When the world returns to normal, Blair wants to go back to Ukraine to visit Chernobyl again…and I’m ready as well. This is the St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in Kiev. It has a Cathedral, bell tower, refectory and gates, which are all built in the Ukrainian Baroque Style.
Blair and I visited this spot while completing a huge photo walk around a number of historic locations in the city near the Dnieper River.
I loved this cathedral in downtown Kiev, but I had a hard time capturing it. It’s large so you need to get back to get it all in, but you can’t due to the outside wall surrounding the building. You also can’t get a clean shot without dozens of people standing in the way. There are some clean perspectives around the back that are not as pretty. So, I went with this zoomed in perspective of the rooftop, which was also hard to capture due to trees (as you can see).
The position of this cathedral is great within the city. Its at the end of a major road overlooking the Dnieper River. The facility itself is amazing. I just failed as a photographer to capture it. Sorry about that.
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This amazing facility is still functioning as a monastery in Kiev Ukraine. It is located on the Dnieper River in a beautiful portion of the city. It was built in the Middle Ages by Sviatopolk II Iziaslavych. Unfortunately, the original cathedral was demolished by the Soviets in the 1930s and was reconstructed in 1999 after the Ukrainian independence. Blair and I climbed bell tower in the surrounding walled structure to get this photo.
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If you were making a list of the most photographed sites in the world, I’d bet this bridge would be in the top ten list. I’ve posted a number of photos of this bridge in the past, including one less then a month ago.
I took this photo in early June from a hiking path near the Golden Gate Welcome Center on a very cold day for that time of the year.
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I don’t often have bad trips…maybe never. But I don’t want every trip I take to sound like it was off the charts amazing. I’m naturally optimistic and positive, which has an impact on my general outlook about my experiences. All that said, I had a great time in San Francisco earlier this month. On my 2nd evening, I took an Uber to the Golden Gate Bridge. From there, I took a ton of photos around this historic landmark. After capturing all the photographs I wanted at that spot, I started walking back toward the downtown area taking photos along the entire way. Today’s photo is from that walk. I was probably a mile east of the bridge heading towards the Palace of Fine Arts. I wasn’t really thinking about it or planning it, but for some reason I looked backwards (back towards the area I had left) and saw this amazing view. Thus, you get this great photo to appreciate. The lesson is to remember to look backwards from time to time. You never know what great view is back there unless you look. In this case, the Golden Gate Bridge and a golden sunset.
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What more can I say….. typical view of the bridge on a fall day when San Fran experiences the fog that makes the area famous.
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We are spending a few days in San Francisco. MJ and I are trying to see as much as possible with our limited time here. I think we were lucky to see the Golden Gate Bridge yesterday. Because today the entire bay is covered with fog and they don’t expect it to clear up for a week or more. I’ve heard about the fog in San Francisco, but seeing it is fair more impressive then hearing about it.
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Like many Americans, I am excited about the upcoming start
of the regular season. I was very
very lucky in the last few years to be granted sideline passes to some NCAA and
NFL games to cover them for the media.
I am hoping I’ll be able to do a few more this season.
My excitement for the upcoming season almost matches the excitement of FS Ryan Clark (#25) and SS Robert Golden (#30) in the picture below.
As you have probably noticed, I started using Watermarks to prevent theft of my images (which was getting out of control), but can you find it in this picture?
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Looking back at some photos from my trip to California, I came across this picture I took outside the Governor's office inside the capital building. As it was explained to me, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger found this while on vacation and purchased it for the State of California. It now sits outside the Governor's office. The capital building is very cool and I was glad I took the time to tour it both inside and out.
fyi... The employees at the capital building refer to this bear as "bacteria bear" because all the kids like to touch the bear. It stands about waist high and is probably about 4 to 5 feet long.
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