From the dusk to the dawn
Published on HivePostify by @evildeathcore · Sun Aug 09 2026
It’s still white night. It's just turn off abruptly. Yesterday it was still light, and tomorrow it’s already dark. I noticed this when I was shooting the silvery clouds above the monastery, with a gap of two or three days between the shots. One night was bright, and the next one wasn’t. There was no gradual transition — they just turned it off, that’s all.
This year, I often watched the sunset hanging in the sky all night long, which, without ever disappearing, gradually transitioned into dawn. https://sun9-49.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/tRIbWOVUBNr7K4z74skwl0Lj86Qs4NhphfhNkBnw-tKQvDgrSB8s2ICnHUU6ZS66YSSTv2kSzoX6kF8oJYjXQ0.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0
At some point, I loved the white nights, and at other times, I didn’t… it all depended on what frequency I was on and what I was photographing at the moment. https://sun9-37.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/GReqGQVIrQM0083OLFMCnoGvwL7kbQtx6OyHf2wB1593vj8KCLjdyyUIGsZ9TtmmB0Xl0ykKDTfl1cHBeKM8tj.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0
White nights (twilight that does not turn into a dark night) are good for photographing in fog, for interesting clouds, including silvery ones, for shooting the sunrise of the full moon. https://sun9-74.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/10kXLZ-qN0h6sLm2KgGdIRspf0qxT4AAwILfcpiWBgZkGC8xY5ajYLesj0qkEeiY6oxuMt1ajpj-VwKefMQS33.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0
Otherwise, you have to wait for the white nights so that there’s a dark, starry sky and the right atmosphere with street lighting. https://sun9-13.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/sRMM0A9kEWo4ul1OC9lM8h1IOToUPdFsj9Yer-japaZdUtaC013am7a2b9ZUDziHa-KnLbIG5b0Vi3X-mXkAVy.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x721,1280x854,1440x961,2560x1708&from=bu&cs=1280x0
While the nights are still light, there’s a sense of summer inside....as soon as the nights get darker, the feeling of autumn immediately appears. https://sun9-34.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/yxIWa77kGG7CEGGcCv9tQocj9t9Dtpi9GLO3gfkbxYkDSEIwbw64WcUl-8ssPvqlHvCV45Qs9uTfXhoI1JfQZEIF.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x721,1280x854,1440x961,2560x1708&from=bu&cs=1280x0
This year I was waiting for spring, but it seemed to me that I missed it... https://sun9-10.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/TFI4w9Yh-jXzE6MTHbky1Jf7miutj3x1UkdiB0BChJAQ0FY1rviqXE1zyPxeFhZzE0HFmN6p32qI8LaVfZv3s.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0
Now I’ll be waiting for autumn....(so I can miss it too?!) (No!) https://sun9-81.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/z1OT6ndnuBlCuuuVF-Zrd49lqKWIogaH0Do-mx9GjWKlEELO1fSvqmRrUxZ9nXKo39u7narduwL5RDJDLk0RdKw.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0
Dugouts... there are very few of them this year! It’s just a missed opportunity! The project isn’t finished, but it’s being put on hold for a very long time due to insurmountable circumstances. https://sun9-19.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/PGDBEGEHxLfeEaF4D4fXAySxBWebWjuUWoxewStDpHTxoUEFv3Vi3q2wVrCneFH5QLstoj075HIJ8JEN0e9q-L.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0
Universe, why are you doing this? What is the reason? I just want to understand where I need to improve and which direction to take to get back on track.
The car is in the repair – there’s money. The car is fixed – the money runs out (which is logical). The money comes back – the car breaks down again (the generator is dead). I just can’t get out of the city! Although I did manage to do it a couple of times. https://sun9-68.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/3SUZnwZSNi4cM0Thiyme-j8GmU2zsROaZsjiZcSurpm4DHOludRT9QYKE9keg0pDAZ698q-mbP9Xh47GbRwW.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0
But as soon as there’s even the slightest thought of going somewhere more than 100 km away, all options are immediately blocked — right up to the point of the car breaking down. https://sun9-33.vkuserphoto.ru/s/v1/ig2/BX1zlweLp3QV3bIvPpsATd388yu0hW9lYjR5JsoR3eHUL8DbpqpatcSO7RduFOIbwlPRZJz8AD5378bRT-nq6or.jpg?quality=95&as=32x21,48x32,72x48,108x72,160x107,240x160,360x240,480x320,540x360,640x427,720x480,1080x720,1280x853,1440x960,2560x1707&from=bu&cs=1280x0
Hey, how much longer? I didn’t ask for this kind of mysticism...
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