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shared by hauntedheights on 2024-04-02eternal whispers series (Nov. 2023) self portrait with my partner II on lomochrome purple (120mm)
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Rameses the Cat selling fruits
shared by rodiongork on 2024-01-11Well, Rameses the Pharaoh simply was laying on a sill with his head put onto the edge of the bowl with fruits.
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Wisdom statue at Marble Palace
shared by rodiongork on 2024-02-06There was an exhibition of art (mostly paintings) by artists belonging to "Filonov school" (first half of XX century, USSR). At one large hall there was such a statue, called Wisdom.
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Peter the Gull
shared by rodiongork on 2024-02-09Famous verse starts as follows "A wave-swept shore, remote, forlorn: // Here stood he, rapt in thought and drawn // To distant prospects. Broad and chartless // The river ran, along it borne..." - it is about Peter the Great, founder of the city. Here the gull seemingly portrays this person.
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Lost Church 2
shared by rodiongork on 2024-02-09The churches are usually "height dominants" but here it is inverse. This church was built perhaps 20 years ago, but recently area around it was cleared and large buildings are being erected.
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Anna - one of my students
shared by rodiongork on 2024-02-09A number of my students would like to play guitar after lessons. Anna - one of those. Actually I was trying my new setup - Practica from 1952 (some variation of the first model) and Pentacon lens - bit too overexposed (moreover I tried stand development).
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Midsummer-night's Dream - at some local theatre
shared by rodiongork on 2024-02-12We have watched this 400+ year old play here. Play itself is somewhat surrealistic (and it was so even at Shakespeare's times) so it is always a difficult question how to present it. This time decorations included interior of some dilapidated swimming pool (with a boy dancing hustle in it) and few shining pipes in organ-like manner, which, when lowered, represented forest scenes. Strange, but not that bad.
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Zombie-Apocalypse begins at nearby park
shared by rodiongork on 2024-02-12This small road at the local park is illuminated with lanterns along the side, but generally that's all. Road ends with steep descent to the football field - and here was some late youth training match this day - so additional eerie upper light of it is visible. Shot with f/4.5 1/10sec with camera pressed against some pole.
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Peter-and-Paul Fortress against Martian invasion
shared by rodiongork on 2024-02-12Just typical look of Peter-and-Paul Fortress - historical origin of the city - at evening / night. Can't say for sure why this search-light is on, supposedly it is due to commemoration of the Siege of Leningrad (same city, former name) 80 years ago.
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Alexandra, one of my students, and her new haircut
shared by rodiongork on 2024-02-17Alexandra made change to her hairstyle during winter vacations and hence I decided to try capturing her modern "look".
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Squirrel testing my new Telemegor 5.5/180 lens
shared by rodiongork on 2024-03-04I just bought Telemegor 5.5/180 lens for my early Praktica (Meyer-Goerlitz, also from about 1951) and went to the park to test it on something. There was no much luck until the last point of the route where I have found this squirrel. Look how this lens makes "whirlpools" of the background on close range (about 2m) and full apperture!
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Dora the Dog in the winter park
shared by rodiongork on 2024-02-17We do at least 730 walks with the dog during the year and naturally sometimes I'm trying to take pictures of her. This was bright morning-closer-to-noon with the sun in tenderly clouded sky (just in front)
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Vasily, one of my students
shared by rodiongork on 2024-02-17Vasily took guitar to play a bit after lesson, I asked one of the girls to hold the tabletop lamp close at left and made few shots from the low point.
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Sonya the cos-player at Palace Square
shared by rodiongork on 2024-03-04Actually I met two stranger's named Sophia this day - both at Dvortsovaya Square. This one was trying to record video of her dance, but was hampered by people passing at background. Thus I asked to allow taking her photo meanwhile.
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Praktiflex - early version with self-falling…
shared by rodiongork on 2024-04-03I already had a couple Praktiflexes - they are among the earliest SLR cameras for 35mm film (preceded only by Kine Exacta and Sport - but being more praktical than these) - but both items I had were of the "2nd version" with button at front and sticky mirror (so you can't see anything when shutter is not wound). Interesting that earlier version (before 1947) was made with self-falling mirror - and here I bought it (for about $40) at last. It is in working condition, I'll show pictures from it later. It operates curiously - as you start pressing the button, mirror starts moving up, it is directly linked to this button obviously - so it comparatively slowly raises as you push - and when it reaches top - shutter is released. When button is released, it is brought back down by weak spring. Probably this was seen upon as inconvenience by camera designers, so the second version (which later transferred to early prakticas) was made. Shot with 5mm macro-ring. f/16 about 1sec.
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