Kiev

[pecunium]

I've been going through some older images (a couple of years back) and I'll be uploading them in coherent batches.

The first one is from Sofiskaya Ploshad, in Kiev.

A teaser:

Comments

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful.

[bifemmefatale.livejournal.com]

Wow, what great lighting! It looks painterly.

[ginmar.livejournal.com]

God, one day I so want to go back there.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

Me too. I might be getting the chance in July. I hope so, as I have friends I've not seen in a couple of years.

[ginmar.livejournal.com]

I now have a 12 MP camera wide angle camera that I'm dying to take through Europe.

[yuripup.livejournal.com]

Great picture...

But we Ukrainians know how to build them too!

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

How well do you know Kiev? Because I can't recall (from the photos in that file... I need to go back and look at those, but they are on a different drive) which church it is. I think the one with the ikons is St. Michael's, but I can't swear to it; absent some more detail in the photo (mostly to see the base/surrounding buildings). I can see it, in situ in my mind, but can't tell from detail.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

Patience, the right angle and a polarising filter. I manage to get the effect (painterly) with buildings, but not so much with other landscapes.

Thank you.

[summers-place.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!

[mayakda.livejournal.com]

How do they keep those roofs so shiny?

[yuripup.livejournal.com]

I haven't been. I might be able to get a cousin to take a look. He has been there lots.

[shunra.livejournal.com]

That looks unreal... ...it's an amazing shot. Beautiful.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

By using real gold.