One from the very old part of my digital archives: from the 2nd time I traveled across the Ladoga lake skerries. We just obtained the Canon 350D camera, and especially for this travel I got my 2nd lens

Greetings, Hiveans! Today I want to share summer vibes from July, 2024. A friend of mine came to the city of St.Petersburg for a weekend with his family, and I was happy to show them a few spectacular

Greetings, Hiveans! A pleasure to see one of my favourite contests — Alphabet Hunt — is back to life, now run in Bangladesh community (check the rules and bravely join in). This week was for D; my's picks:

Greetings! Today I’m sharing a brief photo report on an encounter with—and observation of—a creature that was new to me. Yes, it’s a caterpillar again! (For some reason, this summer has been incredibly

Enjoying the Baltic sea seaside near Terijoki town. My post goes for Photofeed #landscape challenge, Round 189 location: Terijoki, Russia April 2026 natural light camera/lens: Canon 5dm3 Canon 70-200mm

Capture was taken at the Nevsky avenue - the central and most fashionable street of the city. Even in nighthours it is full of live and action; tho I must admit -- you cant see much customers. What I

Greetings, Hiveans! A pleasure to see one of my favourite contests — Alphabet Hunt — is back to life, now run in Bangladesh community (check the rules and bravely join in). I tried to fit into 6 words

Today I share a few art pieces I brought from an art exhibition I visited back in 2025. I did not plan my visit well, was invited all of a sudden -- thus borrowed no camera with me. All the shots you see

For this round of the challenge I present a wonderful caterpillar I encountered this summer -- for the first time in my life. It was caterpillar of an elephant hawk moth - considered to be a rare specie.

Greetings, Hiveans! A pleasure to see one of my favourite contests — Alphabet Hunt — is back to life, now run in Bangladesh community (check the rules and bravely join in). I tried to fit myself into 6

A gloomy autumn landscape from St.Petersburg. I rarely manage to photograph the early morning — clear and bathed in sunlight, let alone having an interesting landscape — since its 100% chance I’m still

This was my capture No. 6666 from 2025, just a funny number with a bit of some evil aftertaste. 😈 Happened to be a portrait of a fire jiggler woman. The portrait itself might not be outstanding — it turned

At the cycling track. I like that facial expression, the focus, the effort. That’s exactly what sport is about! My post goes for Photofeed #streetphoto contest, Round 187 location: St.Petersburg, Russia

This was shot on the last day of Summer, when we were leaving our village place and moved back to the city. Our poppies crop became a precious props for me, as you can see in this proof-pic. I packed the

Greetings, Hiveans! My pleasure to invite you for a little walk across the St.Petersburg railway. I went to meet a friend, the weather was nice and I took the chance to point camera at the life going on.

На днях случайно наткнулся на видео-интервью с современным российским фотографом Гошей Бергалом, мастером репортажной / документальной фотографии. С интересом послушал его ответы на вопросы о жанре

A few details to back the visuals with a story. This plant is not precisely a strawberry, but something different; our good neighbor shared its seeds with us, referring to it as a "Chinese

I adore poppies, as you probably know. Recently the heavens sent me a huge armful of wilted poppies, and I became richer by several bouquets of this precious photography prop. This is my third (and I swear

Let me share some new stuff for this week of #threetunetuesday, that I've been acquainted with recently. The artists names worth your attention: New Composers, Plastic Bertrand, Nouvelle Vague, Agatha

I spent a half day feeling myself a caterpillar shepherd. Eventually, I noticed three editions of this caterpillar (which I identified as 'Elephant Hawk moth' (in Russian: 'бражник винный'). Those caterpillars