A Happy New Year Again! Photo

Photographer’s Note

Today (January 14) we have a chance to see the New Year in once more, this time according to the good old Julian calendar, which shows January 1 today. I would like to take an additional opportunity for wishing a happy old style New Year to all TE users. The more we greet each other the happier the new 2009-th year will be!

Looking at the new church under construction, which is partly seen in the picture, I believe that the year has started being very happy for everyone. Despite a harsh whether (-17°C) and economical crisis the construction works are going on. There is a strong hope that this St Volodimir's cathedral will became the sacred center of the biggest dormitory area of Kharkiv city, Saltivka, already in this year. Every third Kharkiv’s citizen lives in Saltivka. This is around 400 thousands, but there are only 2 small churches for such a vast residential community. Hopefully the new cathedral also will be a remarkable sight of my favorite part of the city.

GPS coordinates: 50.01900 Lat, 36.36200 Long

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carper (65448) 2009-01-14 7:38

happy new year to you Sergiy,
a fantastic format and a good composition, fine details a good winter atmosphere, a pleasant shot, I like it, have a nice evening.
regard jaap

npecanhuk (14492) 2009-01-14 7:52

Hello Sergiy!
That's a pretty plesant and beautiful picture!
Excellent exposure and sharpness!
Well chosen pov, well seen and done composition! I really like the way the trees embrace the church! The low part of it, with the walking man and the shadow adds a melancholic feeling to the image, a bit of sadness in contrast with the white trees and the shiny church! I really like that too!
TFS - Congratulations!
Warmest regards and greetings from Brazil,
Neyvan Peçanhuk
(my grand-father was ukrainian!)

JanD (15019) 2009-01-14 8:07

Howdy Sergiy!
Original church. Amazing winter scenery, wonderful snow. Nice light and colors. Good picture.
Regards!

photoray (1358) 2009-01-14 8:08

Congratulations on getting to celebrate New Year's again, and with a well composed winter scene. Will you be celebrating the Chinese New Year in February?!

asajernigan (14246) 2009-01-14 9:26

Sergiy,
This is a well composed shot. The icy trees frame the church nicely while the angle create depth. The golden dome stands out beautifully against the blue sky. The lighting and colors are great with excellent sharpness and detail.
TFS,
Asa

brano14 (1926) 2009-01-14 9:52

Sergiy,
Thank you and I wish you a healthy and prosperous New Year.
Amazing picture,great POV, great lighting, those branches look very nice under the ice.
Thanks! Поздрав!
Brano

pauloog (6811) 2009-01-14 10:32

Hello Sergiy,
A special partly view on this white church, but well balanced wiht the winter trees and the walking person in the foreground giving depth.
regards,
Paul

denisn72 (7037) 2009-01-14 13:44

Hello Sergiy
Wow! I like these frozen trees just in front of this brand new church. The golden dome please me very much. In Canada, Churches are not in construction, they are more and more abandoned. Great work and thanks for sharing!
Best regards
Denis!

siamesa (13195) 2009-01-14 14:27

Hello Sergiy

Congratulations for the New Year again. This picture represents very well what you are saying.
Simply marvelous this church and the snow covering the trees and the church. Lovely image indeed.
Regards
Maria

Sne011 (3103) 2009-01-14 14:32

Hello Sergiy,
Beautiful capture of the church and beautiful winter scene. I like the view through the snowy branches.
In Serbia we celebrate new year twice too :) We always try to find the reason for celebration :) And as our Christmas is January 7, New year is starting today :) Well, I don't really care for that celebration on 13th, but many people here consider this date more important..
Greetings from Belgrade,
Sneza
PS - What's happening with the gas thing?? We're freezing here!! :P

mapek61 (3927) 2009-01-15 1:15

Witaj Sergiej
Pretty church in the beautiful winter scenery. We're like me.
Regards
Marek

shevchenko (10016) 2009-01-15 19:24

Hi Sergiy,
Thanks for introduce another type of calender, the walking people give an idea about the size of a magnificent cathedral, lovely winter view and whitish world, thanks for sharing.
Ally

Gerrit (36127) 2009-01-16 5:41

Hi Sergiy,
excellent view through the snowy trees and a well balanced compositiobn in fantastic winterlight and -colors.
Regards, Gerrit

belido (16757) 2009-01-16 5:41

Hi Sergiy,

another lovely winter scene of your country. I just need to thank you for this attractive 800 x 800px imagem. Very beautiful one, the square format fits very well in here. Well done!
Regards,
Carlos

archimatica (13318) 2009-01-16 9:25

Hi, Sergiy.
Great winter picture: I like these frozen trees in front of the church.
Thanks for having added to your favorite authors.

