Ivanov Bor.

The village is like any other one of its kind, the only landmark here is the Peter and Paul bridge across Sheksna opening large vistas northwards and southwards. Here I publish results of two trips separated by one year. In October 2019 weather conditions proved extreme, not just to say unfavourable for landscape photography, so I had refrained from processing and publishing those shots till making a new, more successful series, from the same observation spots. On 2.10.2020 better opportunities turned up, though a clear sky is not a desirable option anyway. Here I merged both series. That would be excellent taking panoramic images here at dusk, but I have typically driven by this place either in a midday or too late, even at night. May be, if a time gap turns up some day.

St. Peter and Paul bridge view from a former ferry pier:

The cruise ship "Alexander Pushkin" is approaching. The ship was built in 1974 in Austria and still operational.

A northward view from the pier:

 A warm picture:

A series of northward views from the bridge:

A series of southward views. The first pano is overtly unsuccessful, but may it exist. In 2020 better images were taken:

The southern part of Ivanov Bor:

The album "Ivanov Bor" at Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/145110086@N08/albums/72157717731842801

Goritsy revisited.

Goritsy, the last point of my quirky trip on October 5^th. Well, I should daresay, on one hand weather condition were the best for landscape shooting – mild light, shades, semi-transparent clouds, but on the other one an Arctic anticyclone covered the entire Vologda province, hence a cold near a large river was terrible. According to my camera time data it took just 25 minutes to make the entire series, but eventually that cost me dear – quite predictably I caught cold. Despite my car heater making its best all the way back, after a week everything resulted in a high temperature. Nonetheless, that was a success. Taking the last minutes of a day in lighting conditions like that is a rare luck.

By the way, the next night my mother mocked at me. As a person hailing from Ivanovo province she knows perfectly well what that means getting cold on a large river. 

Oil and canvas. A view from the shore dam. 

The standard kit lens AF-S Nikkor 24-85 mm 1:3,5-4,5G SWM VR ED. F11, 1/15s, CPL filter. Nothing extraordinary, this lens works well, but zoom is always zoom. 

The nunnery entrance. 

Cold weather, cold colours.  

Praising myself. My old good Nikkor AIS keeps on making its best and never disappoints.

F16, 1/10s, CPL. Nikkor AIS 28 mm, 1:2.

Let's add some red ochre.

No, of course, it didn’t look like that in any way, Corel and fantasy are suitable tools to be used in cases like that. F11, 1/10s, filters are unrecognizable. Typically it’s easy to discern them, but here this task is challenging.

Adding red ochre again. 

Nikkor AIS, f11, 1/6s.  

Resurrection cathedral. Nikkor AIS, f11, 1/10s, CPL.

Now feel the difference. Nikkor AIS, f11, 1/13s, skylight L1A. 

Evening light. Resurrection cathedral. CPL.

The same, another version.

Skylight filter found its application here.

The day is over. As usual try feeling the difference between skylight L1A and CPL filters. The old Nikkor AIS is everywhere.

F11, 1/8s, skylight L1A.

F11, 1/6s, CPL. 

North-westerly wind over Sheksna.

Nikkor AIS, f16, 1/8s, CPL.

Panoramic view of Sheksna.

F11, 1/20s, standard lens. I seem to have got completely frozen by the moment, since my old fix wasn’t used for this panorama. 

Panorama from a hill.