Illuminated avenue

Every day, more and more buildings are being equipped with architectural lighting. I remember how it all started and how it shines now. It feels like you’re in some big, old city!

It became more interesting to shoot street and cityscape photos.
https://sun9-68.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/JJy4vNt1ylNMmk7OR-9hf2gqtm531HUsrdE34wb89K81wFa_FETbLSfldvxsPQyQHQubBtS-FGEEIoDDtjC72ePB.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x721,1280x854,1440x961,2560x1708&from=bu&cs=2560x0

Earlier, I would have definitely done all of this in black and white with strong contrast.
https://sun9-10.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/fwKhk1Y9DFYrJuk7wn3Gg4zDMPc7UFJhdVBxA7gL4EE6zZdlfKP9yHWj1GoukCYF-MvAe151zCuqH1T7XpQDT4lV.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x721,1280x854,1440x961,2560x1708&from=bu&cs=2560x0

Right now, I’m only interested in the color, although I didn’t specifically refuse to use black‑and‑white photography.
https://sun9-56.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/-66TQVEo3Zfz9E84kim4bBxnVWcEvS6XQNvbxDoFkGw2FcweFJ-t4DjQ-1un2LKUXQI8rrAgtnxzIgzWva-bwe7y.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=2560x0

It happened on its own – I just stopped wanting black‑and‑white and don’t even think about monochrome anymore.
https://sun9-55.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/dNkhqan_DAKWMBSoS_RYI8utgMg-v8uRefwKuJfPjN10HgIILqJttg6UsnWRiqQVGe-uuXhjw1bD91tb4ASJwQp3.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x721,1280x854,1440x961,2560x1708&from=bu&cs=2560x0

..I stopped doing a lot of things in photography: panoramas, collages, hard retouching, blackboard, vertical, non-standard cropping, frizlight, film...
https://sun9-77.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/5OU5_za639swFwwfCxs6BpIBHcrC2MIJiT3f3jy9H9vT1mw5Xo5kaMXkyTkYEOkzaGQCjJMR5P2_naKyiaI6patQ.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1000000

I remember how, many years ago, I was waiting for the churches in Ustyug to “light up” with their illumination for the holidays.
https://sun9-62.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/apSN45367UDFpsHve7khjzemn5xIJRnnqqmqTHwuUdjyYsNpYhvKMowXtU2Zj_BOP8kqXbTyhH3uCHI2yiZPfoYV.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x721,1280x854,1440x961,2560x1708&from=bu&cs=2560x0

Right now, I don’t like the lighting of the temples — due to the strong brightness difference, the architectural object always ends up overexposed.
https://sun9-55.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/Os268o2UgEHDSBHGb8t0Z6JuySZ8S6R9OBVOfntoO45A1Car1oSqlxN5upBI0NsU9Ec6uf-CCkPhWHzhUNiqoFVZ.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=2560x0

Another matter is a slightly more sophisticated (or targeted) architectural lighting.
https://sun9-2.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/4KmZAYqayBSCsj7Sg4D7wR-9b5w9BEaqrZKVGi1aKbkTPzMPkcxqMFHvtb5PSFWzhroG5QqeD50oKjU2VgdxCGkL.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=2560x0

You can work with her!