Regards, and happy new year.
Renzo

ribeiroantonio (21959) 2009-01-16 13:35

The golden tower is a real eye catcher in here. I like the lovely composition and the excellent colours and clarity of the shot. Well done.
Antonio

darek1978 (11401) 2009-01-16 16:09

Hi Sergiy,

You've chosen an amazing scenery to celebrate a New Year. Although we live far away from each other, but believe me we have a lot in common - I also celebrate New Year on 14th Jan. I also celebrate Xmas at 7th Jan, so Happy New Year to You my Friend. Have a look into my gallery - you can see few churches from my homeland :)

All the best,
Cheers,
Darek

parbo (11004) 2009-01-16 17:20

Hello Sergiy,

Every place is frozen in Europe, but seems you already freeze everything. We can not see this -17°C here except in the deep freeze, wow! Your POV is very creative while adding frozen naked tree branches to side of your photo with fantastic view and capture of new cathedral. Clear, blue sky is really eye catching and creates enviable contrasts with wintry white. Congratulations. Have a nice weekend.

I wish you and your family a healthy, prosperous and happy new year too.

Best Regards,

Ertugrul
PS. Thank you very much for adding my name to your list of favorite photographers. I appreciated.

syrus_persia (2216) 2009-01-17 3:45

Salam Sergiy
Creative perspective and point of view to show us this church.Beautiful colours and details in this fine composition.
TFS
cyrus

papagolf21 (56623) 2009-01-18 1:37

Bonjour, Sergiy,
Le premier mot qui vient à l'esprit est : superbe !
Passionné d'architecture religieuse, je suis ravi de pouvoir contempler cette très belle composition hivernale. La beauté architecturale est parfaitement mise en valeur.
Un grand merci pour ce partage et pour la note très intéressante.
Amitiés.
Philippe

jafadabret (40185) 2009-01-18 6:31

Bonjour, Sergiy.
C'est une photo très réussie par sa composition ses lignes et ses volumes mais aussi par ses couleurs. Le format carré est ici le plus indiqué. Bravo !
Jacques

feather (50040) 2009-01-18 6:50

This is a beautiful winter image in excellent light. The church architecture is wonderful; the roof of the bell tower is particulary eye-catching. The frosted branches trace lovely patterns across the blue sky. Good idea to include the lady.
Kath

a-lee (426) 2009-01-18 9:45

hi sergiy;
Wonderful scenery... and very cold this photo :))
Really beautiful composition, colors and good sharpness...
a-lee

AROBN54 (10789) 2009-01-18 13:16

Oh, Sergiy,
what a marvelous photograph!! Stunning light and contrast, beautiful color, great graphics in the lines and angles, wonderful detail and the perspective is perfect. I love those snow covered trees and the reflective gold top to the bell tower. Really beautiful shot! Many thanks and kindest wishes,
Shelly

alainh (35385) 2009-01-18 22:04

hello Sergiy

all ythe sno necessary to constite a beautiful card for this new year. not too late i hope to wish you all the best for 2009, Sergiy
friendly
alain

Juntas (3482) 2009-01-19 6:43

Hi Sergiy. Nice view. I like the way you composed it with the white branches in the fg. Great definition and a great note reminding the Julian calender. HAppy New Year. PAulo

skippy007 (7277) 2009-01-19 15:21

Hello Sergiy, First thank you for your good wishes & may I wish you & your loved ones also a happy & healthy year. I like the way you composed & framed this shot, the bare trees in FG are excellent & through them we can see in very good detail & colour the church. I also like the human element. The gold on the church & blue sky add a lovely warm touch.
Thank you
Regards
Santo

daddo (11487) 2009-01-20 2:21

Sergiy, this is a poetic and beautiful composition, a true homage to both Nature (in Winter) and to Faith.The branches covered in snow are like a sheer curtain partially drawn and revealing the birth of a splendid church. Beautiful light and colours. The person adds the human touch. Pozdrav. Klaudio.

