trying out my new diffuser.

Portrait of a Wasp Queen

2009-05-02T10:59:00.000-07:00

Photos were made with a new diffuser. I made it with Brian's tutorial . I have also gotten extension tubes from China for only 10€!

Football: Dogoše-Rače

2009-04-27T11:08:00.000-07:00

NK Dogoše was hosting NK Rače in the 1. junior league.
Dogoše started better and mostly kept the ball on Rače's half. Rače tried fighting back with counterattacks, but unfortunately for them, without any success. At the end of the first half the score was 3:0.
In the second half Dogoše started hard again and shortly we realised that a turnover was not possible. Dogoše won with a staggering win with 11:0.

Davor Gajser (NK Dogoše, levi centralni vezist):
V prvem polčasu se je nasprotnik dostojno upiral in imel nekaj pol priložnosti, vendar pa je na njihovo igro vplivala neuigranost in maloštevilnost. Mislim, da je bila naša igra kvalitetnjejša, zato smo si na koncu tudi zaslužili tako visoko zmago.

Žan Vazovec (NK Dogoše, libero):
To tekmo bi lahko označil kot razredni derbi, saj sta za nasprotno ekipo igrala dva moja sošolca. Tekmo jesenskega dela so dobili naši današnji nasprotniki, vendar mislim da smo z dobro in organizirano igro dokazali, da smo boljši nasprotnik in da si zaslužimo biti pri vrhu lestvice.

Trantura Jure (NK Rače, libero-kapetan):
Nasprotniki so dobili tekmo, ker smo imeli veliko težav na naši strani. Nezbranost in maloštevilčnost sta pač pripeljali do takšnega rezultata. Proti koncu se več nismo branili in smo se bolj ali ne zabavali. Manjkalo nam je veliko ključnih igralcev. Na koncu smo morali nasprotnikom čestitati za zmago.

Handball: semifinals: Koper-Maribor

2009-04-26T12:01:00.000-07:00

In the first handball half-finals, the home team Koper was playing against Maribor. Maribor astonished everyone not only with their play, but also with with the amount of supporters.
Maribor surprised everyone and lead troughout the whole game by 1 or 2 goals but at the end more the experienced team with a longer and stronger bench made the diffrence and Koper took the lead in the last minutes and won with 34:30.

Maribor supporters

Injured Dejan Kukec

Supporters of Koper

Handball: Cup finals: Koper-Celje

2009-04-22T10:41:00.000-07:00

After RK Koper won over RK Maribor and RK Celje beat RK Gorenje in the semifinals, both teams faced each other in the finals. Koper took advantage of Celje's bad form and finance problems and defeated them in the end with 24:19.

Handball: Final-4: Maribor-Gorenje

2009-04-21T11:42:00.000-07:00

RK Maribor stunned everyone in the game against Koper in half-finals when they nearly won. On Sunday they proved that they weren't purely lucky in the game against Koper, as they beat RK Gorenje, number two in the First Slovenian Handball League. They produced a great game against an unmotivated team and took an early lead with 5 goals. They kept the lead throughout the whole game. In the next year

RK Maribor will be playing in the First Slovenian Handball League and everyone is curios how they will perform.

Villach at night

2009-04-11T11:17:00.000-07:00

I Gerlizen we had a great view on Villach from our balcony. I had to hand hold the exposure open for 15 minutes.

Love story

2009-04-10T11:49:00.000-07:00

Handball: Maribor-Železniki

2009-04-07T11:04:00.000-07:00

Maribor finally did it! With the win over Železnik they have secured a spot in the first Slovenian handball league in the next year already three rounds before the end of the league.

Slovenija vs Czech republic - panorama

2009-04-01T10:57:00.000-07:00

Made out of 3 photos.

