This is one of the two lions, which is located on Cape Yelagin Island. What is he doing here, you ask? It guards the entrance to the Neva delta from the Gulf of Finland. I suggest you take a walk along this embankment. It stretches along the southern side of the island along the riverbed of the Neva. During the day there is a lot of sun here and the townspeople love to walk here, sit, dream and just relax.
The waters of the Neva are still muddy, but the ice has already melted. True, the ice drift will still be in May, when the ice of Lake Ladoga will float along the Neva. At this time, it usually gets colder.
And here you see the remains of the pier for ships and boats. Once this powerful ring was used for mooring. Everything is changing.
And this is the gateway. The island has 9 lakes inside, which are connected by channels and the water level is maintained with the help of locks. And the water of the lakes communicates with the Neva.
What do you think the purpose of this building is? If you don't know ahead of time, it's almost impossible to guess. It's... a toilet.
Yes, these are not plastic cabins of dry closets for you. It's monumental architecture 🤣
And this is my favorite oak. It is young and very beautiful at any time of the year.
At first I just took a picture, but then I added two more and it turned out to be a panorama of 3 frames.
And here is one of the lakes, we go deeper into the island. We wanted to taste chebureks.
As you can see, in the depths of the island, the lakes are still covered with ice, but this does not interfere with the work to strengthen the shore.
Я не могу дать вам попробовать вкус этого чебурека, но поверьте, он прекрасен. Также прекрасен как и кетчуп.
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| Camera | Sony A7М2 |
| Lens | Helios-40-2 ОKS 1-22-1 |
| Location | Russia |
| Post-production | in LR |
Manual processing in Lightroom