Intresting eye-catcher and example of modern architecture / city urbanistica. Made this capture during my boat trip across the St.Petersburg this summer - obviously, these buildings were constructed exactly in this way, to be seen from the water. I bet - walking around them by foot would not inspire me to make a click at all.
The photo goes for #Photofeed #Cityscape #photography challenge.
Same spot just a minute later - ofc, the boat did not stop but continue moving forward, so the perspective was changing pretty fastforward, and the result is... dramatically different. Now you can see these fancy triangle facades is ... sort of a fiction, decoration, imitation. Behind it these are quite standard concrete parallelepipeds - the most common product of our modern architecture we are used to so much.
These buildings were made so much for shooting them! This is a thought I could not get rid off myself :D what do you think, dear all?
Another very different cityscape view a few minutes later.
...and another one.
I looked backwards and took another picture of the Neva-river bank, with all those buildings the boat just passed (what you see in the last photos I share). Just five minutes separate the first photo from the last. A river cruise through the city is a delightful opportunity to quickly see the city's diverse architecture and views, and to see it from a completely different perspective!
Тут я бросил взгляд назад, и сфоткал все то пространство которое лодка преодолела; всего лишь 5 минут отделяет первое фото от последнего, но какой разительный контраст! Речная прогулка по городу - восхитительная возможность быстро увидеть все разнообразие архитектуры, видов города, и увидеть город с совершенно альтернативного угла зрения!
Ok, tht was all for today.
| location: | St.Petersburg, Russia | June 2025 | natural light |
| camera/lens: | Canon 5dm3 | Canon 70-200mm | raw-conv |
| f/4.5 | t 1/1250 | ISO 400 | -- |
Thanks for walking with me, and see you next time.
Over the years, perhaps decades of my adult life, I've been hearing all sort of good stories about St Petersburg. When viewing pictures, mostly I saw the older architecture. These set of stills are great, gives me another perspective/view of this city, and makes me wanting even more to visit. Still onmy bucket list and will continue to stay listed.
Well. Lets say, this was a less parade facade selection. During said boat trip on that day, I had an opportunity to observe the St.Petersburg as a port city. (which was great, entertaining experience!)
St.P-b for 200 years was the heart of Russian empire, the residence of the emperor and his family and all the elites - no surprise it has a decent amount of palaces, museums and simply historical places of intrest, all together at a compact location. So yeah, its definitely worth paying a visit. Just note the place is famous for its bad weather - better to plan ones visit from spring (say, May) till mid of the summer, thats the main tourist season.
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For long I am thinking to show my country in a different way, using eg Worldmappin. But so far, I tend to write different posts :) I suppose I don't make enough photographs. Since a few decades already I tend to live in the moment more, and leave the camera/smart phone in my pocket. I even tell some of my friends, not the view the world through a camera, something I try not to do. That said, when not making still images, one cannot show our own experiences with others. Well, we can do it in word, but pictures speak much better to most others.
Am glad I came across your experience of St Petersburg. I do like the more of the beat side of things.
Thanks for the advice for visit period. I'll make a mental note of this, actually.
A strong connection exists between St Petersburg and my country of residence, the Netherlands. The Hermitage even has a large museum in Amsterdam. But not only that; Throughout history, the Russian royal and elite had strong ties with the Amsterdam royal/elite in many aspects.
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Absolutely! Peter the Great, the emperor, was raised up in Moscow (the old capital of Russia) and for various reasons hated it. In his teens, he had a lot of communication with overseas visitors from Europe and became a fan, and an active driver of the thing which we call now 'the modernization'. To fulfill his harshest dream, he build a brand new city on the Baltic seaside, and moved the capital from Moscow to Petersburg. In 1695/96 he left the country for a venture called 'The Great Ambassy' and visited Germany, Netherlands, France, England (and much more was planned ). Netherlands became his favourite country - a lot of naval and cultural customs and traditions he exported and incorporated into Russian elites cultural code. Amsterdam became a 'prompt', a model for building the city of SPb. Your thesis, about a strong connection, can easily fill a dozen of thick books, from popular entertaining reading to scientific monographs, hehe.
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You are well aware of history. Kudos for that 🙏
Didn't realise Holland is known as the one great visual design and typography. How interesting!
Our design is mostly minimal, which I like a whole lot!
haha! one consider Holland as a country of free weed consuming, other as a country of cyclists, for me its a country of a great design and typography. (well, all the others thing does take place too!) =)
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What beautiful views from the water, the city really does look different when viewed as a port city. It's a city I've always wanted to visit due to the amount of history, but I've never made it that far east as of yet when I've been in Europe. I will make it one of these days!
Great job on the pictures, an interesting blend of people going about their daily lives to architecture. Those first buildings are pretty funky, the architect obliviously had something in mind when they were designed. It does look like they were meant to be seen from the distance on the water!
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