This year National Geographic Magazine celebrates 125 anniversary.
October 15, at the Center of Photography Lumiere brothers was held a master class 10000 lumens Underground and Underwaterwater by staff photographer of National Geographic Russia Magazine Viktor Lyagushkin. The event was set as a part of the photo exhibition 125 years of National Geographic.
Thank you, Viktor, for great time with you and Happy Birth-year to National Geographic!
The World’s First Ever Under Ice Spherical Panorama had been created by Phototeam.pro beneath the ice of the White sea.
In Norse mythology, the White Sea is known as the Bay of Serpents. The climate there is so severe that there are no snakes at all, it is called so because of the curved shoreline. The White Sea is an inland sea in the north of the European part of Russia belonging to the Arctic Ocean.
Modern name of the sea is White, because it is covered with the ice and snow shield during the bigger part of the year; it is the only sea found frozen in the Europe. Water salinity is very high: about 26 ppt (parts per thousand), so it freezes at the water temperature of -2C. Continue reading
The piece by Editor-In-Chief in National Geographic Russia Alexander Grek is dedicated to photographers, the most important people of the Magazine, he said.
Our leader, photographer Viktor Lyagushkin is amongst them. Thank you, Alexander, for your warm words, we are proud to work with you and your Magazine. And hope our collaboration will be even more fruitful in the future.
N-Photo Magazine #20 (6/2013)
Undine
“People cannot fly, but underwater they may feel weightless. That is why the director of a movie based on a popular Russian fairy tale decided to film a scene of a fight between the Swan Princess and Wicked Wizard-Kite underwater.
I had been invited as a backstage underwater photographer and found the Swan Princess was more than charming. I couldn’t use any lights as these would spoil the scene, but the studio light board was more than enough to create a beautiful backlight underwater, and the chromakey backing formed a nicely textured backdrop.”
Nikon D3S, Nikon AF 16mm f/2.8 D Fisheye, 1/400 sec, f/4, ISO800, Subal housing
photo by Viktor Lyagushkin
The Baltic Secrets of Shipwrecks Project has been featured on pages of very respected Russian magazine Motorboat and Yachting #5(23) September 2013.
Underwater treasures of the Baltic sea: archaeological findings and detective stories hidden under the water and the time.
Photography by Viktor Lyagushkin, text by Bogdana Vashchenko.
Underwater America is a title of the piece on underwater archaeology by Alexander Grek, Editor-In-Chief of National Geographic Russia, illustrated with marvelous photography by Viktor Lyagushkin.
The story of shipwrecks and heroic work of UW archaeologists, historical lines and ancient trade ways in National Geographic Russia September 2013 here.
Winning photos by Viktor Lyagushkin of the Through the Lens Contest had been published in the Scuba Diver Australasia 5/2013
Courtesy Ellen Cuylaerts for sharing this with us!
Diver (Canada) vol 38 #5
A Russian team dives into history for what proves an unexpected reward
A piece on underwater archaeology, smuggling archangels, mystery shipwrecks and … unexpected reward 8)
Text by Bogdana Vashchenko, photos by Viktor Lyagushkin
Crossing Path’s with the Kremlin
is the title of our story for the Russian Reporter, one of the best Russian magazines.
The story of frigate Oleg, the flagship of the Emperor Alexander II. It sank in 1869 and lies on an even keel at a depth of 60 meters. It had happened during a training exercise. Frigate came into collision with the armorclad Kremlin and its death was very quick – just 15 minutes, but this is the reason why all the weapons and the interior have been kept intact. The shipwreck is considered to be a historical object of a special value and any dives on it are forbidden.
At 15th of July 2013 the President of Russia V. Putin has dived in a submarine to see frigate Oleg. Probably, it was the second time when its paths were crossed with the Kremlin.
Good news for our friends from Germany. Blue Lake story has been published in the Unterwasser Magazine #8/13.
Dramatic story of the exploration of the Blue Lake for you in your native language.