Eastern Europe

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (hektor 50mm f2.5) leica ll

Belarus, 2001

 

[Michalm]

Poland , May Day gatherings at roadside shrines.

 

[p.giannakis]

Poland - April 2025
Nikon F90x
Agfa APX400 in HC110

 

[Michalm]

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Poland - April 2025
Nikon F90x
Agfa APX400 in HC110

This looks like centuries old practice of Romani Gypsy fortune-telling , I have experienced this myself firsthand.

 

[p.giannakis]

This looks like centuries old practice of Romani Gypsy fortune-telling , I have experienced this myself firsthand.

I think it was. And I got a good telling off for taking the picture. I promised her I wouldn't photograph her again .

 

[Dogman]

It was worth it, Pan. Good shot.



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[p.giannakis]

It was worth it, Pan. Good shot.



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Thank you 😊

 

[skopar steve]

Good shot Pan. The women on the left was giving you the stink eye🙂

 

[p.giannakis]

Good shot Pan. The women on the left was giving you the stink eye🙂

That's the one she told me off 😳

 

[DownUnder]

I have a friend that due to his busy schedule he is not traveling abroad. On Monday evening's when he is not working, he will put a glass of whiskey and his favourite music and I will send him the coordinates of the place I took a picture of, and he will embark on a virtual walk with Google maps. I used to do the same with remote villages somewhere on this planet (from Greenland to Chile).

Me also. Those of us Of A Certain Age often go to Google Maps to revisit places we've been to in the past.

On quiet nights at my Asian home in Indonesia, I log into Google Maps and tour villages, rice fields, beaches, mountains and shrines I saw back in the 1990s and 1980s. Not so much 1970s, my memories from that long ago past have dimmed or even faded, and sadly Bali especially has changed so much, it's all but impossible to find most places I saw in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1975 - I was and still am devoted to revisiting old haunts to 1 see what has changed and 2 how my impressions of revisiting and rephotographing have moved on or stayed as they were, the latter being amazingly often the case for me.

In 2023 I again went to Ubud in Bali for my first return visit in 20+ years - I was dismayed by what I saw. As a Canadian gal at a nearby table in my old Ubud haunt since 1985, the iconic Cafe Lotus where I was having lunch said to her friend, "It's so disappointing. Like Kuta with rice fields, but without the beach." I couldn't have agreed more.

 

[Erik van Straten]

gelatin silver print (summicron 50mm f2 collapsible) leica mp

Athens, 2006

 

[jbielikowski]

Canon 35/2.0 wide open, your Holga experience on a 2000$ Leica, wonderful lens.

 

[Krosya]

ROMANIA

 

[p.giannakis]

 

[jbielikowski]

 

[santino]

What the hell is this? The often mentioned east shield? 😁
Probably not, heh?
I like it a lot, it is so unreal, so space age.

 

[Shab]

GABON: In basque it means "Have a good night"... so, when I have seen the picture it has made me think it will take us to the big night...

 

[jbielikowski]

GABON: In basque it means "Have a good night"... so, when I have seen the picture it has made me think it will take us to the big night...

What the hell is this? The often mentioned east shield? 😁
Probably not, heh?
I like it a lot, it is so unreal, so space age.

I have no idea 😀 as you can see in the background there is a equestrian area, so maybe it's for horserides to give them wings.

Shab, that's quite poetic, and makes even less sense.

 

[oldhaven]

I like how the shrubbery has no respect for these human conceits.

 

[Michalm]

Poland