Colors of Wonderland Photo

Photographer’s Note

This marvelous Russian-style church was built in 1883-1907 on the spot where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in March 1881 and was officially called the Resurrection of Christ Church (a.k.a. Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood). Both inside and outside, the church is decorated with unique mosaics, designed by the most prominent Russian artists of the time (V.M. Vasnetsov, M.V. Nesterov, M.A. Vrubel, etc.) and created in 1895-1907. From an architecture point of view it is an intruder in a city landscape that wanted to look mostly western, with clear references to Versailles and Italy.

The church was closed for services in the 1930s, when Bolsheviks were destroying churches nationwide. It was even due to destruction but was fortunately saved by the beginning of the Great Patriotic War in 1940. It has now been fully restorated.

This colorful Piter landmark is situated on "Naberezhnaia kanala Griboyedova", near Nevsky Prospekt and the Ermitazh. In my early TE days I posted another similar view of this church, but after scanning this one I found it looked better from a compo point of view, and this version also benefits from my improved PP restoration skills thanks to your knowledge sharing !

Rockyboy, Paolo, greg64g, kdien, ChrisJ, jpdeloof, supereira, delaufer, papagolf21, chinchini, nwoehnl, AmiBe, anakin, jpages, maphoto, naret, carper, Jazator, Emile, branley, flory has marked this note useful

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Paolo (40755) 2005-02-25 3:26

amazing photo!
thaks, ciao

greg64g (11193) 2005-02-25 3:29

bonjour Jean Yves,

Superbe cette Eglise, il parait que c'est une ville merveilleurse, j'imagine notement pour son architecture. La composition avec le petit bateau, c'est tres sympa.

Amicalement
Greg

DrorAngkor (164) 2005-02-25 3:38

Bravo for the detailed note !

Good composition and colors.

I like.

RegisMinot (1317) 2005-02-25 3:40

St Petersburg is a town that I would like to visit. This picture is very is excellent: nice composition, fresh colours without saturation, sunny sky, people giving some indications on the scale and providing animation. It is just lacking a bit sharpeness but I guess this is the effect of the scanner.

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-02-25 4:09

Il y a le même à Dysneyland.
Les Americains se sont certainement inspiré des Russes pour leur réalisation;
je préfère l'original de ta composition.
Bien réalisé.
jean Michel

kdien (9261) 2005-02-25 4:16

Beauty and cool showed Orthodox church, splendid colors and sharpness

ChrisJ (70443) 2005-02-25 4:17

Salut Jean Yves

I like the 'Disneyesque' appearance of this impressive edifice. The canal & boat add a lot to the composition. C'est tres bon!

jpdeloof (2546) 2005-02-25 4:41

L'angle de prise de vue est beau, il donne un bel ensemble créé par le canal et le batiment.
Elle est bien contrastée.
Bon travail.
JP

supereira (9576) 2005-02-25 5:09

Great shot.I like the architecture.Good colors and contrasts.I like the light and sharpness.I like the reflections in the water.I like the contrast between the sky and the building.Well done!

delaufer (260) 2005-02-25 5:12

Nice composition and colors but somehow it looks slanted a little to the right to me. Great note.

papagolf21 (56765) 2005-02-25 5:29

Bonjour Jean-Yves,
Eglise représentant les fastes d'avant la révolution d'Octobre en Russie, heureusement qu'elle a été sauvée et restaurée.
Une balade en bateau doit être un moyen très sympathique pour admirer ces architectures hors normes.
Très bien réalisé.
Philippe

chinchini (27823) 2005-02-25 6:06

Salut Jean-Yves,
Excellente prise de vue. L'architecture de cette église est tout à fait remarquable. J'aime ces clochers à bulbes aux différents motifs.
Le résultat du scan est très bon.
Merci pour ce voyage.
Pierre

mumek (17510) 2005-02-25 6:37

Very colorful beautiful shot. Nice composition with the boat in the canal. Excellent details and very informative note
Bravo
ziggy

Cos (1562) 2005-02-25 6:57

Hi Jean-Yves,
Beautiful shot of a beautiful building. Excellent colours and good POV!
Regards, Sarah

Leonie (8647) 2005-02-25 7:12

Salut Jean Yves,
Cette architecture est vraiment assez impressionnante..ces formes et ces couleurs...ca fait presque Walt Disney..mais ca doit quand meme etre beau en réalité! En tout cas bonne photo....et have a nice day!

Léonie

AmiBe (6042) 2005-02-25 7:35

Elle est superbe cette église !
J'aime bien l'inclusion de la barrière à gauche et d'un bateau sur cette compo, ça donne de la profondeur à l'image.

anakin (2775) 2005-02-25 9:58

Very good shot, nice colours and lovely church
nice perspective
well done
Have a nice week end
jose

weswang (18223) 2005-02-25 12:41

An excellent picture with fine details and colors.
The shooting angle is very nice also, brings the view to see the environment as well as the beautiful architecture.
Well done.

