While scrolling through my feed I noticed a post from @melinda010100 promoting another Red Color contest in the Photo-essay community. Usually, when I see such type of contests, I quietly pass by, because they, huh, seem rather dull... but not this time. I made an exception cause haven't participated in a long while and miss it, a bit. Alas, the topic of photo contests on the Hive seems a little faded, especially compared to what it was 5 years ago (though not completely dried up... yet). Which is of course quite sad - because it is an honest indicator of activity.
I could easily fill the post with Fly Agaric photos - that was my very 1st idea where to go. But instead I looked in my recent folder and immediately found another entry. (You will see it at the end of the post). It is a cute little 2-cent stamp... and I could easily fill the rest of the blog with (various and interesting) stamps, but I found it boring. So instead, I opened my #streetphoto folder and looked at what I had...
袩褉芯褋屑邪褌褉懈胁邪褟 褋胁芯褞 谢械薪褌褍, 褟 蟹邪屑械褌懈谢 锌芯褋褌 芯褌 屑芯械谐芯 写褉褍谐邪 袦械谢懈薪写褘, 褉械泻谢邪屑懈褉褍褞褖懈泄 泻芯薪泻褍褉褋 胁 褋芯芯斜褖械褋褌胁械 褎芯褌芯-褝褋褋械. 袣邪泻 锌褉邪胁懈谢芯 胁懈写褟 锌芯写芯斜薪褘械 泻芯薪泻褍褉褋褘 褋 褑胁械褌芯屑 褟 褌懈褏芯 锌褉芯褏芯卸褍 屑懈屑芯, 锌芯褌芯屑褍 褔褌芯 芯薪懈, 薪褍, 泻邪卸褍褌褋褟 褋谢懈褕泻芯屑 锌褉芯褋褌褘屑懈. 袗 褌褍褌 褉械褕懈谢 褋写械谢邪褌褜 懈褋泻谢褞褔械薪懈械 - 写邪胁薪芯 薪械 褍褔邪褋褌胁芯胁邪谢, 褋芯褋泻褍褔懈谢褋褟... 褍胁褘, 褌械屑邪 褎芯褌芯-泻芯薪泻褍褉褋芯胁 薪邪 校谢褜械 泻邪卸械褌褋褟 褋谢械谐泻邪 褍胁褟写褕械泄, 芯褋芯斜械薪薪芯 锌芯 褋褉邪胁薪械薪懈褞 褋 褌械屑 褔褌芯 斜褘谢芯 5 谢械褌 薪邪蟹邪写 (褏芯褌褟 懈 薪械 胁芯胁褋械 蟹邪褋芯褏褕械泄... 锌芯泻邪 械褖械). 效褌芯 泻芯薪械褔薪芯 写芯胁芯谢褜薪芯 谐褉褍褋褌薪芯 - 懈斜芯 褝褌芯 褔械褋褌薪褘泄 懈薪写懈泻邪褌芯褉 邪泻褌懈胁薪芯褋褌懈.
孝邪泻 懈谢懈 懈薪邪褔械, 褟 胁褘斜褉邪谢 褋胁芯褞 褟褔械泄泻褍 屑芯屑械薪褌邪谢褜薪芯 (械械 胁褘 褍胁懈写懈褌械 胁 泻芯薪褑械 锌芯褋褌邪). 协褌芯 屑邪谢械薪褜泻邪褟 褋懈屑锌邪褌懈褔薪邪褟 2-褑械薪褌芯胁邪褟 屑邪褉泻邪... 懈 褟 谢械谐泻芯 屑芯谐 斜褘 蟹邪锌芯谢薪懈褌褜 (褉邪蟹薪褘屑懈 懈 懈薪褌械褉械褋薪褘屑懈) 屑邪褉泻邪屑懈 芯褋褌邪褌芯泻 斜谢芯谐邪, 薪芯 褝褌芯 锌芯泻邪蟹邪谢芯 屑薪械 褋泻褍褔薪褘屑. 袩芯褝褌芯屑褍 胁屑械褋褌芯 褌芯谐芯 褟 芯褌泻褉褘谢 褋胁芯褞 锌邪锌泻褍 #streetphoto 懈 锌芯褋屑芯褌褉械谢, 褔褌芯 褍 屑械薪褟 懈屑械械褌褋褟...
May 9 is the Victory Day - scene during the festive demonstration. All around was covered with loads of red, the folks carried flags and badges, I took a lot of photos of which I selected this one, with baby sitting on her Dad shoulders. I remembered that many many moons ago I acted the same... Charming!
Below is uncropped version of the photo.
Pizzeria counter. Nothing special except of required red color 馃巿 but I enjoyed the colour contrasts and the angle. 馃槑
A vintage earring (not sure what gem it is, but nothing ultra rare/expensive).
The cup of coffee late at January night.... was astonishing red!
Canada is the country of maples, right? and the maple leaves can be astonishing red... but it is not the right time to capture red maples.
Actually, I wanted to round up my post with something different, and closed my #streetphoto folder for this.
King George V in vintage Canada stamp. Isnt it a beautiful work of art! By the way, did you know that the British ruling dynasty and the Russian Romanov family, including the last Russian emperor, are related? King George V looked very similar to Nicholas II, who was his cousin by mother's side. When I bought this stamp, my wife exclaimed in surprise: wow! what (emperor) Nicholas I is doing on a Canadian stamp? lol.