autumn at St.Petersburg - 15 etudes

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wednesday walk at St.Petersburg

This is a post to go with #WednesdayWalk challenge by @tattoodjay
The weather was cold and rainy for the last week. and I am filling my post with leftovers from the previous October weeks, when the trees were still dressed in yellow gold. Now they have less impressive outlook - most of them stand naked, and the yards are filled with a huge amount of big fat black bags with all the leaves collected there. I hate this sight and this practice, friendly speaking...

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Do you see a book in this woman's hands? No book. But it could have been one ... now instead of it - a smartphone and a pack of cigarettes.

Вы видите в руках у этой женщины книгу? Вот и я не вижу. А ведь могла бы быть... теперь вместо нее - смартфон и пачка сигарет.

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Inner life of the yards... may be calm, sleepy... or intense.

Внутренняя жизнь дворов - иногда сонная, а иногда неожиданно бурная.

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Old lady in search on chestnuts. Not only children love to find chestnuts, as you can see in the photo above.

Каштаны любят находить не только дети, но и старые бабушки, как видно на фото выше.

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Wide-angle lens helped me to catch this.

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Kidz having fun with leaves - one of the autumn 'musts'.

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Not everyone is happy with the scattered dead leaves. For some this is a lot of extra work.

Не все рады листьям. Для многих это - много дополнительной работы.

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Imperial Ethnographic Museum. The building looks impressive! We had no business there, just were passing this location... Hard to shoot cityscapes nowadays - everything is spoiled with wires and cars so much!

Императорский этнографический музей. Здание выглядит внушительно! У нас не было сюда дела, просто он здесь расположен, а мы проходили мимо.

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I especially liked the door. You know, doors are my weak spot, I like to photograph them every time I see something outstanding. And this one is definitely much above the norma, what do you think?..

Особенно мне понравилась дверь. Вы знаете, двери моя слабость, люблю их фотографировать.

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On this walk I added a new word to my passive vocabulary: "chachechnaya" (in Russian: "Чачечная"). But I didn't go inside, so I can't give you 100% guarantee what exactly they are doing there, why they name it so ... although I have suspicions it may have to do with the word "chacha" (which means a strong Georgian grape vodka). Or maybe not... maybe they called it so for a different reason. Still, a good funny wort to use now!

Я добавил в свой пассивный словарный запас новое слово: чачечная. Белочная, сливочная... и вот теперь в том же ряду стоит чачечная. Но внутрь я не заходил, поэтому не могу дать вам 100% гарантии, чем именно они там занимаются... хотя возможно, это имеет отношение к слову "чача" (крепкая грузинская виноградная водка). А может, и нет...

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The townspeople have not yet upgraded themselves to a warm winter clothes. In the photographs I may take tomorrow, everyone probably will be wearing warm coats and fur hats, and wrapped in lengthy whool scarves. Petersburg is a city of wind and humidity, so one need to be well insulated to go for a walk. By the way, this photo above I took blindly, with the camera hanging on my chest - @tattoodjay once asked to alert him when I include such photos in my post. This is portrait that my 16-35mm wide-angle lens is capable of producing 'on the fly' ... of course, if it hits the focus, otherwise the capture goes directly to the trash bin :)

Горожане еще не переоделись в теплую зимнюю одежду. На фотографиях, которые я сделаю завтра, все уже носят теплые пальто и меховые шапки, и обмотаны солидными шарфами. Петербург - город ветра и сырости, поэтому выходить на прогулку надо хорошо утеплившись. Кстати, эту фотографию выше я сделал вслепую, с камерой висящей на груди - @tattoodjay просил когда-то отметить его, когда я буду показывать такие фото. Вот такие портреты способен выдавать мой 16-35мм широкоугольный объектив... конечно, в тех случаях, если он попадет в фокус :)

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location: St.Petersburg, Russia October 2021 natural light
camera/lens: Canon 5D 16-35mm raw-conv

Time to part now. Thanks for walking with me, see you next time. Надеюсь, вам было приятно прогуляться со мной по улицам Петербурга!

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Oh, such nice memories are bringing this post to me... I was also collecting chestnuts as a child, I miss it now. No yellow, red, and colorful leaves, either 😅
Beautiful photos @qwerrie

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thank you, thank you. now we have !PIZZA -- can it serve as a decent substitute to the chestnuts?...

I was also collecting chestnuts as a child, I miss it now.

why so. dont they grow in the south of Europe?! I'll tell you more: he type of chestnut growing here, what we have, is a useless one (well... of course it is useful ... but only for decorative purposes!). and in the more southern territories of Europe there grow edible chestnuts - which is far much more interesting deal!

