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Palace Square(colour variant)


Palace Square(colour variant)
Photo Information
Copyright: Victor Dunaev (Victor_D) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 86 W: 43 N: 71] (1678)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-02
Categories: Architecture, Mood, HPP [Heavily Post-Processed]
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Tamron 28-75 f/2.8 XR Di
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-06-23 11:59
Viewed: 739
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Palace Square, connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersburg and of the former Russian Empire. It was the setting of many events of world-wide significance, including the Bloody Sunday (1905) and the October Revolution of 1917.


View of the square with the Alexander Column from an open window of the Hermitage Museum in the Winter Palace.The earliest and most celebrated building on the square is the baroque white-and-azure Winter Palace of Russian tsars (1754-62), which gave the square its name. Although the adjacent buildings are designed in the Neoclassical style, they perfectly match the palace in their scale, rhythm, and monumentality.


Bloody Sunday, January 22, 1905: Protesters flee through Palace Square as imperial guard riflemen open fire.The opposite, southern side of the square was designed in the shape of an arc by George von Velten in the late 18th century. These plans were executed half a century later, when Alexander I of Russia envisaged the square as a vast monument to the Russian victory over Napoleon and commissioned Carlo Rossi to design the bow-shaped Empire-style building of the General Staff (1819-21), which centers on a double triumphal arch crowned with a Roman quadriga.

The centre of the square is marked with the Alexander Column (1830-34), designed by Auguste de Montferrand. This red granite column (the tallest of its kind in the world) is 47,5 metres high and weighs some 500 tons. It is set so nicely that no attachment to the base is needed.

The eastern side of the square is occupied by Alessandro Brullo's building of the Guards Corps Headquarters (1837-43). The western side, however, opens towards Admiralty Square, thus making the Palace Square a vital part of the grand suite of St Petersburg squares.
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Hi Victor. Superb photo of a fascinating place steeped in history. I really like the effect of desaturating the photo and re-colouring part. I haven't done this yet - an experiment soon, I think. Best wishes, Paul.

Hello Victor.
Great photo. I like the perspective and dramatic grey sky. This square is monumental and we can see it on your picture.
TFS
Wojciech

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  • drymd29 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1447 W: 248 N: 654] (7621)
  • [2007-06-23 15:03]

Looks like a big classical movie; very attractive setup.
Huub

Hi Victor,
I like this! I love the monochromatic effect of this, almost like an ink drawing! Great PP work, a very impressive building. Great notes too. Well done and TFS
Cheers Tina :-)

Hi Victor,
The clouds add a lot of drama to this panoramic scene. Impressive cityscape, good focus. A great note as well thankyou.
Karen

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  • jaroz (37)
  • [2007-06-24 17:38]

very nice photo. semi full colour.

Hi Victor,

Beautiful shot and i love the moment you captured here. The sky with dull colors and the colorful ground. The picture is bit pixelated but still looks good.

Did you made the changes in the Sky color in PS or is it Natural.?

Well done and TFS.

With best regards,
Muhammad Usman Ali

Superb shot and PP Victor, thank you.
Richard

excellent picture, i jut love it. one suggestion: if you can take it whitout the coaches that would be fanstastic! 4-5am in the morning?

Great work on this shot Victor
The combination of levels adjustment, gradients (I think) and saturation adjustments has created a powerful effect, and must have taken a lot of time and detailed effort to do!
Very well done
Rew

hello Victor

nice view with fine desaturated colours given a special atmosphere to the picture

regards

jjo

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