daniel nagaj photography

Frozen branches

2011-12-17T22:33:00.002+01:00

I ran up Mt.Royal today and found this. Time to go to the airport! Montreal, Canada. (2011/12/17)

He shoots, he scores!

2011-12-17T22:32:00.000+01:00

What do you think you can see on TV here every night? At the hotel after the conference, Montreal, Canada. (2011/12/16)

Collaboration

2011-12-17T22:31:00.002+01:00

A discussion with Peter, Ramis and Sergey about our new results on qutrit chains. QIP conference, Montreal, Canada. (2011/12/16)

Shopping underground

2011-12-17T22:31:00.001+01:00

In the RESO, Montreal's underground city. Montreal, Canada. (2011/12/16)

In the metro

2011-12-17T22:30:00.001+01:00

Walking around Montreal between talks at the QIP conference. Montreal, Canada. (2011/12/16)

Montreal reflections

2011-12-17T22:29:00.000+01:00

Walking around Montreal between talks at the QIP conference. Montreal, Canada. (2011/12/16)

Chinese linking rings

2011-12-17T22:28:00.003+01:00

Peter Shor being confounded by a close-up magician at the pirate-themed banquet during the QIP conference. Montreal, Canada. (2011/12/15)

Montreal's underground

2011-12-17T22:28:00.001+01:00

In the RESO, under Place des Arts, Montreal, Canada. (2011/12/13)

Illuminated crowd statue

2011-12-17T22:26:00.001+01:00

Walking around Montreal, Canada. (2011/12/14)

Freezing in Montreal

2011-12-17T22:25:00.001+01:00

A morning walk in the Parc Royal, Montreal, Canada. (2011/12/12)

This was supposed to be a wonderful view

2011-12-17T04:51:00.004+01:00

Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara is supposed to be a place with a wonderful view of the city. I woke up really early the day before I flew home and walked there. I got a view of a thick fog cover and the trash left over from some party the day before )-: Lisbon, Portugal. (2011/12/1)

Recording studio wall

2011-12-17T04:46:00.003+01:00

One of the lecture rooms at ISEG used to be a recording studio for the national radio. Lisbon, Portugal. (2011/11/30)

We're on strike

2011-12-17T04:44:00.001+01:00

The university I visited was pretty close to the parliament. Lisbon looks like this a lot of these days. (2011/11/30)

Elevador da Glória

2011-12-17T04:42:00.004+01:00

One of the funiculars in Lisbon, Portugal. They are parked here for the night in the middle of the hill. (2011/12/1)

Women on the street

2011-12-17T04:42:00.001+01:00

Walking around Lisbon, Portugal. (2011/11/30)

Wall colors

2011-12-17T04:41:00.000+01:00

One of my "looking-at-a-wall" compositions. Lisbon, Portugal. (2011/11/30)

Skating juggler

2011-12-17T04:38:00.002+01:00

A juggler in the Jardim da Estrela park, Lisbon, Portugal. (2011/11/30)

Torre de Belém

2011-12-17T04:36:00.002+01:00

Belem tower. Just imagine the loaded ships coming back from beyond the sea. Belem, Portugal. (2011/11/30)

60 drawings

2011-12-17T04:34:00.001+01:00

Allan McCollum's "60 drawings" in the Museo Berardo, Belem, Portugal. (2011/11/30)

Working with Yasser

2011-12-17T04:33:00.001+01:00

I visited our collaborator Yasser Omar in Lisbon, Portugal. (2011/11/30)

Negative (leaf) space

2011-11-02T16:12:00.004+01:00

I had lots of fun wandering among the foliage and taking my camera out again after quite some time... I'm swamped by work, but enjoying it a lot. Still, it was great to spend 3 wonderful peaceful days at Novy Svet. (2011/10/31)

A flock of sheep

2011-11-02T16:12:00.001+01:00

Sheep grazing near Dubakovo, Slovakia. We spent 3 wonderful peaceful days at Novy Svet. (2011/10/31)

A lonely tree

2011-11-02T16:10:00.001+01:00

A tree above Dubakovo, Slovakia. We spent 3 wonderful peaceful days at Novy Svet. (2011/10/31)

Climbing trees

2011-11-02T16:09:00.001+01:00

A Saturday field trip with the kids choir Kvapocky (little raindrops) to start off the year. Dalibor climbing trees in the morning at our meetup place. Raca, Bratislava, Slovakia. (2011/10/1)

Adding a drop

2011-11-02T16:06:00.002+01:00

A Saturday field trip with the kids choir Kvapocky (little raindrops) to start off the year. This is Jano adding joining our group - adding his drop of wax to the candle made from 100's of drops representing all the people who were ever part of the choir. Cerveny kriz, Bratislava, Slovakia. (2011/10/1)

