Hello everyone! High-speed trains appeared in Russia not so long ago. High-speed electric trains were ordered in Germany (Siemens) especially for Russia. They were called Sapsan (from the Peregrine Falcon). And the regular movement of the Sapsans began on the route Moscow-St. Petersburg and back in December 2009. In the photo there are two high-speed trains at the Leningrad station in Moscow. This was my first trip on this train in July 2016. Remained a great experience:…
@etoka in February 2022
Hello everyone! In nature, I do not meet many animals, even fewer those to who manage to get close and consider. One of those who, despite their fearfulness, sometimes relax and let us get closer are lizards. I photographed this family one summer at my friend's dacha. These are viviparous lizards (Zootoca vivipara). In the suburbs, they are quite common. On the dacha we see them very often. In sunny weather, they like to crawl out and bask on a log covered with roofing…
Hello everyone! And one more wasp, photographed at the dacha in 2010. I already showed the story of the wasp's rescue. But this is different. Although ... I can not know this. For me, all the wasps are on the same face, even on the macro. However, it is likely that this is the same. The photo was taken in three days. Maybe it's the same "drowned" that got used to kind people. Especially, just on the veranda lay several ripe apples. So we found out that the wasps gladly eat…
Hello everyone! Everyone knows that the glass workshops in Venice are concentrated on the island of Murano. Not without reason is called "Murano glass". But in the photo - almost the only workshop on the island of Rialto. In a small workshop organayze show for tourists: the master do from a red-hot bubble an elegant statuette of a horse for a few minutes . I visited this workshop in April 2013. And the way this master worked, made a strong impression on me. He does not blow…
Hello everyone! I took this photo in autumn 2010 in New Jerusalem. We reached New Jerusalem only in the afternoon. Around the monastery the walk was already at low sun. Several horses grazed in the meadow. I always admire these beautiful animals. In the golden rays of the setting sun they looked fabulous. There are several horses and ponies in the ethno-village near the monastery. It seems that you can order skating on them. But when we were, some of the horses rested and…
Hello everyone! The photo was taken in May 2012. It is a view of Nuremberg from the Sinwell Tower in the Nuremberg Castle. It was necessary to climb the wooden spiral staircase. But the panorama of the city was worth it. It was a nice sunny day. Figured roofs with windows look even more interesting, illuminated by the sun and underlined by shadows. The center of Nuremberg was carefully restored after the Second World War. Walking along it, you will get a vivid impression of…
Hello everyone! In summer 2017 my friends and I visited a beautiful palace and park complex in Oranienbaum not far from St. Petersburg. From afar I saw this beautiful air palace. However, to the question what it was, I heard from the companions: "This is the roller coaster". - No, I'm talking about this blue palace! - Well, yes, it's the roller coaster, they skated here for fun. I was very surprised. You can not prohibit a beautiful life The pavilion was designed by…
Hello everyone! A vacation at a friend's dacha is the source of many of my macrophotographs. Here is an another one regular small inhabitant of gardens and vegetable gardens. Slug is a terrestrial gastropod mollusc without a shell, unlike snails. In this case, I personally liked the snails, but the slugs were nasty. But I looked closer at him, and he's pretty cute too. The photo was taken in July 2012. * Всем привет! Дачный отдых в гостях у подруги – источник многих моих…
Hello everyone! Withered flower against the sky. As if some spiders and beetles froze, stretching their paws to the sky. * Всем привет! Засохший цветок на фоне неба. Как будто какие-то пауки и жуки застыли, протягивая к небу лапки.
