two famous ships of St.Petersburg / #club100
Today I participate in WoX photo contest with the week topic: 'Ships'. (Could it be 'shrimps'?..) More details on the contest here:
https://steemit.com/@mister-omortson/photo-of-the-week-143-or-contest-post-or-the-ship
Finding a ship in St. Petersburg is as difficult as finding your left hand: the city is a major port, the wide and full-flowing Neva River flowing through it is a solid transport artery, there is a yacht club and international regattas are held from time to time ...
In the photo above you see the recognizable cityscape of the city with bridges and cathedrals, the panorama of Neva river embankment - yes, it is huge!
If you are walking across one of embankments, not necessarily the Neva river, soon you will definitely find a ship, or maybe even a dozen... unless, of course, it is winter. But even in this case, a couple of ships can be found with a guarantee: there are memorial ships - monuments turned into museums that do not sail anywhere.
The first of them, which in Soviet epoch partly became a symbol of the city, and the main symbol of the October Revolution, is the imperial navy cruiser 'Aurora'.
Built in 1900, it managed to take part in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, in the famous Battle of Tsushima, in the World War I, and its shot at the Winter Palace became the signal for an armed uprising in 1917. All in all, it has a rich history; not surprising that, unlike most of its peers, it was not disposed of for scrap, but was preserved as a museum. Worth visiting!
And this is not really a ship ... more precisely, it's not a ship at all - it's a floating restaurant, in the shape of a ship. There are several such restaurants in the city, for the customers that want to pay for some exotic. I agree - it looks attractive, spectacular.
The second ship I want to introduce you to is the 'Krasin' icebreaker. It was built in 1916 in the UK, and originally was named 'Svyatogor' in honor of the epic Russian hero. After the revolution, it was captured in 1918 by the British army; in 1921, with the participation of the Soviet diplomat Krasin, it was bought out by the Soviet government, and in 1927 was renamed - after Leonid Krasin, one of the best man of his time ... engineer, economist, revolutionary and bolshevik. His story is well described in this lecture (in Russian):
The ship worked fruitfully for a long time until it was turned into a museum in 1992.
Теплое спасибо, Стеф и команда WoX. Приятный сюрприз!
ты наверное Красина на выпуклый Рыбий глаз снимал? )))
Хорошо, что он левым бортом в стенку упирается, а то так бы вправо и сплыл )))
Нет, конечно! это был обычный ширик, 16мм. Поскольку я был от него достаточно далеко - на рыбий глаз бы вся Нева в кадр вошла.
Кстати, здесь же будет уместно пояснить насчет облаков в плане пост-обработки. Облака засвечиваются, не склонны не иметь сочности если снимать без поляризационного фильтра, etc. Тут есть где разгуляться в плане обработки, чтоб "сделайте мне красиво". Именно это имелось в виду.
я то про горизонты)) бывает глаз рыбы их сильно закручивает, если держать не вертикально камеру.
А с небом... не очень представляю, как могло бы выглядеть задание.
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