Let's go back to Ostankino Park on a Moscow summer night? I continue to show moments of the magical past and hope that next year the annual festival will continue again: here you can see how it was on the 3rd Festival of Arts "Inspiration" held in 2017.
The summer forest I entered was filled with strange glowing golden objects. Inside the elongated, iridescent cocoons, a blue glow spread, and the crowns of the trees swayed smoothly above them. It seemed the forest was breathing, watching what was happening and waiting for the awakening of what was inside.
I wonder what is there?
I came closer. Something incomprehensible tossed and turned inside, but did not cause fear at all.
Cocoons lay peacefully, and the forest around was filled with the sounds of living creatures. It seems that somewhere birds were flapping their wings, monkeys were shouting and nightingales were singing.
I moved on and my gaze opened a clearing with a huge living tree. Bears and wolves walked and squirrels galloped around.
And there were many people who watched the animal world:
Nearby flowed a forest stream over which butterflies flew.
And in the thicket of the forest strange shadows roamed.
After admiring the animals, I went out to a clearing filled with people. In the middle there were several remote controls with buttons, after pressing which the forest simply exploded with colors and sounds.
Various patterns were projected on the crowns, and animals on the screens below.
Colors changed smoothly, and people, as if spellbound, looked up.
One could look at this beauty endlessly, but I wanted to see what's next ...
There were "witch circles" around the trees:
Which periodically flashed with bright light ...
... and extinguished again, and the forest turned crimson red.
The path led deep into the forest to a beautiful iridescent gate. People wanted to enter them...
But the omnipresent park guard reported: there is no passage there!
Eh... I really wanted to touch these walls and look at the treasures that are stored there.
But the security was beyond my control and I could only admire from afar.
I went on, anticipating new miracles. Still, light and color, especially at night, makes the atmosphere incredibly magical!
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Oh, and mushrooms grow in this corner of the forest too.
When the main light goes out, this mushroom looks even more mysterious. It’s like I’m in some secret, sacred place.
And here is a kaleidoscope that lures unwary travelers into the depths of the forest.
In the next, bright emerald glade, red berries ripened. They glowed brightly and beckoned to them.
And a white unicorn wandered around, occasionally snorting at visitors who got close to him.
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There was a way out in the distance. Looking around, I saw a figurine of a deer, which felt my gaze, raised its head, looked at me intently and disappeared into the thicket.
The nightingale sitting nearby was in no hurry to fly away. After all, it is a nocturnal bird, so all visitors finally listened to the sounds of bird singing.
The tale was almost over, I came out from under the crowns of a magical forest. Only a flock of crazy flying fish were hovering over the lake, recalling this strange night. The view of the Ostankino TV tower glowing in the dark matched this unforgettable evening as never before :)
It's better to watch the photo in high resolution.
OLYMPUS E-M1 Mark II
Exposure time: 1.6 sec
Aperture: F 4.5
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Focal length: 45 mm
35 mm equivalent: 90 mm
You can also see my photos in my blog LJ and in my profile on NatGeo. You can read a short interview with me here.
