Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia

[Jakov Minić]

My visit to Belgrade is an extension to our Slovenian trip.
It's always nice to visit my hometown.
Due to family reasons I haven't been out much and I haven't clicked the shutters of my cameras as much as I would have liked. Today I went for coffee with a friend of mine and I deliberately brought along the Df+45P hoping I would have an opportunity or two to make an image or two.
We sat on a boat on the banks of the Sava River which flows from Slovenia, specifically the River Savica that we visited recently all the way to Belgrade where it joins the big blue Danube

The first photo was on may to the river thorough the dirty windshield of my rented car Adam.
The 2nd on the banks of Sava, and the 3rd on my way back.

I hope you like them

[armando_m]

What is the tall building in 1 and 3 ?

#2 is great with all the things happening , the cargo barge, the guy risking falling into the river, and the row of the ducks family , along with impressive DOF , clarity and colors , a very enjoyable image

[Jakov Minić]

Thank you Armando. The building is called the Western City Gate and is a residential building.

[Jakov Minić]

Since I have posted the Western City Gate of Belgrade, here is the Eastern side.

The sign reads:
Danger, facade falling off!
Not a nice feeling standing below 28 stories of concrete, I wonder how people living here get used to it...

[Jakov Minić]

These three residential buildings are also known as the Three Sisters.

[elsa hoffmann]

oh I like the red sky thingie pics

[Erik Lund]

Nice sky indeed and with a sun star too

[Jakov Minić]

Thank you Elsa and Erik, I must make the sky red in every photo from now on
I stumbled upon an aircraft museum, or should I say junkyard.
Usually we chase car junkyards, so the objects were a bit larger...

[Frank Fremerey]

The EAST. There is something special about it. I was in Riga twice.

The city layout by the forces of Sowiet Union and Warsaw pact.

 Belgrade in your pictures reminds me of that.

[Frank Fremerey]

The eastern gate pics. Very expressionistic. Brutalistic.

People stored like animals we fee on.

I remember a scene from a book that evoked that feel.

A city in Siberia build around a factory

[Jakov Minić]

Dear Frank, thank you for your comments.

Yugoslavia was never under the Soviets or the Warsaw Pact.
It was a Socialist country with a one party communist regime and a founding member of the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement.
It was a pure example of how a country could be multi-national and independent.
Sadly it is now broken apart, but the former republics are slowly but surely joining the EU where they will all be together again...

Attached is another photo from the museum. The building in the background used to be the main terminal of Belgrade Airport back in the romantic days when everybody boarding a plane had a suit on

[Erik Lund]

Reminds me of some parts of charles de gaulle airport

Your PP on this one is... very sixties

[Thomas Stellwag]

red sky and helicopter are my favs
for the heli i assume you took  off your beloved 105DC?
i like, how you draw attention with clearly "false" colours to the subjects
in case of the old Ju, i am not shure if it is the best possible green tone, but that is personal feeling

[Gary]

I appreciate the "false" colors. I am new here and to your work. Could you explain how you attained your coloration? IR? IR+ filters? Post processing? IR & Post processing? I am curious about your creative thinking and how you chose the colors and methodology to attain the final image.

Thanks,
Gary

[Frank Fremerey]

Jakov. I know the history of Jugoslavia and the falling apart. Nonetheless the feel of the city of Belgrade as presented in your pictures evoke strong feelings in me resembling those caused by what I felt in Eastern Europe.

It might well be that another person will see Belgrade completely different and evoke different feelings in me.

btw. The Helicopter in this extreme wide angle is very original and has a certain caricature aspect to it I really like.

it is like making fun of an otherwise bland subject. I also like the colorisation.

all together a rather subjective approach to picturing the world. Curious to see more of your work.