This is a post for Smash contest ~ Round 265
It was a while since I posted last time to this community...
So: 'Hi!' again. I invite you to walk along the alleys and back streets of St.Petersburg on a sunny day - we will surely find one or two shadows if we look carefully around.
Meander's shadow
Just a pigeon shepherd grazing his flock on the lawn while having fun on his smartphone... trivia! but look at all the luxurious patterns of shadows around him.
A full 'shadow tree' growing here...
Walking thru this alley along the palaces, I was really enchanted with this scene of a tree, complete shady tree cast at the different parts of the building.
Looked so appealing to me, that I stopped to take several doubles.
"Russian Greyhound" is an elite type of dog that I occasionally meet on the streets, and which invariably leads me to admiration. (In my opinion, they are rather hard to keep, as they were breed for speed and require a lot of active walking).
A street musician, playing accordion. I saw him several times sitting at the same spot, and playing invariably one hit song - 'Kalinka'. I took several portrait shots (they are simply heartbreaking! or bleeding...) and the last one, focused specifically on the shadow it casted.
The next one I was tremendously excited of and almost jumping when I noticed it.
I'm sure it could make a great entry for "guess the shadow" contest - most likely no one could guess that its a swing's shadow. In fact, we have here some kind of exclusive, creative DIY stuff... I have never seen such a swing and did not even suspect this is possible... and, of course, it provides a pretty exclusive shade -- to me looks like some kind of a fairy snake. What will you say, mates? how do you feel about it? (of course, theres always a possibility nobody is reading at all, just slide in a fast mode thru the gallery...)
A bit funny and and unexpected result. Here I was actually photographing a monument to an angel, and another photographer's shadow got into the frame; in the photo - it looks like he is trying to catch this dove (or at least his shadow). A funny accident that formed the frame! I love such coincidences...
Shady family is what we have here... A gang, lol!
| location: | St.Petersburg, Russia | April 2023 | natural light |
| camera/lens: | Canon 5D | 150mm, 70-200mm | raw-conv |
All images taken by me, copyright (c) 