Football: Slovenija:Czech Republic

2009-03-29T06:53:00.000-07:00

Yesterday almost a fairy tale was written. Slovenian national football team was hosting the favored Czech Republic for qualification on World Cup. They are marching towards another success in Slovenian football. They were playing in Ljudski vrt which was crammed with more than 12.000 spectator. The atmosphere was spectacular. Football supporters from all over Slovenia came to cheer for our stars.
Slovenia played better throughout the match and had quite a few chances but the luck just wasn't on their side that evening. They didn't score and neither did the Czech Republic so the match ended without goals with the score of 0:0.

Vip- (in front) Borut Pahor, Ivan Simič, Franc Kangler
(in back) Darko Milanič, Zlatko Zahovič, Miran Pavlin

Slovenian coach Matjaž Kek

Alenka Goter singing Sloenian national anthem

Slovenian national football team

Reserve players

Slovenian supporters

Chezch supporters

Spectators

2009-03-27T13:01:00.000-07:00

From Iztok Bončina's exhibition in Maribor.

Last year's bees

2009-03-23T12:18:00.001-07:00

Here are few last years bees.

Grasshopper

2009-03-21T13:04:00.000-07:00

I found few unpublished macro pictures I took last summer and are ready to be posted.
Photo made out of 3 stacked photos

PRODAM SIGMO 70-300 F4-5.6 APO DG MACRO za Canon

2009-03-14T09:27:00.000-07:00

Prodam omenjen Sigmin objektiv, več na:
http://www.bolha.com/oglas382755040/objektivi-filtri-sigma-70-300mm-f4-5-6-apo-dg-macro-za-canon

Kupujem pa makro obročke za Canon, ni mi pomembno če ima AF

Info na: bostjan.selinsek@gmail.com
031 297 692

Handball: Maribor - Ajdovščina

2009-03-13T09:49:00.000-07:00

Maribor achieved its 16th victory.
At first it seemed it was going to be a tight game. But in the 45th minute Maribor increased the lead and at the end won by 37:27.

New poll

2009-03-11T11:20:00.000-07:00

Final pairs of semi-finals Slovenian handball cup are known.
Maribor is playing Koper and Celje is playing Velenje.
The tournament will be played in Koper on the 18th and 19th of April.

Fell free to vote for your favorite!

Vabilo na razstavo Iztoka Bončine

2009-03-10T07:44:00.000-07:00

Vljudno Vas vabimo na otvoritev fotografske razstave

CARMINA SLOVENICA

V DEŽELI VZHAJAJOČEGA SONCA

v četrtek, 12. marca 2009, ob 17. uri

v avloUniverzitetne knjižnice Maribor.

Na otvoritvi se nam bo pridružil tudi zbor Carmina Slovenica.

Zbor Carmina Slovenica
je junija in julija 2008
gostoval v petnajstih
največjih mestih
Japonske. Nastopi so se
odvijali v prestižnih
koncertnih dvoranah, ki
sprejmejo tudi več tisoč
obiskovalcev. Turnejo je s
fotoaparatom beležil
Iztok Bončina.

Iztok Bončina - svobodni fotograf in fotoreporter. Je predsednik Društva popotnih fotografov
in fotoreporterjev in urednik fotografije pri slovenski izdaji revije National Geographic
Popotnik. Že nekaj let organizira in vodi različne fotografske tečaje in delavnice po vsej
Sloveniji. V zadnjih letih objavlja popotne prispevke, fotografije in fotoreportaže v raznih
slovenskih in nekaterih tujih časopisih in revijah (Delo, Mladina, Gea, Ona, Svet in Ljudje,
Moj mikro, Adria Airways In-Flight Magazine, National Geographic Magazine, NG Junior,
NG Popotnik, New York Times …).

Football: Maribor vs. Nafta

2009-03-09T12:17:00.000-07:00

Nafta took an early lead but Maribor soon came back with the equalizer (Tavares 10.) and took lead in the end of first half (Mezga 44.). Džinič just confirmed Maribor's domination and scored for 3:1 in the 60th minute.
There were 4500 spectators and Viole made a greath atmosphere.

Mayor Franc Kangler and the new president of NZS Ivan Simič

Baby

2009-03-04T09:22:00.000-08:00

Before we went home from the photographic course, a father had come with his young daughter. At first she was a bit shy but soon got used to so many photographers and started enjoying.

