Today's Protest and Later Riot

Two pictures today

The banner says: Kosovo is Serbia.


Near Slavija-- the VIP store

Football practice

just a bunch of medicinal teas

Kosovo protest

This pic is from yesterday's protests against Kosovo's (then upcoming) announcement of independence.

That kind of day

Splavovi

Some of Belgrade's splavovi -- or river rafts that are floating clubs/restaurants/weekend/summer houses, there's even one that's a hostel.

Happy Valentine's Day

So many daily-city-bloggers are posting with a Valentine's theme today, so I looked through my pictures to try to find something with a heart and found this from last spring.

some chairs

from last week

Jelen Pivo

A big ad for Jelen Pivo, Serbian beer (Jelen Pivo translates literally to Deer Beer)

Urban decay

Teenagers hanging out after school in Tasmajdan Stadium, a venue which has seen better days.
You can see an arial view of it (with notes) here at Wikimapia.

Guest Pic: Down By the River

This picture was taken by B, who is much better at taking pictures of people than I am.

A corner on Njegoseva street

Just a nice silvery building and a kiosk (the red thing). Kiosks are little shops where you can buy cigarettes, candy, various kinds of alcohol, bus tickets, recharge your mobile phone, yada yada yada.

Pireaus Bank Girls

It's been rainy and gloomy so here's a snap from last week
The girls were doing a promotion for the Greek bank Piraeus.

Hey Bulldog

And here's the CUTEST. CARTOON. EVER! "Feed the Kitty" from 1952, featuring a bulldog with a kitten. Awwww! Talk about the warm fuzzies.

Sweaters on sale near Zeleni Venac

The mannequins with the Zeleni Venac market rooftops in the background look surreal to me

Might as well be spring

at Kalenic

Cotton Candy Feeding Frenzy

Presidential election results

Two pictures, taken today at about 11pm
A crowd celebrates the election results on Terazije


The re-elected president Boris Tadic addresses the crowd (again, on Terazije)

Here's an article: Exit Polls Show Pro-Europe Tadic as Winner of Serbian Election

A Sort of Homecoming

Plenty of excitement in town today because there was a homecoming celebration in the town center for our tennis champ Djokovic. Unfortunately, this was the best picture I got, when he was leaving after the event.
Check out this youtube video from today: Nole sings with Belgrade. :)

Šumice neighborhood

Kalenic Market

At Kalenic, a large outdoor market in Belgrade

Beautiful Day

It was a gorgeous, clear day today

View from New Belgrade towards Old

This picture is a mess but I liked the way the windows were reflecting the light

New Belgrade

A raven in Vračar

Fotokopirnica

Do I need to explain what fotokopirnica means?
I didn't take this picture, B did.
The guy in the boots is a worker from a nearby construction site, just so you don't think that's typical city fashion here. :)

Yellow car

Zvezdara neighborhood

Apartment Buildings

I have two pictures today of apartment buildings
This is a residential building
It's one of a group of three, here you can see all three from a distance:



Of course communist-era architecture.
Edited 31st Jan 2008: To read something about these buildings, check out this blog: Nothing Against Serbia

This is my new little friend who hangs out behind my building

Another cat, sorry

Election Day

Today was presidential election day in Serbia-- no final results yet
This is a campaign-ad billboard that had peeled away (or been torn?)
and shows part of the ad underneath

Waiting to cross the street

Guest pic

Didn't get out to take pictures these last two days.
Here's a picture taken by B.

Kalemegdan Park, Again

It's been slightly warmer outside, great for walks (and other things) in the park.

On an unrelated note, I thought I'd share some of my bookmarks with you, other photobloggers. Here's a link to an article called 4 Easy Photoshop Techniques to Make Your Pictures Pop. I think at least one or two of them create a nice effect.

On a street near Kalemegdan

On the advice given atA Walk Through Durham Township I've started working with my pictures in 16-bit versus 8-bit files and I think it's made a nice difference with their color and depth. If you take your pictures in RAW and you keep them in 8-bit from start to finish, you should try 16-bit and see if you like the difference.

A cat

This cat was perched up high on a trellis

Hotel Yugoslavia

Saturday at the park

"Now do I look scary?"

Race to the top

Hanging a new ad on a tall building on Slavija Square

A bird's gotta eat

Holiday Season Almost Over

But not quite

Another foggy one

Hotel Moscow

White Christmas

A sweet little dog near the church. (Scroll down for another pic)


People leaving Saint Sava's Cathedral

Across from St Mark's Church

I went a little crazy with the exposure on this one


This was who the man was talking to in that previous pic
where you only see a second shadow