Eclipse 20.03.2015

While I’m trying to make time-lapse (it is taking a lot of time) here are some photos of the last eclipse.
 

Spotting

I'm here again. Last summer me and my friend went to the Sheremetyavo airport area. It was my first experience in spotting, but despite this the result was excellent.

 

The Moon again

A long time I didn't do the photos and therefore didn't write nothing. Today I had a tele-astro experiments, therefore it is a Moon again. Eventually I've obtained necessary optical interpolation and reached the camera. Now I need to go outside the city and make well photos.

CP+

A week ago I was in Tokyo. Despite the fact I was on a photo exhibition, it is almost no photos was made. There are only two photos:

Stanovoe village

A wonderful things happening in places where you least expect it. On the NYs holidays me and my friends visited the Stanovoe village in the Lipetsk region. So, how it was:

Meeting on December 10th (Moscow)

Today I was on the meeting:

The Japanese service (日本のサビス)

In Japan I had a task to change the currency from USD to JPY. This quest I called "The Japanese service".

Khakas trip

In the beginning of this year I was in a business trip on Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydro-Electric Powerplant. So, how it was




All photos are here.

台風

The saying exists: "The man closer to the God in time when rain is going".. Typhoon is going with the great rains on this land, wounded by earthquakes and tsunami.

Yes, I like here, but it is not because of the people or the social values. It is something another, something sitting deep inside the subconscious, something that was born a long time ago. It is something absolutely like lake Baikal - you just know that it is yours.

A year ago I saw the typhoon. I remember myself watching through the wet window of a bus and thinking that I will change everything because everything is possible. You just really have to want it.

Tokyo (Shinjuku)

The first free day in Tokyo I spent on doing nothing. I just was walking, making photos and nothing more. So, how it was:

About the joy and sorrow things

Sometimes we meet different crippled people - someone without hands or legs, someone feeble-minded, someone blind or deaf, someone with such another illness. Before I had pity and compassion for them, now - sometimes irritation (mostly because of gipsy mafia that use crippled people for begging).

But in any case we (I mean healthy people) even can't imagine how potentially we are happy with ability of hands, legs and vision. I can stand up and go anywhere, I can earn money, I can climb the mountain.. I'm omnipotent in comparing with them.

In the spleen times when I feel myself in the lower depths, I'm thinking about them. And it works. "Children of Africa" is far and in present time this phrase doesn't mean the real children. But these people here, around us..

First dreams

4 stragger bodyes came from the taiga on the federal road. They all are wet till under and trembling. Faces and hands till the elbows are in scratches, legs till the knees are in one big bruise, feets are in great blisters and wounds.

There are no warm and rest in close future for them. But you can read on thems faces: "I did it!!"..

Karelia

In the middle of June I had a trip to Karelia that I had planned a long time before. The company as always was of me and my girls :) How it was:




All the photos are here.

Outcome

Not long time ago I wrote a post about the upcoming changes in my life so this is the outcome.

Life is a continued moving. You can fall or rise but not to stand still. If you became standing so you are a deadman. And I'm trying to plan my life in accordance with this principle. And in fact every step in my life is like a challenge up to myself (it always be that).

It started 9 years ago when I got a business idea and came with it to the business owner. Then it was my unexpected moving to Moscow, the first limitas troubles and then in the end - my current job where I'm working for 6 years.

The one important thing. The last year to my own surprise I went to the Japan for a week. And after that event everything changed in my life. I began to study the Japanese language and seek contact with people with the same interests.

And now I'm making a big step into a deep uncertainty. I won't tell about all events before this decision, but now there are material changes in a field of my activity. I'm trying to combine my work, hobbie and the interest to Japan. Maybe you'll tell that it's impossible, but I've done it (maybe I'm a lucky one or I'm just wanted it so much) and God, please, help me..

After the 3 weeks I'm going to my annual Baikal trip for 2 weeks. Then, after a few days after returning, I'm flying to Japan on business trip for a month. After that I'll stay there for 2 weeks on my vacation. And then I'll begin a new life..

Once again..

So, in any case, it's my fault.. Every time when I have a business with official services, after all I'm vowing not to do this more. These guys certainly will cost you dear but make the job poor (in most cases). First time I was note that with my car servicing, the last time with the photolens repair.

The full cost of repair (with materials) they valued at the half cost of a new lens (repairing was whole month). Three weeks ago I took it out and went to Karelia. After the returning I've found two dusts under the first lens (most likely I didn't found them when took the lens from service). A few day ago I came to them with the warranty event and what do you think?! These insolent refused me to remove the dusts for free because (as they say) it is not due to the repair works they've done and that I did it. For 1.5 years no one dust and for two weeks the two? No way!! I left them and I'm sure forever.

P.S. Before that case I've asked them about the matrix clearning service and the cost was 4500 rubles ($150). In the ordinary service I've done this work for only 900 rubles (with the perfect quality). I'm not ready to pay only for brand!!

Homemade

I was played a little with my cam. How it was:



All photos are here.

Vorgol rocks

A week ago me and my friends had a pleasant trip to the Vorgol rocks. How it was:

9-th company

Today I was watching the "9-th company" movie. A film about the Soviet soldiers in Afghanistan. And I like it at most.

The major thing I like is how the director (Bondarchuk, Jr.) showed hazing (in a good sense) as an important factor in formation of the military brotherhood. It was a difficult task and I like as he showed it. At the same time I did not like how he showed the battle scenes (the last part of film) - everything was looking too unreal and even foolish. In this part, it is still very far from the mastery of his father (Bondarchuk, Sr.).

As I said, the film is good at most and I recommend you to watch it.

Lake Baikal 2010: Khamar-Daban mountains (Weather Station) - Arshan - Warm Lakes

The previous posts were about our arrival and wandering around the Weather Station. By this post I'm finishing the long story about our trip to Lake Baikal that was in summer 2010. How it was:




Previous days:
Moscow - Irkutsk - Khamar-Daban mountains (Weather Station)
Khamar-Daban mountains (Weather Station - Chersky peak - Weather Station)

All the photos are here.

Euphoria

Euphoria!! I hate this fake omnipotence feeling. This suspends your mind and tickles the body, like a sip of alcohol or a puff of strong tabacco smoke. But most of all I'm scare of the thought that everything will end inevitably and you'll find yourself sitting in the heart of desert.