Morning fog

2011-11-02T16:05:00.000+01:00

We made a driving trip with Pavla, Jano & Jana to look at a possible kids-camp site in southern Bohemia. This is somewhere on a rest-station along the highway in Austria. (2011/10/2)

Cesky Krumlov, through a window

2011-11-02T16:03:00.003+01:00

We made a driving trip with Pavla, Jano & Jana to look at a possible kids-camp site in southern Bohemia. Getting to visit Cesky Krumlov was a great bonus. Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic. (2011/10/2)

Trdelnik

2011-11-02T16:03:00.001+01:00

A wonderful pastry in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic. (2011/10/2)

Graffiti

2011-11-02T16:01:00.001+01:00

Walking around the city of Trier in Germany. (2011/9/21)

Zehra

2011-11-02T15:54:00.002+01:00

The UNESCO heritage site - Church of the holy spirit in Zehra. We had an amazing visit there, with an hour-long sermon-explanation of the tree-of-life fresco by a lovely old lady from the village, who stayed there with us long after the regular visitor's hours. (2011/8/24)

Chasing pigeons

2011-09-28T17:25:00.000+02:00

A boy chasing pigeons in a park in Trier, Germany. (2011/9/21)

The team

2011-09-28T17:22:00.005+02:00

Kvapocky kids choir leaders' team at night, up on a rock above a village where had our teambuilding weekend, Lubina, Slovakia. (2011/9/24)

Bubble

2011-09-28T17:22:00.003+02:00

Dagstuhl castle garden fountain, Germany. (2011/9/22)

Porta nigra

2011-09-28T17:22:00.001+02:00

The black gate In Trier, Germany. (2011/9/21)

Stained glass window

2011-09-28T17:21:00.002+02:00

In Trier, Germany. (2011/9/21)

Late night computing

2011-09-28T17:20:00.001+02:00

Working late at night with Rolando, at the Dagstuhl Quantum Cryptanalysis workshop, Germany. (2011/9/21)

A tiny curl

2011-09-28T17:18:00.001+02:00

Dagstuhl castle garden, Dagstuhl, Germany. (2011/9/20)

Error

2011-09-28T17:17:00.001+02:00

Frankfurt airport, on my way to an excellent Quantum Cryptanalysis workshop at Dagstuhl. (2011/9/18)

Bible reader

2011-09-28T17:16:00.001+02:00

Our pastor's son, pretending to read (a Bible). Mojmirovce, Slovakia. (2011/9/2)

Don't let it flood the tent!

2011-09-28T17:15:00.000+02:00

Saving the main tent from rain, Kvapocky kids choir summer camp 2011, Kostelec u Hermanova Mestce, Czech Republic. More photos coming soon. (2011/8/04)

Wooden churches

2011-08-30T16:37:00.004+02:00

We made a trip visiting the wooden churches (17-18th century) around northeastern Slovakia. We met quite a few interesting and nice people taking care of them (and bringing the keys to open for us). This is the roof of the church in Dobroslava. (2011/8/27)

Two leaves

2011-08-30T16:36:00.001+02:00

We went swimming in the Topla river (in Mokroluh) a few times. I saw these leaves there. (2011/8/26)

Mary Magdalene

2011-08-30T16:33:00.001+02:00

A copy of the Saint Mary Magdalene statue from Danisovce (1420), made by the Master of the Madonna from Lomnicka, seen in the Levoca Town Hall Museum. (2011/8/24)

Kamzik

2011-08-30T16:32:00.001+02:00

This curious and hungry mountain goat just did not want to leave. We saw 6 of them on our hike to Koprovsky Stit (Vysoke Tatry), starting really early in the morning. (2011/8/15)

Rocks and chains

2011-08-30T16:31:00.001+02:00

Pavla, climbing down from Banikov towards Tri Kopy (Zapadne Tatry). We made some cool hikes in wonderful weather. (2011/8/19)

Looking close at small things

2011-08-30T16:29:00.001+02:00

We went swimming in the Topla river (in Mokroluh) a few times. I saw this little plant there. (2011/8/28)

Swords to plowshares

2011-08-30T16:28:00.001+02:00

A Russian WW2 tank in a field near Kapisova (near the Dukla pass), northeastern Slovakia. (2011/8/27)

Spissky hrad

2011-08-30T16:27:00.001+02:00

One of the largest central european castles, Spissky hrad, close to sunset. (2011/8/24)

Eyes upside down

2011-08-30T16:26:00.002+02:00

This is what you get when you look through a glass cylinder. My nephew Jan, Bardejov, Slovakia. (2011/8/27)