Hello everyone! It often happens that when you look at photos, you notice what you did not see at the time of shooting. In summer 2017 in St. Petersburg, I swept thru the rivers and canals on the excursion boat. There was wonderful weather, interesting narration of the guide, beautiful buildings around. I photographed a lot. Including me it seemed interesting to photograph the bridges of St. Petersburg from the water. In this picture, the Red Bridge is across the Moika…
Hello everyone! I continue to acquaint you with the animals of the Moscow region. I already showed lizards. Here is another small animal that can still be found in our region. This is the most common type of toad in Europe - simply the toad or the common toad (Bufo bufo). Judging by the size, it's still young toad. It was about 2 cm. Another name for this toad is the gray toad. But contrary to this name, the kid we met was of a beautiful brown color with some sort of…
Hello everyone! This elderly musician played the violin on the street in the Nuremberg. The photo was taken in May 2012. Then we hurried, we had only a day, and wanted to see a lot. So now I can not remember which melody he played. Now I look at him and he seems very touching to me. And I regret that we did not stop for a few minutes to listen to music and give a few coins to the performer. * Всем привет! Этот пожилой музыкант играл на скрипке на улице Нюрнберга. Фотография…
Hello everyone! Raindrops always look beautiful on the flowers. But on a fluffy dandelion they seem to be strung on the finest threads. With the naked eyes it is not so easy to see all this beauty. The camera helps in this. The photo was taken in May 2018. * Всем привет! Капли дождя всегда красиво смотрятся на цветах. Но на пушистом одуванчике они как будто нанизаны на тончайшие нити. Невооружённым глазам не так просто разглядеть всю эту красоту. Фотоаппарат в этом помогает.…
Hello everyone! In the last 10 years in Elektrostal, the boom in the construction of new houses. All my life in this place was a clean field. It first there were sowed something grain. One summer there were cornflowers. Then - chamomiles. Then for many years - dandelions. The inhabitants of my district walked there with dogs. And now the time has come when one after another there began to grow new multi-storey houses. It building up in a unified style. At least, in color.…
Hello everyone! When my friend and I were in Berlin in May 2015, we visited the famous chocolate house Fassbender & Rausch. There's an interesting interior with chocolate-made models of Berlin attractions, a shop with a huge variety of chocolate. And there is a cafe, which serves original and beautiful cakes. Today I will introduce one of the ordered cakes. Just do not ask what it tastes like. I had a simpler cake: tiramisu. Delicious. And this beauty was ordered by my…
Hello everyone! This spider was resting on the dacha of my friend on a young oak tree. Seeking on the Internet, I identified him as the raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus), a fairly common spider in Eurasia. He lives usually near water bodies, where he eats not only insects, but even small fishes. But it is found in gardens as in our case. * Всем привет! Этот паучок отдыхал на даче моей подруги на молодом дубе. Порыскав по интернету, я определила его как охотника каемчатого…
Hello everyone! Hoarfrost on the branches, patterns on the windows, just fluffy snow in the sun - this is the beauty that was in the winter. Even in the late evening, when everything is lit by flashlights, you notice such decoration on the branches and you want to photograph it. In the warm light of the lanterns, the hoarfrost sparkles with a golden-orange color. * Всем привет!Вслед уходящей зиме. Иней на ветках, узоры на окнах, просто пушистый снег на солнце – это та…
Hello everyone! A quiet corner in the Mon Repos park that I loved, where I visited in August 2017. It is very pleasant to sit on the shore of such a small bay in summer in warm weather. Juicy grass and flowers on the shore. In the water, the leaves of the water lilies, the flowers in the photo can not be seen, but there was not much. Grasshoppers rattle, dragonflies fly. Very calm and pleasant in my heart in such a place * Всем привет! Тихий уголок в полюбившемся мне парке…
Hello everyone! I already showed one rhino from the Berlin Zoo, which ran to the pool to swim. But in the Berlin Zoo there is several of these fantastic animals. While one splashed in the pool, the second thoughtfully stood under the tree, as if specially posing. He showed himself in all its glory. You could examine it in detail and take a picture. This is an Indian rhinoceros. Their skin looks very interesting, like chivalric armor. * Всем привет! Я уже показывала одного…
Hello everyone! Rome always seems to me a sunny city. But what if you only have two days to get an idea of the city, it's cloudy and it's raining? Of course, walking in the rain. In this photo, the view from the Ponte Sant'Angelol to the adjacent bridge is the bridge of Victor Emmanuel II (Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II). This beautiful bridge was built by the standards of Rome more recently. It was opened in 1911 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy. And…
Hello everyone! This figure crowning the spire of the new Town Hall of Munich. The new town hall is the very beautiful building in the Neo-Gothic style, built in the late 19th century. The tower of the Town Hall is quite high - 85 meters. From below, from the square the spire is barely visible. Therefore, when I got the camera with 35X zoom, I photographed the top of the tower of the town hall. The monk with the book from the coat of arms of Munich to the middle of the XIX…
Hello everyone! Photo from my archive. February in 2018 was snowy and sunny, decorating everything around with white, sparkling in the sun with snow. The sun is not very hot in February, but gradually the snow on the grass and branches was heated up and such ice figures turned out. On this high dry grass there was only one icicles. I liked how it is highlighted by the sun. * Всем привет! Фотография из моего архива от 2018г. Февраль тогда был снежным и солнечным, украсив всё…
Hello everyone! This is a old photo of 2006. It was at this Maslenitsa Fair near the Kremlin that my friend and I walked past the then still standing hotel Russia. In addition to pancakes and various other delicacies, the fair had many stalls with products of folk crafts. And anysome right there and then demonstrated their skills. Two blacksmiths in bright festive shirts work with a red-hot metal, turning a faceless rod into a twisted candlestick or even a rose right before…
