It was a very gray winter day. Dear friends, if you live somewhere in the southern latitudes, you probably imagine winter as a series of days that look like each other. White snow and freezing cold - and so it is every day until spring comes. In fact, winter comes in many different ways. Sometimes there are very bright days, when the sky is bright blue, the sun scatters golden highlights on the snow, and the whole space around is filled with bright light.
On other days the sky is covered with dense gray clouds, and the surrounding world becomes gray and gloomy. On such days, even bright colors seem muted, as if they are fading. It was on one of such days that I decided to take a walk along the embankment of the Griboyedov Canal. When I looked at the photos taken during this walk, I discovered that two colors occupy most of the space in each frame: they are white and gray.
I started my walk at the intersection of the Griboedov Canal and the Kryukov Canal. This place has the folk name "Seven Bridges". There are three bridges nearby, and it is believed that if you stand on one of them, you can see seven bridges from one point. In fact, this is not quite true. If you have good eyesight, you will be able to count nine bridges from the right point.
Poplar trees were planted along the canal embankment in the second half of the last century. These trees grow quickly and form beautiful crowns. During my childhood and youth they were at the best time of their life and it was very pleasant to walk along the embankments. But in old age poplars show their worst qualities. Their wood is fragile, and in windy weather it becomes dangerous to walk under the poplars. In addition, the powerful root system of poplars began to destroy the granite embankments.
In one section, the condition of the old embankment became unsatisfactory and a temporary wooden bridge for pedestrians had to be built. But it's one of the few stretches of embankment where the poplars still remain.
Next, my walk took me along the renovated embankment. The granite slabs lay flat under my feet, but the young trees are newly planted, they look like twigs, and the embankments seem empty. The old poplars added to the picturesqueness of these places even in winter. However, closer to the final part of my walk, I came across another fragment of the embankment with old poplars.
One of the most popular bridges on the Griboedov Canal is the pedestrian Lion Bridge. It's impossible to walk across this bridge and not take a few shots for memory! I am not the only one who thinks so, many passers-by linger for a couple of minutes on this bridge to take a picture of the landscape or make selfies. This happens even in such gray weather as on this day.
At this point my walk is nearing its conclusion. The clouds reluctantly part briefly, but it's only for a few minutes. On this day, the sun is shining somewhere very high, above the shroud of clouds. I pass the second section of the embankment with its old poplar trees and turn toward home.
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| Smartphone | Google Pixel 3a |
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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The clarity of the lines, the elegant geometry of black and white art! Great photos! Winter City is simply created for monochrome photography.
Thank you so much, I'm really glad you enjoyed this post!
I love the way black and white photos of snowy city scenery looks. I feel like it naturally boosts the contrast (or at least the perception of it) and it just looks so clean. Thanks for sharing these with us!
This walk turned out to be very enjoyable, thank you so much!
Great mono shots. The mono edits do capture the winter look and feel. Nice canal. The lion bridge is especially cool.
I'm really glad you enjoyed the photos, thank you so much!
I'm always fascinated by the places you show us, seven bridges... oh, a fun ride... hahaha... just joking. The photography is spectacular and you know it, I love snow even without having been in it.
I really like it better when it's sunny:) Snow is always beautiful though, thank you very much!
The sun will come... I guess it will never be like the Cuban sun, but you'll feel it at some point hahaha.
Cuban sun... It's really hard for me to even imagine it hahaha:)) But summer is coming, we're waiting!
What a beauty! But is it probably cold in St. Petersburg now?
Thank you very much!
Yeah, it's pretty cold, about -10℃.
And if the wind rises?))
If it's windy, it won't be particularly pleasant. The wind really does determine a lot of the weather, the wind and the humidity.
Thanks for sharing about your place. It's a nice to see the place @tatdt
Look so beautiful
Thank you very much!
Your photos are always beautiful to me. They describe the place very well. Besides your city is for me of many memories. Thank you for giving me that opportunity to walk those streets again in your pictures.Большое спасибо, мои пожелания. ❄️😀
I'm really glad you enjoyed the photos, thank you so much!
Have a great upcoming week! ☀️
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