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Photo by Ruslana, photographer. Everything and anything: ………. Published 01.07.2022.
Comments 25
01.07.2022 11:21
No St. Isaac's Cathedral for you, no Peter and Paul Fortress for me! It's somehow gloomy and not very cozy, in typical St. Petersburg style.
Vera Petri
Vera Petri 1,055.05
01.07.2022 11:28
Like it
Valerija Strunnikova
01.07.2022 11:53
A wonderful, truly St. Petersburg composition!!!!!!!!! Almost like Dostoevsky...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Prete Rosso 189.52
02.07.2022 03:31
cool, of course!
Viktor Kirillov
02.07.2022 09:57
It's good of course, but if only the sky were a little darker and instead of the pot-bellied man, there would be a fragile schoolgirl, and if the wind blew her hat with ribbons, and her hair...
Ruslana
Ruslana 157.98
04.07.2022 09:58
That's good, of course, but if only the sky were a little darker, and instead of the pot-bellied man, I'd have a fragile schoolgirl, and if the wind blew her hat with ribbons, and her hair...
Viktor Kirillov, well, I agree about the man, but the schoolgirl is again a man's taste))
Viktor Kirillov
04.07.2022 10:09
Viktor Kirillov, well, I agree about the little man, but the schoolgirl is again for a man's taste))
Ruslana, Well, actually, I'm more talking about the sky and the piercing WIND, even if it is a little man, but then with a fluttering overcoat (like Bashmachkin)
04.07.2022 11:32
Ruslana, Actually, I'm more talking about the sky and the piercing wind. Even if it's a man, he'll have a fluttering coat (like Bashmachkin).
Viktor Kirillov, the sky doesn't need to be darker. The overcast is perfectly visible. But if you raise the sky's dynamic range, you might overdo it, and the atmosphere and airiness will disappear.
Viktor Kirillov
04.07.2022 12:17
Viktor Kirillov, the sky doesn't need to be darker. The overcast is perfectly visible. But if you raise the sky's DD, you'll overdo it, and the atmosphere and airiness will be lost.
Inversed Men,
Why do you need "atmosphere and airiness"? Maybe you need the leaden, dank atmosphere of Dostoevsky's Petersburg?
04.07.2022 12:39
Inversed Men,
Why do we need "atmosphericity and airiness"? Maybe we need the leadenness and dankness of Dostoevsky's Petersburg?
Viktor Kirillov, leadenness and dankness, I tell you, are such a nightmare that we can easily do without them.
Viktor Kirillov
04.07.2022 12:55
Viktor Kirillov, leadenness and dankness, I tell you, are such a nightmare that you can easily do without them.
Inversed Men,
Well, okay, if you can do without the accordion, let it be "airiness", I withdraw my claims to drama, but do you need to add WIND, or is that also not original?
04.07.2022 13:22
Inversed Men,
Well, okay, if we can do without the accordion, let it be "airiness," I'll retract my claims to drama, but do we need to add WIND, or is that not original either?
Viktor Kirillov, yes, you could just write: "west wind - 3 m/sec, with gusts up to 12 m/sec. :)"
Viktor Kirillov
04.07.2022 15:54
Viktor Kirillov, yes, you could simply write: "westerly wind - 3 m/sec, with gusts up to 12 m/sec. :)"
Inversed Men,
With westerly wind gusts of 12 m/sec, the frame should show leaves in the PVU breaking off and flying east.
04.07.2022 18:00
Inversed Men,
With westerly wind gusts of 12 m/sec, you should see leaves in the frame breaking off and flying eastward from the PVU.
Viktor Kirillov, I beg you! Look, the Ministry of Emergency Situations warned that gusts of up to 17 m/sec will hit tomorrow, so what? Will all the trees be bare the day after tomorrow?
And really, I want to ask: "Dear guests, aren't you fed up with your hosts?"
Viktor Kirillov
04.07.2022 18:12
[quote]Viktor Kirillov, I beg you! Look, the Ministry of Emergency Situations warned that gusts up to 17 m/s tomorrow, so what? Will all the trees be bare the day after tomorrow?