Hello everyone! Very beautiful sunsets are above the water or simply on the big space. But this old photograph reminded me of a beautiful winter sunset, when the sun had already sunk behind the birches near my house. The sun shines through the trunks of trees. And above the top of the trees, there was a radiance, as if coming from birches. And I was so glad that I took a camera for a walk. * Всем привет! Очень красивые закаты бывают над водой или просто на открытом…
Hello everyone! Walking through the ancient streets of Florence, you can see the recognized masterpieces of art. But modern artists find here a platform for self-expression. We came across this installation accidentally, it made quite a strong impression. Already later I read that the Gallery Hotel Art, starting in 2013, arranges unusual installations modern artists. In the photo, the exposition of the year 2014 "Personal / impersonal", which many people remembered. A lot of…
Hello everyone! This photo I made in November 2017. It was frosty at night, and hoarfrost formed on the grass. But in the afternoon it melted. On a fluffy dry flower, such a scattering of drops was obtained. * Всем привет! Эту фотографию я сделала в ноябре 2017. Ночью было морозно, и на траве образовался иней. Но днём он растаял. На пушистом сухом цветке получилась такая россыпь капель.
Hello everyone! Happy holiday to all lovers! Let there be no barriers in the way of feelings! * Всем привет! С праздником всех влюблённых! Пусть не будет никаких преград на пути чувств!
Hello everyone! All living beings are submissive to love. :) Soldier bugs (the firebug) since childhood surprised me with their unusual coloring. One day, on a walk, looking under my feet, I realized that I almost trampled such a love scene. Turning on all my caution, I bent over them with a camera and watched for a while. Ah-ah, the third one runs into the frame. But no, Romeo-bug and Juliet-bug were immersed in each other, they didn’t care about everything. * Всем привет!…
Hello everyone! I met this couple in Nuremberg in the spring of 2012. I think they look a bit similar. Only a dog is very well-groomed, but the owner is not very. But it is clear that they love each other. Rottweilers were very popular in Russia in the 90s and early 2000s along with the American Staffordshire terriers, Pit Bulls and many other fighting and guard breeds of dogs. But gradually they began to meet less and less. Now more often, dogs are companion dogs or…
Hello everyone! A short-tailed or short-tailed skink (Tiliqua rugosa) is an inhabitant of Australia. I photographed it in 2014 at the Budapest Zoo. I've never seen such strange lizards before. Their short tail, they are very careful and unlike other species do not discard it. In the tail of the short-tailed, nutrients accumulate, helping them to survive winter hibernation. * Всем привет! Короткохвост или короткохвостый сцинк (Tiliqua rugosa) – обитатель Австралии. Я…
Hello everyone! The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts is one of my favorite museums in Moscow. And I remember these amazing figures of the Moresca Dancers from the very childhood. The Moscow museum exhibits casts that completely repeat the Munich originals. These sculpturs are very interesting to look. They are grotesque, but very convincing. From any side you look, you get a vivid impression. These sculptures, created by Erasmus Grasser at the end of the XV century - the…
Hello everyone! Winter this year is frosty, snowy, very beautiful. December 29 was especially impressive. The day before it was foggy, and in the morning the frost turned the moisture in the air into laces of frost on everything around. Having left for work early in the morning, I saw all this beauty and, despite the fact that it was not yet dawn, I began to take pictures. Macro of frost on a birch branch. * Всем привет! Зима в этом году морозная, снежная, очень красивая.…
Hello everyone! Sunset surprisingly transforms everything around. When I saw the circle of the sun blushing behind the tree, I stopped to photograph the sunset. And I was surprised at how in this light the ugly garages on the right and the plain panel houses on the left and a pile of dirty snow from the road look in a new way ... * Всем привет! Закат удивительно преображает всё вокруг. Увидев краснеющий за деревом круг солнца, я остановилась сфотографировать закат. И…
Hello everyone! We walked with my friend somehow in Berlin and heard loud piercing strange sounds. We looked around and found a musician, enthusiastically playing on a bagpipe. The people basically tried to speed up and faster to be away from the art worker. But nothing, there were also fans of such music. See how much pleasure receive a pair of passers-by listening to a musician. Honestly, I thought that the bagpipe was an exclusively Scottish/Irish instrument. But it turns…
Hello everyone! These chic poppies I saw in Karabikha in June 2018 on an ordinary vegetable garden, near which our bus stopped at the parking lot. Now many people enclose their private houses and gardens with very high opaque fences. How well, that in this case it was not so, and everyone could admire these beautiful colors. Honestly, I have never seen such huge beautiful poppies before. They were almost in human growth, very bright and very large. Честно говоря, я таких…
Hello everyone! These amusing mascarons are one of the elements of the rich decor of the apartment houses of I.F. Alyushinsky in St. Petersburg. This famous house in the Art Nouveau style was built in the early 20th century. It is located at the intersection of Maly Prospect and Lenin Street. Every element of the decor of this house is interesting to view. I photographed the decor of this house on a walk around St. Petersburg in August 2017. * Всем привет! Эти забавные…
Hello everyone! The photo was taken during a walk in the woods on January 7th. It was a pleasant sunny day. The sun was already setting. I followed the path to a large clearing. Here the sun shone very brightly through the trees. * Всем привет! Фотография сделана во время прогулки по лесу 7 января. Был приятный солнечный день. Солнце уже садилось. Я прошла по тропинке до большой поляны. Здесь солнце очень ярко просвечивало сквозь деревья.
