I am in Russia, not much of a place for Halloween, but we did the best we could do spending money on candy and this pumpkin we carved. Halloweeny enough?
The second carving is a famous Russian cartoon character. Chyeburashka!
The bronze Horseman, without the horseman
•October 30, 2009 • Leave a CommentThe Bronze Horseman, one of the great symbols of the city of Petersburg.
Peter the Great, one of the greatest Russian Tsars mounted on a horse looking out into the distance. A visionary man, who decided to build a great city on the swamps of Northern Russian. A city seen as the window to the west.
The city summed up in a sentence. “Saint Petersburg is Russia, but not Russian.”
The Bronze Horseman, character of Pushkin’s poetry.
Brilliance!
This first shot is not necessarily well composed, it is just to give a context of the statue.
Sunday Stills: The Letter “C” (Russian Style)
•October 18, 2009 • 3 CommentsRussian is a slavic language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet. There are few letters like our latin characters, but some sound differently.
In Russia’s alphabet, there is a letter “C” which sounds like an “S” in english. Because I am studying abroad in Saint Petersburg which in fact starts of with a “C”, Санкт Петербург, pronounced something like “Sankt Pyetyerboorg,” I am staying true to the Russian Language.
I think with this photo I cover pretty much the whole alphabet, but If you can find the “C” (located almos in the center under the “H” and to the right of the “P”) it has a picture of a dog. The word for dog in Russian is собака (pronounced Sobaka).
The next image illustrates the word “Скульптура” ( Skulptura) which means sculpture.
Please enjoy!
The Village of Bol’shie Koty
•October 6, 2009 • 2 CommentsThese are a selection of photos taken on a two day trip to Lake Baikal in Siberia.
This is the deepest fresh water lake in the world for those who don’t know. It contains more water than all the great lakes in the US and it also the cleanest lake in the world. Many efforts are being made to preserve the lake especially trying to reduce the effects of global warming which harm the unique species living in this Ecosystem.
Experimenting, not always a bad thing
•October 2, 2009 • 1 CommentSo I decided to try panning for a change. Here in Petersburg! Right near my metro station as I walk back from school!
This is the outcome!
I now have internet at home so I can now write, upload, and post unlike the hurried post and log out scheme I previously adopted. I look forwart to adding another Sunday Stills. Thanks for viewing once again!
Sunday Stills: Signs of Fall
•September 24, 2009 • 8 CommentsI am in a rather huge city at the moment, but my signs of fall as well as winter started on my trip to Большие Коты. Leaves were yellow, no reds yet. But it’s a sign. The snow fall was another story.
I have to say I am glad to be back on track with this. I still don’t have an internet connection at my homestay, but I will be doing my best to post earlier than the weekend, but that means I have to start early on photography. I will apologize for my slacking. Thanks for dropping a line!