An old colorful ceiling

2011-08-30T16:24:00.003+02:00

The wooden ceiling (from the 17th century?) inside the city council room of the town hall in Levoca. (2011/8/24)

A bit too close for comfort

2011-08-16T11:11:00.003+02:00

When I saw these in the bathroom of a restaurant in Telc, Czech Republic, I just had to laugh. (2011/8/14)

Telc castle

2011-08-16T11:11:00.001+02:00

A view from the castle garden in Telc, Czech Republic. (2011/8/14)

Cobwebs on a lamp

2011-08-16T11:10:00.000+02:00

From a street in the Jewish quarter in Trebic, Czech Republic. (2011/8/14)

Over a pond

2011-08-16T11:09:00.000+02:00

From a trip to Telc, Czech Republic. (2011/8/14)

A pigeon egg

2011-08-16T11:08:00.001+02:00

This is what we had on our balcony when we came back from the kids camp. Thanks to Martina for disrupting the nesting. (2011/8/11)

Please, let them be

2011-08-16T11:07:00.001+02:00

Pavla (Nagix) pleading with Roman soldiers. Kvapocky kids choir summer camp 2011, Kostelec u Hermanova Mestce, Czech Republic. More photos coming soon. (2011/7/31)

Lavender fields

2011-08-16T11:06:00.004+02:00

Visiting Pannonhalma Abbey near Gyor, Hungary. We were really lucky to see the lavender fields just a day before the harvest. Even my itchy nose could smell it (-: (2011/7/5)

Making a hat

2011-08-16T11:06:00.003+02:00

Debora & Teo, making a "Gaelic" hat. Kvapocky kids choir summer camp 2011, Kostelec u Hermanova Mestce, Czech Republic. More photos coming soon. (2011/7/27)

The globe

2011-08-16T11:05:00.003+02:00

Visiting Pannonhalma Abbey near Gyor, Hungary. The abbey library is huge and beautiful. (2011/7/5)

Filip's breakfast

2011-08-16T11:03:00.001+02:00

A weekend at Novy Svet with Pavla and Filip, cutting firewood for the next few winters. (2011/7/16)

Sketching in Levoca

2011-07-11T16:22:00.003+02:00

I gave a talk "From the Discworld to the Big bang" for high school students in Levoca (part of this project).
I then went for a walk and saw these guys sketching. (2011/6/20)

Morning fog

2011-07-11T16:21:00.001+02:00

Morning fog, looking out from my parent's home in Bardejov. (2011/6/20)

The Skok (jump) waterfall

2011-07-11T16:20:00.002+02:00

Near the waterfall Skok in Vysoke Tatry. (2011/6/18)

Baptism

2011-07-11T16:19:00.001+02:00

From Ondrejko's baptism in our church. (2011/6/5)

Kvapocky - end of the year trip, Kacin

2011-07-11T16:17:00.001+02:00

Kvapocky kids choir end of the year Saturday day trip to Kacin near Bratislava. More here. (2011/5/21)

Crosses in Marianka

2011-07-11T16:16:00.000+02:00

Walking around Marianka on a Sunday morning. . (2011/5/29)

Devin and Sandberg

2011-07-11T16:15:00.001+02:00

Looking towards Sandberg from Devin castle near Bratislava. (2011/5/31)

Carnuntum - Heidentor

2011-07-11T16:14:00.002+02:00

Looking into the fields near Heidentor, Carnuntum, Austria. (2011/5/27)

Konvergencie - Ida Kelarova

2011-07-11T16:13:00.001+02:00

Ida Kelarova, concert from the Konvergencie festival. More here. (2011/5/17)

Konvergencie - After phurikane

2011-07-11T16:10:00.003+02:00

After phurikane giľa, concert from the Konvergencie festival, may 2011. More here. (2011/5/17)

A hidden heart

2011-04-26T13:33:00.003+02:00

Easter weekend at Novy Svet (New World), up in the mountains above Lucenec, Slovakia.
More here. (2011/4/25)

Forget-me-nots

2011-04-26T13:32:00.005+02:00

Easter weekend at Novy Svet (New World), up in the mountains above Lucenec, Slovakia. More here. (2011/4/24)

Old shoes

2011-04-26T13:32:00.004+02:00

Easter weekend at Novy Svet (New World), up in the mountains above Lucenec, Slovakia. More here. (2011/4/23)

Young cones

2011-04-26T13:31:00.005+02:00

Easter weekend at Novy Svet (New World), up in the mountains above Lucenec, Slovakia.
More photos here. (2011/4/23)

