Warsaw Uprising 1944

This year we commemorate the 78th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising . Join the Poles today on August 1 at 5 PM CET/11 AM ET for one minute of silence—symbolizing the W-Hour , the codename for the date and time that began Operation Tempest in German-occupied Warsaw, and hence the Warsaw Uprising. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising For many years it was my Dad who used to put the flag there on every August 1. Since he had passed it became my duty to do it. The flag will be there till October 2. That's how long the Uprising lasted. Excerpt from a German report: "The 9th Army has crushed the final resistance in the southern Vistula circle. The resistance fought to the very last bullet. " www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzeNBRbWXpI ----- Asus Zenfone and Silver Efex Pro 2

I am testing an old Russian (Soviet) MTO 500mm f/8 mirror tele lens (borrowed from a friend). The ring-shaped bokeh (barely noticeable in the lower left corner of the frame) resulted in (almost) IR effect over twigs of trees in the background. ----- Revueflex SD1 + MTO 500mm f/8 + Kodak T-Max 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

I am testing an old Russian (Soviet) MTO 500mm f/8 mirror tele lens (borrowed from a friend). It appears to be a good choice for street portraits :) ----- Revueflex SD1 + MTO 500mm f/8 + Kodak T-Max 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

I am testing an old Russian (Soviet) MTO 500mm f/8 mirror tele lens (borrowed from a friend). It appears to be a good choice for street candid shots :) Crazy donut-shaped bokeh made its statement here obscuring shapes of dark leaves in the foreground. Disclaimer: the middle finger was unplanned ;) I am not going to discuss its meaning :) ----- Revueflex SD1 + MTO 500mm f/8 + Kodak T-Max 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

I am testing an old Russian (Soviet) MTO 500mm f/8 mirror tele lens (borrowed from a friend). What you see in the background is ring-shape bokeh typical for mirror lenses. ----- Revueflex SD1 + MTO 500mm f/8 + Kodak T-Max 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

I am testing an old Russian (Soviet) MTO 500mm f/8 mirror tele lens (borrowed from a friend). What you see in the background is ring-shape bokeh typical for mirror lenses. ----- Revueflex SD1 + MTO 500mm f/8 + Kodak T-Max 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

I am testing an old Russian (Soviet) MTO 500mm f/8 mirror tele lens (borrowed from a friend). It appears to be a good choice for street portraits :) ----- Revueflex SD1 + MTO 500mm f/8 + Kodak T-Max 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

I am testing an old Russian (Soviet) MTO 500mm f/8 mirror tele lens (borrowed from a friend). It appears to be a good choice for street portraits :) ----- Revueflex SD1 + MTO 500mm f/8 + Kodak T-Max 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

Once a scout always a scout. "Gray Ranks" (Polish: Szare Szeregi) was a codename for the underground paramilitary Polish Scouting Association (Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego) during World War II. Photo taken on the day of the 71th anniversary of the Battle of Pęcice . ----- Yashica Mat + Ilford HP5+ + Kodak HC-110 (Dil. B)

Photo taken on the day of the 71th anniversary of the Battle of Pęcice . They were discussing their recollection of events. ----- Yashica Mat + Ilford HP5+ + Kodak HC-110 (Dil. B)

One step too late. They took me by surprise so I missed the right moment. ----- Photo taken on the day of the 71th anniversary of the Battle of Pęcice . ----- Yashica Mat + Ilford HP5+ + Kodak HC-110 (Dil. B)

Photo taken on the day of the 71th anniversary of the Battle of Pęcice . The man is the last one of seven survivors of the battle. He was a kid then. ----- Yashica Mat + Ilford HP5+ + Kodak HC-110 (Dil. B)

Armed Forces Day , known also as the Feast of the Polish Armed Forces (Polish: Święto Wojska Polskiego ), is a national holiday celebrated annually on 15 August in Poland, commemorating the anniversary of the 1920 victory over Soviet Russia at the Battle of Warsaw during the Polish–Soviet War. ... Armed Forces Day is celebrated throughout Poland, with military parades, commemorations for active personnel, veterans, and the dead. As the day coincides with the religious Day of the Assumption, church masses across the country reflect on the memory of Poland's military dead. The Battle of Warsaw 1920. The Defeat of the Empire of Evil : The Battle of Warsaw in 1920 was not only a culminating moment of the Polish-Bolshevik war but also one of the decisive events in the history of Europe and the world. The British diplomat Lord Edgar Vincent D’Abernon, an eyewitness to those events, claimed in his book The Eighteenth Decisive Battle of the World that the Poles had saved the Western civilization from the fanatical tyranny of the Soviet. Unfortunately, the European nations are not aware of this historical fact. I took this shot depicting members of the Representative Honor Guard Regiment of the Polish Armed Forces (and the regimental military band) in August 2015 at Pęcice but I think it fits today celebrations quite well. ----- Mamiya 645 AF + Kodak Portra 160 + Tetenal Colortec

Photo taken on the day of the 71th anniversary of the Battle of Pęcice . ----- Yashica Mat + Ilford HP5+ + Kodak HC-110 (Dil. B)

Photo taken on the day of the 71th anniversary of the Battle of Pęcice ----- Yashica Mat + Ilford HP5+ + Kodak HC-110 (Dil. B) ----- I used to develop HP5+ in D-76 but I am going to switch to HC-110, I think

Photo taken on the day of the 71th anniversary of the Battle of Pęcice . ----- Mamiya 645AF + Kodak Tri-X 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

Photo taken on the day of the 71th anniversary of the Battle of Pęcice . ----- Mamiya 645AF + Kodak Tri-X 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)

Photo taken on the day of the 71th anniversary of the Battle of Pęcice . ----- Mamiya 645AF + Kodak Tri-X 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil.B)