The image of 'Rossiya' (Russia) hotel located at St.Petersburg, Russia, just at the opposide of the Victory park, I want to combine for two photochallenges. On Wednesday I borrowed with me my new 16-35mm wide-lens, ideal for architecture photography... but the weather didn kissed me. It was a little bit rainy. (Thats why I added some x-processing at photoshop, to give more intresting light to the images).
taken with Canon 5d, 16-35mm 2.8L especially for the contest.
natural lighting, + some colour grading added in photoshop.
I started taking the pics from a long distance, while walking thru the park. The perspective is great, I couldnt stop myself from triggering the shutter -- considering the fact I was on a bike... it looked funny: I rode a few meters, stand by, off the bike, took a pic, and ride another 10 meters
:)
This old soviet fountain (made in 1970-es) is defunkt, unfortunately. But its still very picturesque, and a great fun for children who use to run around it!
The actual address, where the hotel is located, is the Chernyshevskogo Square; I have a great archive image for it, and one day I gonna dedicate my whole Wednesday Walk to this little spot -- I hope it will turn into something special. (In brief, Mr.Chernyshevsky (whose monument decorates the square) was a famouse Russian political writer back in XIX century).
