Picture a Day: living with ancient creatures around
The photo goes for this week #Photofeed #streetphoto challenge - Round 160.
What in this photo matters most, me thinks, is the location where it was captured: the Egypt Bridge at St.Petersburg (of course). This bridge is in a remote area of the city, and I don't find myself there very often. When I found myself there six years ago, I was carrying two lenses: a 16mm fisheye and a standard Canon 70-300mm telephoto lens. I chose the latter to take pics.
Of course, the telephoto lens helped me to capture only fragments of the bridge (namely, portraits of the sphinxes themselves). No matter how hard I tried to move back to photograph the entire bridge, I couldn't, it did not fit. However, I did manage to capture a portrait of the sphinx "in an interior," that is, against the backdrop of the city and passersby.
I distinctly remember camping awaiting for several minutes for these rare passersby to enliven my shot. Certain details like the green curtain concealing the major renovation of the building in the background and the shabby, rusty roofs — in my opinion, they add value to the shot and help convey the spirit of the city. I haven't been to the Egyptian Bridge since then... most likely, the place looks different today: everything has been restored and freshly painted — and thus looks less pleasing to my eye.
На этом фото самое главное для меня - сама локация: это Египетский Мост (в Санкт-Петербурге, конечно же). Он находится в удаленном от меня районе, я редко там бываю. Одним июньским днем 6 лет назад я оказался там, с двумя стеклами в сумке: рыбьим глазом и банальным телевиком 70-300mm. Последний я и выбрал чтобы сделать несколько снимков. В основном, получилось снять лишь отдельные фрагменты (портреты самих сфинксов). Как я ни старался отойти подальше, чтобы свести в картинку весь мост - он не влезал :) но портрет сфинкса "в интерьере", то есть на фоне города и прохожих, я считаю, мне удался.
Отчетливо помню свои эмоции, как несколько минут ждал этих редких прохожих, чтобы они оживили мой кадр. Такие ингредиенты, как зеленая занавеска, маскирующая капитальный ремонт дома на заднем плане, обшарпанные ржавые крыши - на мой взгляд, добавляют ценности кадру и помогают передать дух города. Я давно не был у Египетского моста ... скорее всего, сегодня это место выглядит иначе: всё отреставрировано и свеже покрашено... и гораздо меньше радует глаз.
| location: | St.Petersburg, Russia | June 2020 | natural light |
| camera/lens: | Canon 5dm3 | Canon 70-300mm | raw-conv |
| f/4.5 | t 1/200 | ISO 100 | -- |
Thanks for walking with me, see you next time!
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Nicely done! Patience is a virtue to the photographer, and the telephoto lens sure paid off there that day. Interesting that they have an Egyptian Bridge there equipped with a sphinx! Awesome shot!
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Oye extraordinario toma , es una foto muy genuina con un colorido agradable.
Grazie! 🙏
Египетский мост, лол😁 у нас в городе есть "бруклинский мост"
ФОТО, или я не поверю!!!
!BEER
Вот он) еле нашел у себя, 2015 года фото.
Находится тут - https://yandex.ru/maps/67/tomsk/geo/bruklinskiy_most/1912617341/?ll=85.075879%2C56.468648&z=20
в натуре Бруклинский 😂 👍
И я там был, мед пиво пил, по усам текло а в рот не попало ))
(Я все 4 дня там пил пиво и мало что помню из поездки) 😂
Сейчас я не пью, надо летом обновить свой жёсткий диск )
!BEER
вот как! а какая связь? копишь денег , экономишь на элитном бухле что ли?
или это образно выражаешься, а "жестким диском" свое тело обозвал?
В основном всегда образно выражаюсь, но на английском это точно не получится.
Жеский диск это моя память, я очень забывчивый и последняя поездка вообще стерлась ) это типа надо снова в Питер!
The building is extraordinarily beautiful, the street gave the view a unique view.
This is definitely an amazing shot
😍😘 🙏🙏🙏
You're welcome.