Silvio1953 (42579) 2009-01-22 10:21

Ciao Sergiy, great winter composition with fantastic frozen trees and wonderful architecture, happy new year to you too, very well done, ciao Silvio

josepmarin (34011) 2009-01-22 12:38

Hi Sergiy,
great management of the light and the shades in this capture, the church and his golden dome, between the trees, in an urban scenery covered with snow, they have a good aesthetic effect in the composition.
I like, it is very well done.
Best regards,
Josep

rodgerg (24773) 2009-01-23 3:05

Hello Sergiy,

A shot very well selecetd for the new year in Julian calendar.
A nice view to this superb church with an orginal framing welle selected. I like the balance or your composition. The white colors is well collected and the church arise very well. Good photowork
Have a good WE,
Roger

siolaw (25800) 2009-01-23 21:17

Hi Sergiy,
You had excellent light here, and superb colors in the sunny but cold weather! Nice framing and also perfect sharpness, with an interesting architectural subject.
Greetings
Laurent

romalek (2511) 2009-01-24 7:09

Hi!
Amazing winter scenery, wonderful snow. Nice light and colors. Good picture.
Regards
Roman

MLINES (10934) 2009-01-24 14:09

Hi Sergiy. An excellent composition with blue and white the main colours. The POV is excellent and the impact of the frost covered trees is wonderful to see. TFS. Murray.
PS The temp here was 37 degrees C, so we needed a lot of cooling like this.

JCG (25687) 2009-01-25 7:37

Hi Sergiy,

The winter light superbly emphasizes this splendid cathedral. The roof gilded brings out well on this beautiful blue sky. The frosted branches supplements the composition agreeably. Good and interesting photograph like your note, thank you Sergiy.

With all my friendships and a good end of WE,

Jean-Charles

Waylim (11081) 2009-01-26 19:31

Sergiy,
Wow, Very nice shot, I love the POV looking through the snow covered tree branches, yet there is still very nice and sharp for the chuches behind. Great handling of the light and dark. Good DoF and composition is also nice. Excellent work. Thanks.
Way

Hellas (5155) 2009-01-26 23:20

Very clear and detailed! The colour combination and contrasts are terrific! I just love the mood you captured here! Well composed, too.

Thank you!
Best regards,
Athanasios.

vasilpro (9258) 2009-01-27 11:57

Great photo Sergiy my friend.
Vasilis.

mkamionka (4850) 2009-01-28 1:13

Hi Sergiy,
Beautiful shot.
It is an interesting architecture and you present it very nicely.
The framing with the tree branches covered with snow is fantastic.
M

Traveller (667) 2009-02-01 1:11

Extremely beautiful! Long forgotten snow and white and golden colors on blue...
Da, so "starym novym godom". : ) Nado zhe, Vy escho i Sumskuyu oblast' snimaete, a ja v Sumah rodilas'!!! Vot eto da!

paura (39036) 2009-02-03 1:46

Sergiy,
The exposure management is excellent here. Lighting and colors are relly nice to show the beautiful architecture.

Well done!

Paulo

Atousa (3456) 2009-02-03 23:16

Salam Sergiy,

Great winter atmosphere !..it really reveals coldness .. you chosen pov is very good n also the way you framed it.. the inclusion of the person has been a nice plus.. very well captured..thank you.
Best regards from snowy Tehran!
A

Henryk_Bilor (20367) 2009-02-04 10:56

Hi Sergiy
SO once again happy new year ;). It is a good idea to celebrate it twice :), Great capture in excellent crisp winter air.
Regards

Naca (374) 2009-02-07 4:28

PREDIVNO...JAKO LIJEPA FOTOGRAFIJA...

UlfE (9110) 2009-02-07 6:53

Hi Sergiy,

Wonderful shot. The lighting and colour are excellent. Also a really fine composition. I love the forsty branches of trees. TFS and have a nice weekend!

Cheers,

Ulf

Beasolea (1646) 2009-02-13 16:07

Hello Sergiy,
I love your beautiful photo.
Pretty church in the beautiful winter scenery. Happy New Year.
Regards
Bea

pajaran (3731) 2009-12-11 2:50

Dobar dan, pocinje zima, hladno je.
Dan kada slavim sinov rodjendan, bila je jaka zima i sneg u Nisu. Zimski ambijent i grane lepo uklopljene u fotografiju koje su istakle arhitekturu crkve, dobar rad, svidja mi se , lepo.
Prijatan uspesan dan, Paja.

fabianoleite (1505) 2009-12-20 4:17

The construction looks very good behind the branches. Good framing, congratulations!

Photo Information

Copyright: Sergiy Lushpenko (s_lush) (2424)
Genre: Lieux
Medium: Couleur
Date Taken: 2009-01-06
Categories: Architecture
Camera: SONY DSC-W200
Exposition: f/8, 1/320 secondes
More Photo Info: view
Map: view
Versions: version originale
Thème(s): Orthodox Churches, Sergiyade Sergiy's Ukrainian Churches., All Blue [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-01-14 7:35
Favoris: 2 [voir]