My favorite tree

2011-04-26T13:31:00.004+02:00

I take a photo of this tree every time we are here. Easter weekend at Novy Svet (New World), up in the mountains above Lucenec, Slovakia. More here. (2011/4/25)

Under the cross

2011-04-26T13:30:00.004+02:00

Easter weekend at Novy Svet (New World), up in the mountains above Lucenec, Slovakia.
More photos here. (2011/4/24)

A wooden house

2011-04-26T13:30:00.003+02:00

Easter weekend at Novy Svet (New World), up in the mountains above Lucenec, Slovakia. More here. (2011/4/25)

Flowers and moss

2011-04-26T13:29:00.004+02:00

Easter weekend at Novy Svet (New World), up in the mountains above Lucenec, Slovakia. More here. (2011/4/24)

Red curtains

2011-04-26T13:29:00.002+02:00

Easter weekend at Novy Svet (New World), up in the mountains above Lucenec, Slovakia. More photos here. (2011/4/25)

Bulls fighting

2011-04-26T13:28:00.002+02:00

Easter weekend at Novy Svet (New World), up in the mountains above Lucenec, Slovakia. More here. (2011/4/24)

On the way home

2011-04-19T17:12:00.003+02:00

Stopping for a bathroom break at a gas station on our way home. Kvapocky kids choir spring tour, Cesky Tesin, Czech Republic. More photos here. (2011/4/17)

Sheep and machinery

2011-04-19T17:12:00.001+02:00

Kvapocky kids choir spring tour, Cesky Tesin, Czech Republic. More photos here. (2011/4/16)

Tantrix puzzles

2011-04-19T17:11:00.002+02:00

Ado and Zuzka, playing with a tantrix puzzle. Kvapocky kids choir spring tour, Cesky Tesin, Czech Republic. More photos here. (2011/4/16)

A relay race

2011-04-19T17:10:00.000+02:00

Playing games with the AWANA club and Kvapocky kids choir in Cesky Tesin, Czech Republic. More photos here. (2011/4/15)

Fighting spirit

2011-04-19T17:09:00.001+02:00

Playing games with the AWANA club and Kvapocky kids choir in Cesky Tesin, Czech Republic. More photos here. (2011/4/15)

A debate with Jan Simulcik

2011-04-19T17:08:00.001+02:00

A debate with Jan Simulcik, a weekend with the Naboso group, Chvojnica, Slovakia. (2011/4/2)

A snowy canyon

2011-04-19T17:07:00.001+02:00

An old barn near my grandma's house in Mokroluh, Slovakia. (2011/1/1)

Pouring rain

2011-04-19T17:06:00.002+02:00

Pouring rain in Singapore. More photos here. (2011/1/12)

African mask

2011-04-19T17:06:00.001+02:00

An african mask in a museum in Singapore. More photos here. (2011/1/12)

Raining yellow

2011-04-08T15:43:00.003+02:00

The name of this spring blooming bush in Slovak means "yellow rain". (2011/4/7)

Cherry blossoms

2011-04-08T15:42:00.001+02:00

On my way to work in Bratislava, sneezing from an allergy attack, enjoying spring. (2011/4/7)

A morning in the forest

2011-04-08T15:41:00.004+02:00

From a Sunday morning walk, Chvojnica, Slovakia. More from the Naboso weekend retreat here. (2011/4/3)

The piper

2011-04-08T15:41:00.001+02:00

Jakub being himself, Chvojnica. More from the Naboso weekend retreat here. (2011/4/3)

Sykorka

2011-04-03T19:56:00.002+02:00

From my morning walk in the forest around Chvojnica. More from the Naboso weekend retreat here. (2011/4/3)

Who lives here?

2011-04-03T19:55:00.001+02:00

From a walk with Pavla in the forest above Dubravka, Slovakia. (2011/3/12)

Twirling an egg

2011-04-03T19:54:00.002+02:00

Maria demonstrates that a rotating egg will eventually stand on its end. Kvapocky kids choir team leaders retreat, Modra, Slovakia. (2011/2/13)

Tantrix

2011-04-03T19:52:00.005+02:00

I bought the tantrix board game in Brno, and now I play it with my friends a lot. Here I am teaching it to Hanka, Maria and Baska, my kids choir coworkers. Modra, Slovakia. (2011/2/13)

Uhlikovci

2011-04-03T19:52:00.002+02:00

Climbing the hill to Kamzik with Lukas and his boys. (2011/2/5)

Peto's thesis defense

2011-04-03T19:50:00.004+02:00

We have a new Ph.D. in our group. Peto Rapcan defended today. (2011/2/24)

Snowy road

2011-04-03T19:50:00.002+02:00

Going to work one morning. (2011/1/26)