Zepi (22848) 2005-02-25 13:15

Ahhhhhhhhh,
Une photo merveilleusement composée !
Superbes couleurs !
J’adore cette architecture, on dirait une maison de poupées !
Le bateau qui longe ce canal en diagonale appuis cette magnifique profondeur qui embellie toutes vos photos !
J’aime vraiment !
Bien joué !
Amicalement – Sébastien

nwoehnl (120) 2005-02-25 16:27

Nice entry for your St. Petersburg series with the beautiful old church and its typical onion-shaped spires. Very good framing with the vertical format and the small boat traversing in the foreground left. DOF and colors leave nothing to be desired, good shot Jean-Yves.

Rockyboy (20582) 2005-02-25 17:14

La Russie est un pays également très intéressant... Un peut comme Léonie, je pense à un Walt disney en voyant de monument... et plus principalement à "Alice au pays de merveilles"...
La composition est par ailleurs parfaite avec ce bateau. Bien vu!

singuanti (15240) 2005-02-25 21:44

Great work there. Yes the composition is great. I agree I see an improvement in the post-processing. The green virus is still gone :) and the sharpness is just right. The colors are nice and neutral. A fine shot!

bazal (7898) 2005-02-26 7:55

Une véritable carte postale de St Petersburg. Superbe point de vue et belle lumière qui met en valeur les couleurs très contrastées. Quelle architecture !

maphoto (8076) 2005-02-27 0:20

Belle prise Jean-Yves, un monument fantastique, architecture très agréable, très belle présentation, d'excellents détails, bravo.

naret (826) 2005-02-27 4:03

Hi Jean Yves,
Thank yoi for sharing this beatiful church from Russia.
Naret

Steft (5962) 2005-02-27 7:29

Nice photo of a beautiful building with a good note. The colours really are wonderful, but also a bit pale, so I tried a worskhop for you, just as a suggestion.

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loupiot (3909) 2005-02-27 8:40

Bonjour Jean-Yves,
Un monument à l'architecture très originale, riche en couleurs. La lumière est superbe et la composition réussie. Une image qui ne manque pas de charme, bravo!

keribar (42760) 2005-03-01 1:52

Salut Jean-Yves,

Bien entendu, tous ceux qui vont a St. Petersburg aiment photographier ce beau monument. Mais un photographe comme toi cherche de nouvelles perspectives pour ne pas gâcher les verticales, et pense a prendre la rivière en premier plan pour plus de profondeur. Il est patient et attend qu'une embarcation se place au bel endroit, et le résultat devient fabuleux. Bravo - Izzet

jemaflor (39759) 2005-03-02 12:52

Salut Jean-Yves,
Une vue qui me rappelle quelques souvenirs de voyage et aussi une de tes premières photos postées sur TE, n'est-ce pas ? J'avais eu la critique un peu lourde, à l'époque, mais il faut reconnaître que sur cette présentation, l'ensemble est parfait ... quelle différence ! Bravo.

pedros (328) 2005-03-07 14:29

Wonderful picture.
The colors are amazing!
The landmark looks very nice.
I liked the angle choosen fot the picture.
Pedro

carper (65742) 2005-03-07 14:33

very good one Jean Michel I had miss this one nearly,
Fantastic point of view, very good composition and I like the details with the great depth in the shot, very good job I like it a lot.

rbcy1974 (20746) 2005-03-16 4:59

Very nice photo, It remainds me of "its a small world"

joseelias (367) 2005-04-06 7:04

Very good POV! Even if the church is centered in the composition, the fact that it’s slightly in a diagonal position, reinforced by the diagonal of the canal and the passing boat gives a lot of dynamic to the scene. Also the amount of rich and colorful details on the church hook our eyes in it creating a balanced composition. A good example on how to break the rules.

Emile (20151) 2005-12-19 8:06

Hola Jean Yves.
This is a nice picture of the church captured from a better angle than mine, more delicate colours and the canal takes an important issue in yours. I wasn't able to go to the other side of the canal because our guide was in a little bit of a hurry, we were already late to see others interesting places.
Thank you for showing us this beautiful picture, very well captured.
Cheers.

branley (3681) 2006-10-25 5:59

Salut Jean Yves,

I get so fixated on your French images that I forget to see your other work. This is a wonderful photograph, so detailed and colourful. The pov is perfect with the boat and people in the shot, that gives it good scale and contrast. A great capture.

Amicalement

Stephen

flory (4804) 2006-12-11 3:16

ciao Jean-Yves,
I was in St.Petersburg long time ago,unfortunelly I don't have pictures from there..but ,I see this and I remember what beautiful are all the churches from Russia..excellent details and very interesting note.
flory