Hey! I'm Marcin and I'm a landscape photographer from Poland living in Northern California. Full-time photography is the ultimate dream, but right now when I'm not chasing light with my camera, I work as a software engineer.
While typically exploring areas near my current home in California, photography has taken me to many stunning locations, from the coastline of Australia to the rugged volcanic landscape of Iceland.
I've been learning photography since 2016. I quickly became especially fond of astrophotography (especially capturing the Milky Way core above a landscape) as well as epic sunrises and sunsets.
Here are some of my favorite images taken over the last few years! If you'd like to see more of my work, I'll be posting more here, but in the meantime you can also take a peek at Instagram or Twitter. And finally thanks to @tristan.todd for putting this community on my radar and delegating some HP to get me started.
Welcome to Hive, thanks for mentioning who invited you so it gives your account a vouch to be real and not someone trying to impersonate you. :) Awesome photography!
I hope you're right. These images are all over the internet. Try a reverse look-up. I am a suspicious bastard if things are looking too good.
Unless the user that vouched him is a fake as well then it should be legit. (only checked that the voucher also had decent curation but not if they've verified), maybe we'll get two flies in one go if none of them reply.
@mrcnzajac is in my landscape photography Discord, I can confirm that this Hive account is indeed his. I'll use the Hivewatchers account to verify my own too.
Awesome, thanks!
No problem! I'm glad there's a culture of taking this stuff seriously on Hive. The amount of times I've had my work stolen on Instagram is high... and Marcin probably much higher!
He's got a big Instagram account, so should verify there. Also needs to learn how to cross-post.
Yes, I've been told after the fact this is frowned upon. My frame of reference was reddit where this is normal, because each subreddit is independent, but now I know things work differently here :). How do I verify?
If you can link to your Hive account from one of your other social accounts thats should be enough. Can post the proof to here so Hivewatchers can add you to the approved list. We have had plenty of fake accounts already. I hope you understand the problem. People are desperate for rewards, so we need to be careful to make Hive better.
BTW The Facebook link on your site is not working for me.
Thank you! And good catch on the website link, I recently changed the username and forgot to update it on my website.
Thanks for the warm welcome!
Do NOT post repost these intros any more @mrcnzajac!!!
Yes, I've been told after the fact this is frowned upon. My frame of reference was reddit where this is normal, because each subreddit is independent, but now I know things work differently here :)
Sorry, it was not intended to be this sharp, when I made my welcome comment I meant to remove this comment and forgot. Suggestion is to maybe publish from the photography community and then crosspost to another, but at the top of the page (in peakd.com) there is a toggle up in the right corner that you can put a copy on your own blog which is what we recommend.
Or vice versa, you can post in your blog and crosspost to another community, but the trick is to not do it more than that as it can be interpreted as abusing the system.
By the way, that is my comment up there with the 7 suggestions, those are the extremely important basics. You might want to check them out.
Best of luck to you on your journey here wherever your travels take you.
No worries and thank you!
I noticed this as well.
Hello and welcome Marcin! Any friend of Tristan is a friend of mine.
Stunning images you've got here, looking forward to seeing more.
Thanks for the warm welcome :)
Welcome to Hive!
These shots are phenomenal, Marcin!
Thank you! Been a fan of your work for a while
Hey @mrcnzajac You have some pretty incredible photography! Welcome to Hive and thanks for sharing this here in the community. However, many folks don't know you aren't supposed to post the same post more than once. I have a post i made for new users (and old ones alike) that will help you with some tips on the etiquette and unspoken rules for the platform. You can check out here How to get a great start on Hive
Keep up the great work.
Thank you, I'll check it out! Definitely need to learn more about the platform
Never hurts to learn and grow!
Welcome on board!
Can't wait to see more...
Thank you!
Wow these images are absolutely amazing, the first one would have to be my favourite! Welcome to hive! 😎
Thanks for the warm welcome :)
Amazing shots!
Welcome to hive 😊
Thanks for the warm welcome!
Hi Marcin. Welcome to HIVE. You certainly came in with some fantastic photos. I can't wait to see and learn more about you.
Thank you! And likewise
Hey Marcin, glad the delegation was enough to get you going! :) Your work is incredible so it's great to see you on here!
Really appreciate the help getting started yesterday!
Not a problem at all! Looks like you'll be good to go when the rewards from this post come in :D
Welcome, Amazing photos!
Thank you!
Hello from a fellow Californian. Beautiful photos! Looking forward to seeing more here. Cheers!