Inversed Men,
Of course they're bare, I've seen them so many times in January, even without wind.
And how can we possibly be annoying? Well, we lazily and good-naturedly talk about art, making things beautiful, who cares?
04.07.2022 18:31
Viktor Kirillov, I beg you! Look, the Ministry of Emergency Situations warned that gusts up to 17 m/s tomorrow, so what? Will all the trees be bare the day after tomorrow?

Inversed Men,
Of course they're bare; I've seen them so many times in January, even without wind.
And how can we possibly be annoying? Well, we lazily and good-naturedly talk about art, making things beautiful; who cares?
Viktor Kirillov, Basically, we're already talking nonsense. A photograph, in my opinion, should be taken (or not taken) as it was taken. If you're expecting some Smolensk woman here, in a hat and cape, you could end up there forever. And adding anything to it isn't for this author. And the sky, if you make it worse, will look "like everyone else's" when photographing St. Petersburg views on a cloudy day. For some reason, everyone thinks it's essential to show a gloomy sky, and the gloomier it is, the better.
Viktor Kirillov
04.07.2022 18:38
Viktor Kirillov, Basically, we're already talking nonsense. A photograph, in my opinion, should be taken (or not taken) as it's taken. If you're expecting some Smolyanka here, in a hat and cape, you could end up there forever. And adding anything is not for this author. And the sky, if we make it worse, will look "like everyone else's" who photographs St. Petersburg views on a cloudy day. For some reason, everyone thinks it's essential to show a gloomy sky, and the gloomier it is, the better.
Inversed Men,
Well, the Author always has the option of listening to us and doing it their way, or not listening and doing it my way.
04.07.2022 18:43
Inversed Men,
Well, the Author always has the option of listening to us and doing it his way, or not listening and doing it my way.
Viktor Kirillov, Well, we haven't even started framing yet... But if I were the Author, I'd tell us to leave already. And finally, I'm done talking here.
Viktor Kirillov
04.07.2022 18:48
Viktor Kirillov, Well, we haven't even started cropping yet... But if I were the author, I'd tell us to get lost already. And I'm done blabbering here.
Inversed Men,
There was a lot to talk about here, and that's partly thanks to the author. I just tagged another St. Petersburg photo with my nasty comment. Try saying something about it, if you can.

Wow, you already...
Ruslana
Ruslana 157.98
05.07.2022 09:05
Inversed Men,
Viktor Kirillov, yes, feel free to chat as much as you like, and I welcome criticism, although I'm unlikely to go and reshoot it, unless I have the opportunity.
Viktor Kirillov
05.07.2022 09:14
Inversed Men,
Viktor Kirillov, yes, feel free to chat as much as you like, and I welcome criticism, although I doubt I'll go and reshoot it unless I have the opportunity.
Ruslana,
But you don't have to reshoot the whole thing, just add some details. But I understand you're a fan of "pure photography" and don't use Photoshop.
Ruslana
Ruslana 157.98
05.07.2022 11:33
Ruslana,
But you don't have to reshoot the entire photo, just add some details. But I understand you're a fan of "pure photography" and don't use Photoshop.
Viktor Kirillov, Yes, I don't use Photoshop; I don't want to, and I'm lazy.

I recently formulated my motto here: laziness in Photoshop is the engine of progress in photography.
Viktor Kirillov
05.07.2022 11:41
Viktor Kirillov, yes, I don't use Photoshop, I don't want to, and I'm lazy))
I recently formulated my motto here: laziness in Photoshop is the engine of progress in photography))
Ruslana,
I wish you success on the difficult path of a reporter.
Ruslana
Ruslana 157.98
05.07.2022 12:23
Ruslana,
Good luck to you on the difficult path of being a reporter.
Viktor Kirillov, a reporter is a news purveyor, and I'm certainly not one.
Viktor Kirillov
05.07.2022 12:29
Viktor Kirillov, a reporter is a newsgatherer, and I'm definitely not one))
Ruslana,
I'm talking about the reporter's (sports, not staged) method of filming.