Life as it once was

2009-03-01T11:10:00.000-08:00

In my last post I wrote how I took part in a photographic course when we went photographing Maribor's castle. This time we went to a place near St. Ana, where there was an old house owned by a former shoemaker. Our task was to make some photos of the house and its details.

Later on we worked on table-top photography and used big studio flashes.

Castle in Maribor in the night time

2009-02-16T10:55:00.000-08:00

As a part of a photographic course we also took some photos of a castle in Maribor and tried to capture the blue light in background.

Romanian family

2009-02-15T12:08:00.000-08:00

I took park on a photographic course in Maribor which was lead by Iztok Bončina. That day we learned a lot about portraits and looked for things to photograph when we came across a family from Romania.

My first photos in a newspaper

2009-02-07T11:01:00.000-08:00

My first two photos were published in the newspaper ''Dobro Jutro'' which issues every week.

Football: All-Star game in Lukna and my 100th post

2009-01-18T10:33:00.000-08:00

Finally it's time to do my 100th post. I'd like to thank all who have visited or made a comment to my blog! I assure you I do my very best to keep improving the quality of my photos and will make new entries to my blog as often as I can.

Yesterday I visited the All-Star game of indoor football in Lukna (Maribor). All first league teams and 2 teams from the second Slovenian league competed.

It all began with the group stage.

Olimpija : Rudar (1:2)

Primorje:Interblock (3:2)

Maribor:Nafta (4:2)

Aluminij:Drava (1:3)

First big derby Maribor:Olimpija (1:2)

Half finals

Joy after Filekovič tied in the last few minutes
Second derby Maribor:Olimpja (5:4) after penalties

Penalty

Winning goal in penalties from Pavlovič

Joy after beating biggest rivals Olimpija

For 3th place

Gorica:Olimpija 5:3

Finals

Maribor:Domžale 5:12

Maribor's fans Viole

Disappointed Volaš

Domžale after beating Maribor in finals

First place: Domžale

45. Zlata lisica - 45. Golden fox-slalom

2009-01-11T10:47:00.000-08:00

Today girls competed in slalom. Because, again, I couldn't go on the track I decided to stay in the finish. As in any other sports here aswell you can see many different emotions. I tried to capture as many as possible.
Our girls may have surprised us in giant slalom, but the story of success didn't continue in slalom. But we have to admit that we didn't expect much. The only Slovenian finalist was Maruša Ferk who took 21th place.
In the first round Maria Riesch skied amazingly and took huge advantage. In the second round she could easily hold her lead and won by a huge difference of 1,15s!
The biggest surprise in second round was Lindsey Vonn, who finished 18 after the first round and with skiing great in the second she was able to climb to the 4th place, which she shared with Anja Paerson. The standings of the top three competitors after the first round didn't change in the second.

Slalom and overall winner Maria Riesch!

Only Slovenian finalist Maruša Ferk (21.)

Tina Maze (35.)

Vanja Brodnik (59.)

Mateja Robnik (55.)

Dissapointed Nika Fleiss (26.)

Lindsey Vonn (4.) after excellent second round

Ana Jelusic (15.)

Even the president of Slovenia came Danilo Türk

Anja Paerson (4.)

Tanja Poutiainen (3.)

Lindsey Vonn

Maria Riesch

Anja Paerson

Frida Hansdotter

45. Zlata lisica - 45. Golden fox-giant slalom

2009-01-10T11:35:00.000-08:00

Today I took part in the 45. Golden fox, which is a ski world cup for women in giant slalom. I was lucky to get accreditation but unfortunately I still wasn't able to get directly on the track. Therefore I searched for a spot, from where I could take the best photos. I wasn't able to get perfect photos but it was still better that noting.
This year Tina Maze surprised us with a huge sensation. She was second after the first run and won in the end!
We did not expect this because her form in the recent races hasn't been immaculate.
Tomorrow I'll be attending slalom and with a hope that our girls can surprise us again.

