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Image of The Week: A Lone Russian Guard Walking Through a Kremlin Blizzard

April 8, 2011 2:30 am
Jason
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This weeks image was captured in Moscow back in April of 2007. It shows a lone Presidential Guard walking through a blizzard, within the grounds of the Kremlin. The Presidential Guard or Kremlin Regiment, are a special military unit given the sole purpose of defending the Kremlin, as well as the highest state officials. On this particular day, the weather wasn’t looking all that bad mid morning, so we arranged our visit. By lunchtime the snows were drifting in hard and fast, and at times it seemed as if we were the only ones there.

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http://www.thelongestwayhome.com Dave from The Longest Way Home
Great photo Jason. I’ve never been able to capture snow on a photo like that. The snow flakes in Russia must be bigger than normal I guess, ha ha.
I like the way they block out the guards face and the fact it is in black and white. This really makes the image pop with some contrast with no over exposure, great shot.
http://www.digid-rift.com Jason
Hey Dave, Thanks for the praise mate. Come to think of it, It was difficult to get this shot. Even though it was early April, the snow on this day was coming down thick and fast. I wanted to capture the guard walking but I didn’t want to destroy my camera doing it. I had it wrapped in a plastic bag, and also had a large lens hood as well.
Within half an hour there was 10cm of snow on the ground. Something you’d expect in Russia in the dead of winter, but I wasn’t ready for it in April.
http://www.digid-rift.com Jason
Hey Dave, Thanks for the praise mate. Come to think of it, It was difficult to get this shot. Even though it was early April, the snow on this day was coming down thick and fast. I wanted to capture the guard walking but I didn’t want to destroy my camera doing it. I had it wrapped in a plastic bag, and also had a large lens hood as well.
Within half an hour there was 10cm of snow on the ground. Something you’d expect in Russia in the dead of winter, but I wasn’t ready for it in April.
http://twitter.com/JacknJillTravel Jack and Jill
Ah, I really, really like this pic. I can’t believe that it snows that much in half an hour – kudos to you for being out there in such condition to take pics. I can imagine how hard it must be to stay warm, operate a camera, AND being creative with the shots at the same time.
http://www.indovillas.com Sophie
That’s a lot of snow, cool photo!
http://www.digid-rift.com Jason
Hey Guys, Glad you liked the photo, and yes the Russian snow does come down hard and fast. Considering this was early April, I can’t imagine a blizzard in the middle of winter.
Although I have visited Moscow in early December many years ago, but didn’t witness any heavy snow during that visit. Thanks for stopping by, and your comment.
http://www.digid-rift.com Jason
Hey Sophie, Yes the snow did begin to fall heavily on that day, but in the grand scheme of things is probably very little compared to what is considered normal in Moscow.