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We visited Granada a few years ago, it was November...full of chestnuts, edible, so in the streets, there were many stands you could buy roasted chestnuts. That was tasty!!! Here, in the area I live now, just pine trees and palm trees, shrubs, and that's it ;D

In my childhood town, it was the not edible type, but it was collected for the animals for the winter (wild boar, deer) when they needed food. As well, we were playing with the chestnuts, making figures from them.
Thanks for the pizza :))

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In my childhood town, it was the not edible type,

aha! then, indeed, that is it, exactly that type :)

Here, in the area I live now, just pine trees and palm trees, shrubs, and that's it ;D

in my area, it is also not the naturally growing tree, only in cases when the streets were especially decorated with it. we also love to hunt for unedible chestnuts, all for design purposes... and also fun. they are so beautiful.. useless beauty still beauty! 🍕 and keep one more slice for tomorrow
!PIZZA

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Ah, so many pizza, no roasted chesnuts instead? ;)))) btw, isn't it 2 hours of difference in time zone? if it is 2 in my zone...well it is a bit late in Russia? Almost and I will say you good morning qwerrie ;))

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Gorgeous fall colors and we so rarely see people with books these days it seems

Love seeing your walks around the city

Thanks for joining Wednesday Walk :), I truly enjoy exploring the world virtually each Wednesday seeing walks from all around the globe and feeling I am there and experiencing it all myself, such as I did in your post just now :)

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I like beautiful scenery, even though in my Country there are only two seasons, rainy season and summer,see good photos for children to play and good place for photos. Thank you.

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Love the color of autumn not much with the cold that comes with it but that's unavoidable nice photos by the way 👍

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Great autumn portrait of the city ^^ .. by the way, how tall is the door? It appears like super large from the perspective you took that picture 😁

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it is indeed very large. 'imperial-style'. 4 m maybe? I cant say, but the scale is visible on the 1st picture... anyway, it has a door handle on a normal human-usable spot, so deduce yourself. !BEER, beer - even tho its morning - for me the Friday is already in the air!
by the way, today is the last day to enter Barbara's #seasonhunt contest (this week was about mushrooms!)

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Dear @qwerrie

I found people trying to recycle my photos, and republish them, where should I complain?
I found 17 posts with photos that belong to me personally.

#help

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?!! wtf!

well, recommendation is simple: alert hivewatcher account in the featured posts. let it kick shit from these asses.
NB.
also, if you dont use discord, I advise you to start doing so. discord.com is a great way of group communication, and Hive has an iceberg-size part hidden there. Hivewatchers have a discord channel, where one can ask help... if he is banned or have issues. it is a more direct way.

wish you well!

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I'll make a post and include some evidence...
In which community can I share my complaint?

Honest, photographing macro insects is not an easy job, I have to balance my hands and hold my breath, and he arbitrarily recycles my photos 😔😔

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Alright, I'll start right away on discord ☺

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I saw in your post that it fell scattered, it seems that autumn in your country is not over yet,

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on one hand yes, on another not. but the golden, 'indian summer' part have finished already

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The season changes are very pronounced here and I'm loving the kids playing in the leaves. What a wonderful posting!

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Grazie Mille!

kids playing in the leaves, in the sand, water... anywhere is mesmerizing and pleasurable thing, one can look for ages! thank you very much for your support and compliment, very much appreciated!

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Красивое..))

Смотрю у вас там тоже плиткой много где выложено.)

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еще бы. хоть мэр и не Собянин, на плитке заработать желающих - уй, очередь на 146 лет вперед!

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У нас тоже не Собянин, но плитка везде.)) Причем очень отвратительная, все проваливается, разваливается, но постоянно чинится.))

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три раза хаха. наверное ваши местные просто копируют Собянинскую бизнес-схему. а что, все уже придумано до нас...

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Не знаю, кто кого копирует.) Я не вспомню даже, когда у нас это все началось.))

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да... я не всерьез, просто пошутил так. это наша внутренняя семейная шутка - дочь часто встаёт в позу со словами: "это мое, я придумала первая, не копируй меня!!!"

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Great post. The best ones: 4 (splash of the color, feeling of the undisturbed everyday life), 6 (deep feeling of autumn), and the pink hair (colors, emotions, atmosphere, composition, motion).

I think chachechnaya is about chacha, right. A new word for me either.

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chachechnaya is about chacha, right. A new word for me either.

ho, ho!! than it might be a neologizm, if even you didn know about it (yet)
thanks for choosing your faves, and I will distributed even more !BEER on you, hope you will not be angry at me for this, tomorrow!

the 'girl with pink hair' - I am not convinced it is a great photo, its blind and random... but agree, it conducts motion and maybe even has something... in girl's straightforward eyes . and its completely unstaged -- if it is a sufficient virtue, then yes, then its awesome photo.

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