Hello everyone! Fishing is usually a man's hobby. So I was a little surprised to see two women in Vyborg who were fishing from the embankment. It was a warm summer evening in August 2017, but they are dressed thoroughly. Apparently, from the water was cool. * Всем привет! Рыбалка обычно мужское увлечение. Поэтому я была немного удивлена, увидев в Выборге сразу двух женщин, которые ловили рыбу с набережной. Это был тёплый летний вечер в августе 2017, но они одеты…
Hello everyone! I have already shown the family of lizards photographed at my friend's dacha, and told about them in detail. Here is another photo taken a couple of years earlier. The same place, the same log covered with ruberoid.. At that time I managed to catch in the frame a viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara), when she just got out to warm from under the leaves of a raspberry. * Всем привет! Я уже показывала семейку ящериц, сфотографированных на даче у моей подруги, и…
Hello everyone! I usually walk through the nearest forest among the trees. But on January 7, I reached a large open meadow. The snowdrifts lay there in beautiful waves. And above the forest I saw a young crescent moon. * Всем привет! Обычно я гуляю по ближайшему лесу среди деревьев. Но 7 января я дошла до большой открытой поляны. Сугробы там лежали красивыми волнами. А над лесом я увидела молодой месяц.
Hello everyone! Monrepos is a landscape park, where there are not so many buildings. But those that are, are inscribed in the landscape and add charm to this wonderful park. This is one of two Chinese bridges in the park. The photo was taken in August 2017. Two hunchbacked wooden bridges were built in the park in 1798 according to the project of DA Martinelli. Unfortunately, both bridges was lost in the second half of the 20th century. Now bridges have again taken their…
Hello everyone! This photo was taken in 2008 on the Vorobyovy Hills in Moscow. In this place there are often comes wedding tuples for photographed on the background of a beautiful view. We saw such a huge limousine there. It seemed to me that the brutal muzzle of HUMMER was somewhat dissonant with white color and a wedding bouquet on the hood. But, it seems, they are quite popular for weddings. * Всем привет! Эта фотография сделана в 2008 году на Воробьёвых горах в Москве.…
Hello everyone! I present you landscape from Linderhof, where the Bavarian King Ludwig II built his small but magnificent palace. The photo was taken in May 2012 during my little trip to Bavaria. The day was rainy, but it did not spoil the impression of beautiful landscapes. Clouds slipping down the mountains, juicy spring greens on lawns and on trees. The park occupies 50 hectares. Certainly, fountains, sculptures and gazebos are very beautiful. But, as you can see, even if…
Hello everyone! This winter I took many photos of trees covered in frost. Frost looks especially impressive in the sun. * Всем привет! Этой зимой я сделала много фотографий деревьев, окутанных инеем. Особенно эффектно иней смотрится на солнце.
Hello everyone! The Berlin U-Bahn station Klosterstrasse is on the U2 line. It was opened in 1913. Near: Alexandplatz, the Red Town Hall (Germ. Rotes Rathaus), the historic quarter of Nikolaiviertel. My friend and I walked in this district of Berlin in April 2013 and by not late evening we entried at Klosterstrasse station. It was a little scary that besides us there was not a single person at the station. The station is rather interestingly decorated, on the walls there are…
Hello everyone! Frosty decoration on the car glass. Before cleaning, I took a picture. * Всем привет! Морозное украшение на стекле автомобиля. Прежде чем очистить, я сфотографировала.