St.Petersburg in monochromes - 10 photos from December

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).

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Two girls dancing (and shooting the video) near the Gogol monument.

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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!

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Another panorama of Nevsky avenue.

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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 :)))))

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Blizzard. View at Moyka river bridge.

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Walking at the Palace Square.

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At the skating ring (the evening has not become dark yet).

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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

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