| Author |
Message |
Groobs
Lounge Lizard
Joined: 15 Oct 2006
Posts: 83
Location: China (but missing St Pete!)
|
 Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject: At last - some ice! |
 |
|
ok, faith in Russian winter restored a little,,,,,,,,,
Here are a couple of pics of ice in Fontanka canal, taken today from the bridge where Nevsky crosses the canal, sorry for terrible pic quality but they were taken on a crummy camera phone,,,,,
The largest chunk of ice in the second pic is about the size of a pool table, for reference.....
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
yorbcbud
Lounge Wizard
Joined: 17 Feb 2006
Posts: 4903
Location: Сорренто, Британская Колумбия, Канада
|
| Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject: Re: At last - some ice! |
|
|
| Groobs wrote: | ok, faith in Russian winter restored a little,,,,,,,,,
Here are a couple of pics of ice in Fontanka canal, taken today from the bridge where Nevsky crosses the canal, sorry for terrible pic quality but they were taken on a crummy camera phone,,,,,
The largest chunk of ice in the second pic is about the size of a pool table, for reference.....
|
Well, there's still a lot of winter left, so keep posting pictures, they are nice to see. This is the skidoo trail I was on yesterday. Do you have any areas like this near you?
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
wu687
Lounge Lizard
Joined: 18 Jul 2003
Posts: 199
Location: Victoria BC, Canada
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:43 am Post subject: |
|
|
| How do I post pictures? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
yorbcbud
Lounge Wizard
Joined: 17 Feb 2006
Posts: 4903
Location: Сорренто, Британская Колумбия, Канада
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:40 am Post subject: |
|
|
| wu687 wrote: | | How do I post pictures? |
First you have to upload your photos to an online photo album, such as Flikr
To insert an image:
Click on the little Img box, then copy an image location. ( right click on an image, then left click on copy image location)
Right click to place cursor, then left click to get paste menu ( click paste )
Then click again on Img* box
Done deal |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
MrSpice
Lounge Wizard
Joined: 14 Jul 2003
Posts: 3431
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:53 am Post subject: |
|
|
| wu687 wrote: | | How do I post pictures? |
Please post something more education/interesting than Yorbcbud's forest with snow. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Groobs
Lounge Lizard
Joined: 15 Oct 2006
Posts: 83
Location: China (but missing St Pete!)
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 1:56 am Post subject: |
|
|
ok, my pics were just of a little side canal, but I have just walked over the bridge at the Hermitage, and the Neva is seriously full of ice now,,,,, and its MIGHTY cold with the wind clipping off the water, I can tell you! I did not take pics, but i will take a walk up there tomorrow with a decent camera in the daylight and post a few if they look good.
And just cos its a nice pic, nothing to do with ice, here is Hermitage Square I took on my phone a few minutes ago..... look at the flag, its blowing a gale which means its ****ing cold wind-chill!!!!
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
yorbcbud
Lounge Wizard
Joined: 17 Feb 2006
Posts: 4903
Location: Сорренто, Британская Колумбия, Канада
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:05 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Groobs wrote: | ok, my pics were just of a little side canal, but I have just walked over the bridge at the Hermitage, and the Neva is seriously full of ice now,,,,, and its MIGHTY cold with the wind clipping off the water, I can tell you! I did not take pics, but i will take a walk up there tomorrow with a decent camera in the daylight and post a few if they look good.
And just cos its a nice pic, nothing to do with ice, here is Hermitage Square I took on my phone a few minutes ago..... look at the flag, its blowing a gale which means its ****ing cold wind-chill!!!!
|
That is an awesome picture! That turned out very cool with the lights. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
yorbcbud
Lounge Wizard
Joined: 17 Feb 2006
Posts: 4903
Location: Сорренто, Британская Колумбия, Канада
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:17 am Post subject: |
|
|
This is my lake at sunset.
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
MrSpice
Lounge Wizard
Joined: 14 Jul 2003
Posts: 3431
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:12 am Post subject: |
|
|
| I have to say that it looks very beautiful, Yorbcbud. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jo-jo-7
Just Starting
Joined: 16 Mar 2010
Posts: 6
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:27 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Great pictures....is this what I get to look forward too, when I go to Russia? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
yorbcbud
Lounge Wizard
Joined: 17 Feb 2006
Posts: 4903
Location: Сорренто, Британская Колумбия, Канада
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:44 am Post subject: |
|
|
| jo jo 7 wrote: | | Great pictures....is this what I get to look forward too, when I go to Russia? |
Hopefully Groobs will post many more for you, jo jo. But remember, he is in St Petersburg, not Moscow. The scenery should be similar though. Pretty nice pics for a camera phone. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jo-jo-7
Just Starting
Joined: 16 Mar 2010
Posts: 6
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:52 am Post subject: |
|
|
| yorbcbud wrote: | | jo jo 7 wrote: | | Great pictures....is this what I get to look forward too, when I go to Russia? |
Hopefully Groobs will post many more for you, jo jo. But remember, he is in St Petersburg, not Moscow. The scenery should be similar though. Pretty nice pics for a camera phone. |
Isn't Moscow nice like St. Pete?....Moscow looks so beautiful in the books...  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
yorbcbud
Lounge Wizard
Joined: 17 Feb 2006
Posts: 4903
Location: Сорренто, Британская Колумбия, Канада
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:12 am Post subject: |
|
|
| jo jo 7 wrote: |
Isn't Moscow nice like St. Pete?....Moscow looks so beautiful in the books... |
I like Red Square in Moscow, and the Kremlin. The churches are also very impressive. Hopefully people will post some pics for us to see. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
yorbcbud
Lounge Wizard
Joined: 17 Feb 2006
Posts: 4903
Location: Сорренто, Британская Колумбия, Канада
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
surfguy
Lounge Wizard
Joined: 13 Apr 2006
Posts: 6979
|
| Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 7:19 am Post subject: |
|
|
Just made it back from SF...it is stormy all through out California...100 mile hour winds, rain, snow and huge waves 25ft plus. Good to be home and out of the traffic! Yes when I arrived to St Pete there was ice in the Fontanka and by the time I left it was much warmer and the boats in the canal were starting to operate. I have to say that the beauty I noticed in St Pete is how they light the buildings up at night. It's very romantic.
It was good to be back home in the SF Bay Area and I went through some old neigborhoods with an ex and the houses were all decorated and the turn of the century architecture just made for some very scenic pictures and then looking out across the bay at the golden gate...we are all truly blessed with the places that we live and have here on earth. Yes St Pete is nice but once again I realize that I left my heart in San Francisco! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
