wednesday walk at St.Petersburg - ice hills in the park (12 foto)

This is a post to go with #WednesdayWalk challenge by @tattoodjay. All pictures taken by me. Everything you see in this post is from yesterday's walk with 150mm macro telephoto.

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Greetings to everyone who visited my blog! Yesterday was a good day, at least for the most part, I've got so much to show and tell. Although in the morning the sky consisted of gray clouds and it was difficult for me to go outdoors. Nevertheless, I took a camera and two batteries, which I did not regret. So, having breakfast and dressed warmly, we went to school. My daughter went to her classes to study, I went to follow her and took some pictures afterwards.

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With such a severe frost and a vile-sized daylight hours - this is sheer extreme, and having it a few times per day make it even worse ... and photos under such poor lighting turn out pretty unimpressing. But then Photoshop comes to rescue - its adding warm light and colors, and life becomes much more attractive, nine in the morning turns into all ten, or even eleven ... (the photo above is what the camera gave by default, and below - as I saw it, in the evening, during the post-processing of my photo-trophies).

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I cannot but note that I am still being under the idea of split-toning images, I study the previously opened tabs with articles on this subject and come to interesting knowledge; it turns out, there are many things, I was in the know already for a long time, intuitively, I just did not know they are named so. The "split-toning" tab in Photoshop, which I used to bypass usually as incomprehensible and of little use, now becomes a very understandable and useful tool. But you shouldn't stick it everywhere either.

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On the way back there was a real extreme - at the tram stop I almost froze to death, waiting for the tram. Feels like I thought I spent 40 minutes there (but in fact, 20). Being in such condition, I didn't really want to shoot anything. And later, when I almost returned home, in a nearby yard I met a couple of interesting fresh graffiti:

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The caption says: "The poetry is in the streets." Apparently, it means that only here, on the streets, it is a real fat thing, and the one you may find reading books is just... so-so. Or maybe not. Maybe I interpreted it this way, purely to the extent of my photographic depravity and lack of literary centrism. Anything interesting and meaningful.

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And next to the 1st one, there was another one, very touchy, very simple: "2020 go home (and fuck you), 2021 save me!" Really a cry from someone's heart!... Then I came home, made a coffee, warmed myself ... and after I spent half an hour with a book on a couch - my baby's educational process was over, and it was time to go out again.

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And then instead of "let's go home, you have to do a lot of your homework" - we went to the park and rode down the ice hills. Here, at St.Petersburg, you would want to use every sunny day to the fullest... My 150mm lens is dedicated macro and it refuses to focus on fast moving figures, but I still managed to get some interesting captures. At this point my 2nd second spare battery came in handy and helped me to get the tropheis.

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There were some excellent shadows there to hunt for ( I will create a separate post in the Sh.Hunters community with that stuff).

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And here are the last two cards that I photographed today. Back to the courtyards, into the shade and lack of light. A luxurious cat (which, however, did not let me get closer to him, although he was home - judging by the strap around his neck). Ash, with white stockings.

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And those two little black birds on the branches, that I noticed in the yard. Either blackbirds or sparrows. How do you like the colors after I have processed the .raw file? It would be interesting to hear the opinion of professionals whether this can be filmed with a smartphone or not. Personally, I especially liked this capture, consider it to be the best shot of the whole day (mostly for its unusual and very pleasurable light).

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The last photo goes as a bonus - to round up my post; this is the whistle I found in the park during our walk. Cool thing! Vintage. Its heavy, brass, real thing - "today they do not produce them like this anymore". It has an inscription 'St.Petersburg' and an abbreviation MWIF.... I could not figure out what it stands for, exactly... it seems Google does not know it too! I am very curious and hooked.

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Thanks for walking with me, see you next time!
Надеюсь, вам было приятно прогуляться со мной по улицам Петербурга!

all images taken with Canon 5D + Sigma 150mm
location: St.Petersburg, Russia
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