New York was unusually mild last December – as this autumn-colored picture taken at the High Line on December 24th 2013 shows. Taken with my D700 and Nikon 20-35mm 2.8.
Category: travel
Boden
While there was not snow during my visit in Sweden in late October / early November the cold nights produced some nice frost – as seen here. Taken with my D700 and Nikon 85mm 1.4.
Autumn
A view of my Swedish grandmother’s house from my last visit in October/November 2013 – even though it was cold there was no snow during the visit. Taken with my D700 and 85mm 1.4.
Greenpeace
While in Berlin last week Greenpeace was protesting against Russia’s handling of the Greenpeace activists. Part of the protest was this Greenpeace boat moored to the Spree. Taken with my Canon S95.
Mailbox (Piter-4)
While walking through St. Petersburg I also came across this mailbox which seems to be the new mailbox standard except for stating that it is not part of the Russian postal service. 😉 Taken with my Nikon FE and Nikkor 28mm 2.8 AI on Kodak TriX.
Пискарёвское Кладбище
While looking for Arkadii Severnii’s grave we also visited the Piskariovskoe kladbishche. Besides the mass graves commemorating the deaths of civilians and soldiers who died in Leningrad there is also a small cemetery for the people who lived in the area. This grave is from that part of the cemetery. Taken with my D700 and…Continue reading Пискарёвское Кладбище
400 years Romanov dynasty
Russia has since the fall of the Soviet Union been reconfiguring their nation building. One aspect has been to re-embrace the Romanov dynasty as this billboard commemorating 400 years of the Romanovs shows. Taken during my morning jog with my Canon S95.
Mailbox (Piter – 3)
While in St. Petersburg I saw another version of a Russian mailbox – this one was located in New Holland. Taken with my D700 and Nikon 20-35mm 2.8.
Severnii’s grave
Another musician who passed away at an early age is Arkadii Severnii (aka as Arkadii Zvezdin – 1939-1980) – an influential performer within what has become known as the russkii shanson tradition (Uli Hufen wrote a good book on russkii shanson with a long chapter on Severnyi – my mini review of the book is on…Continue reading Severnii’s grave
Gorsheniov’s grave
While visiting Tsoi’s grave I also passed the grave of the recently deceased Mikhail “Gorshok” Gorsheniov (1973–2013) who passed away a month before my visit to the cemetery. He was the vocalist of the St. Petersburg based band “Korol’ i Shut”, one of the big Post-Soviet bands. Taken with my D700 and Nikon 20-35mm 2.8.
Tsoi’s grave
One of the disadvantages of doing research on Post-Soviet popular music (as well as with musicians in general) is that a lot of central musicians died (and still die) at a young age – like Viktor Tsoi (1962-1990), the vocalist of the Soviet group Kino. Tsoi, however, remains in the memory of his fans –…Continue reading Tsoi’s grave
Warning, squirrels
While out at the Центральный парк культуры и отдыха имени С.М. Кирова last Saturday a sign at the park entrance warned us of the ferocious squirrels. We saw squirrels in abundance, however they seemed to be quite tame. 😉 Picture taken with my Canon S95.