I didn't read the weather forecast today - my daughter was on school holidays, and after lunch she wanted to go for a walk in the park together and feed the birds. She took a bag of wheat grains, and I, of course, took my 70-200mm telephoto, for a different kind of hunting. The mission was successfully accomplished... when the sky suddenly turned gray, and I overheard two women talking: "Now is the time to get out of here as soon as possible, and in an hour we can come back." I asked again - and found out that the weather forecast now predicts heavy rain for about an hour.
Literally before my eyes, this forecast began to come true. We turned towards home, and my daughter returned home, and I lingered at the entrance to the metro - I bought myself a cup of coffee, but most importantly, I thought that it would be a pity to return home without taking pictures of the rainy streets. Rain generates a lot of cool subjects for a street photographer - as demonstrated by a recent post by @x-rain, who took a walk in the rain along the streets of Saigon... and I've known this for a long time myself. Anyway, I slightly covered my camera under my jacket and hid in ambush opposite the entrance to the metro. Almost all the photos below were taken without leaving one spot.
And by the way, pay attention to my cup of coffee! What depth of symbolism can be found in the picture, if you remember in time that St. Petersburg is famous for its rainy weather. (By the way, I'm gradually accumulating photos for a separate post on this topic).
Someone was walking in the park, collecting beautiful maple leaves and started to weave a wreath - but when it started to rain, might abandoned his work and ran away, leaving the wreath for the next comers. I came ... just to take a photo
A flower-selling lady is patiently waiting for her customers to come.
Other followers of free trade under the open air - exactly under the open sky, which throws water on them from a great height in solid quantaties...
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This one turned blurry due to the motion, but I still liked and did not want to delete it. The scooter girl arrived to the subway station, parked the scooter and momentarily disappeared in the tube doorway. Smart rider on the storm! (modern edition).
Everyone is hiding from the rain - those who prudently borrowed an umbrella are hiding under their umbrella, those who did not check the weather forecast are pulling their clothes over their heads, or trying to run quickly past the raindrops :)
Some pedestrians made no attempt to take shelter from the rain. (Maybe this girl was waiting for her boyfriend at this spot - and just couldn't leave.) Well, a cup of hot coffee makes you feel a little more at ease and definitely helps you wait!
And the last photo to round up my walk - the only capture I made after the sky cleared and rain have stopped; an eye contact happened.
| location: | St.Petersburg, Russia | October 2024 | natural light |
| camera/lens: | Canon 5dm3 | Canon 70-200mm | raw-conv |
Thanks for walking with me, see you next time.
Я не читал сегодняшний прогноз погоды - у моей дочери школьные каникулы, и после ланча она захотела погулять вместе в парке и покормить птиц. Она взяла кулек с пшеничными зернами, а я конечно же, взял мой 70-200мм телефото, для охоты другого рода. Миссия была успешно выполнена... когда небо внезапно посерело, а я подслушал разговор двух проходящих женщин: "Сейчас самое время убраться отсюда поскорее, а через час можно будет вернуться обратно". Я переспросил - и выяснил, что сейчас прогноз погоды обещает сильный дождь примерно часовой продолжительности.
Буквально на моих глазах этот прогноз начал сбываться. Мы развернулись в сторону дома, и дочь вернулась домой, а я задержался у входа в метро - купил себе стаканчик кофе, но главное, я подумал что жаль будет вернуться домой и не пофотографировать дождливые улицы. Дождь генерирует массу клевых сюжетов для уличного фотографа - как показывает недавний пост @x-rain, который погулял под дождем по улицам Сайгона... да я и сам давно это знаю. В общем, я слегка укрыл камеру под курткой и притаился в засаде напротив входа в метро. Почти все фотографии ниже сделаны не сходя с одного места.
И, кстати, обратите внимание на мой стаканчик с кофе! Какую глубину символизма можно обнаружить в картинке, если вовремя вспомнить что Петербург славится дождливой погодой. (Кстати, у меня постепенно копятся фотографии для отдельного поста на эту тему).
