Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was in Russia at the same time of year in 1989 and everything was dark, gloomy, and depressing. People were standing on the street selling their household goods to buy food. There were long lines at bakeries to buy bread before it ran out. The GUM department store had mostly empty shelves and you had to stand in line to order a number from the shelf, go to another line to pay and get a receipt, go back to the first line and get your item. Now the GUM is the fanciest, most expensive mall you have ever seen with skylights and bright, colorful chain stores from the USA and Europe, first-class restaurants with excellent food and no shortage of bread. St. Petersburg is a beautiful city with canals and wonderful historic sites and Subway, McDonalds, and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Tina On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Good stuff. I have not been in St. Petersburg since it was Leningrad, back > in 1977. It was depressing and decrepit back then. It appear to have been > spruced up since then. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 25 Mar 2017, at 23:15, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > PESO: > > > > I've posted a bunch of photos that I took on Valentine's night in St. > > Petersburg. Most of the are at 6400 ISO. I am still impressed with the > > rendering of the SL at high ISOs. It looks so much like film grain to > me. > > > > http://www.pbase.com/image/165182177 > > > > And hit previous until you get back to something you've seen before. > > > > I'm happy. I'm on the next to last day of the trip. > > > > Tina > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > -- > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus > > Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/ > > Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html