5. place Manuela Moelgg

6. place Lara Gut

10. place Anja Paerson

Marion Bertrand

Winner Tina Maze

14. place Mateja Robnik

Empty stands during the first round

Full stands during the second run

Mateja Robnik in finish

Tina Maze's lead in second round

Tina Maze reaching for the line

Tone Vogrinec

Snowflakes

2008-12-30T10:21:00.001-08:00

Frozen tears

2008-12-29T11:42:00.000-08:00

This is the first time I used Canon 50mm 1,4 lens with extension tubes.

Handball: Krško vs. Maribor - 1/4 cup finals

2008-12-24T11:09:00.000-08:00

First of all I would like to wish you all a merry merry Christmas.

I finally got the opportunity to post photos from 1/4 finals of Slovenian handball cup. Maribor was playing in Krško so we took a 2 hour ride to get there. The rivalry of those two teams was obvious on the court and in the stands. I have never seen so many people watching a game, which involves two teams from the 1.b league. After a tense start Maribor took lead in second half and kept it untill the end.
The joy was indescribable and I'm looking forward to witnessing the Final4 tournament in Koper.
I also got a chance to work with Canon 1d mark II. It's great camera. Love the 8fps but am only bit disappointed on noise on ISO 3200.

Maribor supporters

Handball: Maribor vs. Krško

2008-12-12T08:16:00.000-08:00

Finally I've got an opportunity to test my new Canon 70-200 mm 2.8 and I've gor it on
a long expected game between Maribor and Krško. It performed excellent only think I would want is ISO at least 3200.Despite being an excellent game, Maribor lost. They started very well and were in the lead by 4 at halftime. But there was a complete turnaround at the start of second halftime. Krško came out strong, quickly took lead and won 36:41. Maribor will be able to take revenge this wednesday when they'll be playing in 1/4 finals of Slovenien cup in Krško. Supporters of Maribor are very welcome and there will also be an organized bus going to Krško.

Canon EF 70-200 mm 2,8 L USM - my new lens

2008-11-29T12:53:00.000-08:00

Yes I've got it. My first L series lens. I've tested it today on a handball match and have to say it's amazing.

Drugi krog akcije radia City - staro za novo

2008-11-22T10:47:00.000-08:00

I was lucky to pass by radio City in time when they started to wreck washing machines as part of their game ''Staro za novo'', where two lucky contested pick their dreamy washing machine. But before they get the chance to be selected they have to wreck the old ones.

video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xS9XId_AuE

Handball Maribor vs. Gorišnica

2008-11-11T11:04:00.000-08:00

Maribor recently documented its 7th victory in a row and they are currently first in the Slovenian 1b league. In the 7th round they beat Gorišnica.
In first few minutes Gorišnica had a minimum lead but soon Maribor took over and eventually won 49:31.

Running 13. Ljubljanski maraton 26.10.08

2008-10-27T11:05:00.000-07:00

On 26.10. Ljubljanski maraton took place in the city of Ljubljana. In two days over 15.000 people competed. I didn't prepare myself for this run so I was very glad to get my personal record with the time of 47:58 (46:43). Next year I will try to run 21km.

Me finishing 10km, with my personal best

There was also a category with wheelchairs

Best male on 21km Roman Kejžar with new record 1:05:47

Best female on 21km Daneja Grandovec

Mayor of ljublajan congratulated every runner

Winner of 42km Amare Mulu

Second on 42km Ibrahim Limo

Exhausted after race

First year around

2008-10-14T06:14:00.000-07:00

One year has passed since I created this blog on 14.October 2007, I made my first post right away and that's how my way into the world of blogging took shape. In that time I posted 87 posts and have gotten many useful comments for which I would like to thank everyone who visited my blog and posted any comment.
My blog isn't the only one who is celebrating birthday today, on the 14. October. I was born on this day, 17 years ago in a hospital in Maribor at around 3 pm.

And last and definitely not least I shouldn't forget to thank my brother who helped my writing in English language and corrected all my spelling mistakes.