I looked through my latest photos from a walk around the city in Christmas time and chose a dozen to process and have some Photoshop fun. The results are below. (This time I attach no original colour versions, pure monochrome as it is).
The cast-iron yard grate is being transformed behind my camera. The recipe for a successful photo is easy, consider you have the following elements : night / lamps lighting, long exposure (with or without tripod), fresh sticky wet snow - and of course, monochrome conversion. (I will not claim this was "the most ordinary lattice grate", no - it was unusual, patterned, forged. But still).
Two girls dancing (and shooting the video) near the Gogol monument.
Same spot - view from the back.
Two cellists play for passers-by in a dark and nasty tunnel under the street. A powerful means of ennobling space!
Another panorama of Nevsky avenue.
The entrance to an ordinary residential courtyard... took on an unusual appearance on the occasion of Christmas - all the passers-by stopped, came in to check, and every second one took a photo! Beauty attracts the folks, our hearts are still drawn to it :)))))
Blizzard. View at Moyka river bridge.
Walking at the Palace Square.
At the skating ring (the evening has not become dark yet).
Same spot at the skating-ring. A fabulous eye contact! Well, kind of ;)
At this one let me round up my blog, hope my selection delivered to you some monochrome delights/entertainment. See you next time!
| location: | St.Petersburg, Russia | December 2024 | natural light |
| camera/lens: | Canon 5D | Canon 16-35mm, 70-200mm | raw-conv |
All images taken by me, copyright (c) 
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