'The Light and Shadows of an Old Empire'

Rulers sometimes inspire works of art in tribute to their power and wisdom. Only the good ones, of course. Well, it is difficult to measure the good of a ruler because it is so relative in every way but, we must admit, that there is a scale from evil and destructive to good and productive. Katherine the Great definitely fits the latter side of the scale.

Here we have a statue with her with her advisors underneath, done in a beautiful manner depicting the golden age of the Russian Empire.

Notice the precision of the craft. I deliberately used chiaroscuro lighting technique in order to make the images more dramatic and add sort of my personal vision. Well, I always do that, if you follow my blog, you've noticed it already.

I like the presence of the lady reading a book here. She is way modest and more thoughtful than the men surrounding her.

If you pay closer attention, you'll see how strong is the role of light in changing the atmosphere and the mood of what we are seeing in real life or in photography. Most of us are not aware of this.

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Motorcycle Travel Series by @velimir 'The Light and Shadows of an Old Empire' (Part #397)

'The Light and Shadows of an Old Empire'

All images and text published in this post are my original work. I encourage everyone to use own texts, thoughts and images as much as possible. Be yourself and stay yourself. This is a proper way to build steemit.com. I do not have respect for dishonest authors. Also, bloggers actually DO matter!

Vote @adsactly-witness for your witness in the Witness Parliament. ADSactly Society is good people who will represent you well.

I'd like to extend my gratitude to everyone who continuously supports both of my ongoing projects (Motorcycle Travel Series and Art Photography Series). Big thank you for enjoying the content and appreciating my effort. This is what steemit.com is meant to be about.