Thank you! Tahoe is a beautiful place to live, I need to make it out there this winter
Good photos! Welcome to the Hive community! 👈🏻😎👈🏻
Thank you!
Welcome to the Hive community @mrcnzajac!
Thank you for onboarding this young man @tristan.todd!
I am also from California.
We sincerely hope you find everything you are looking for and have found a new home here.
Seven suggestions to consider:
I found you because @brittandjosie and @jamerussell from @heyhaveyamet presented and promoted your publication to get more exposure and help you grow faster.
If you find yourself overwhelmed and need some guidance, or if you have any questions, there are informed Hiveans available who can help you; you can click to go to The Terminal in Discord here:
Have fun and happy Hiving!
Thank you!
Great images! Seems like I come across more and more developers/software engineers that escape their code editor to capture the world with a camera!
That's very true, I know many personally!
Awesome shots, keep sharing your work and i would like to know your gear and the process for landscape, specially night photography, greetings from Cuba.
Hey! I shoot with a Nikon D800 and either Tamron 15-30 or 24-70. I plan on writing more detailed post on my astrophotography specifically, let me know if that would be interesting!
Yes, love to know
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Welcome Marcin! 😊 Beautiful photographs you shared there. Looking forward to seeing some more 🤩
Thank you!
I'm from Ca. 👊🏼 How north are those photos, is that the Shasta area?
Welcome to Hive.
The shots I posted are from: Utah, New Mexico and Yosemite! I've shot in Shasta area before though. Where in California are you based?
I'm writing this from the east coast. We've been out of the country since 2017 but due to covid we're in the penalty box. Didn't think we'd be here this long actually.
I've been home twice in 4 years—Long Beach.
Amazing photography ... what kind of software do you work on?
Thank you! Ironically I work for a large social media company (yes, that one)
well if you do js and ux/ui stuff... let's chat. hahaha
PeakD.com started because the founders connection via photography btw
Anyway on another note posting the same post into several communities doesn't work very well on Hive. There are crossposts on peakd.com but it's not meant for exploiting the earning potential. Also i'd be careful people get sensitive about that and may start downvoting if they see you trying to earn 3 times off of the same content. Plenty of little quirks to learn about the present culture of people using Hive hope that helps.
Haha, I'm more of a backend guy (C++/python) :). And yes, I learned that posting to more than community is frowned upon. My frame of reference was reddit where this is normal, because each subreddit is independent, but now I know things work differently here.
It's all good. I hope there is an actual blockchai feature for crosspost in the future
Cześć Marcin!
Pozdrawiam :)
Welcome to Hive, Marcin! @mrcnzajac
The term astrophotography is new to me. However based on your incredible photographs, you appear to be an expert at it! 💫🌌🔭
Thank you!
Fantastic, great photos. The angle of the shot and the blending of each element, bring these photos to life.
Thank you
Wow, the first picture looks like a set in a sci-fi movie, from Mars.
Love it. 😍
Welcome @mrcnzajac. What a beautiful images, I'm looking forward to seeing more!
Thank you!
The second picture looks like from an outer planet , so cool! You are talented, welcome to Hive and have a happy 2022🤗
Thank you!
These images are all over the internet. How do you know they are yours?
How do I know? Or how do others know? Clearly I know since I took them.
Welcome to Hive.
Happy New year.
Thank you!
Uff, that's some stunning work, Marcin! Welcome to Hive and I surely hope to see more of your work soon!
Thank you! I do plan on posting more
Beautiful photography!
Thank you!
These are some amazing images well done. I look forward to seeing more welcome to hive!
Thank you!
Wow, welcome. This is great photography. Cali baby!
Thank you!
Welcome to Hive. I hope you will have fun with us.
Awesome pictures by the way!
Thank you!
So lovely!
Welcome to Hive! Those pictures are insanely cool, I love them.
I look forward to seeing some more work and posts from you, good luck on your adventures.
Thank you!
Welcome to hive @mrcnzajac hope you are enjoying your stay!.
I am, thank you!
You welcome.
Welcome to Hive! and the Photography Lovers group, they made me feel welcome as I am sure you are finding as well!
These photos are amazing, its the type of shooting I would love attempt one day.
Thank you!
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Added Hive to my bio at https://twitter.com/mrcnzajac
Thank you.
The account has been verified now:
https://hivewatchers.com/verifications?utf8=%E2%9C%93&verification%5Busername_search%5D=mrcnzajac