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Anybody been to Ukraine?

  • 08-08-2013 3:09pm
    #1
    amdgilmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭


    I'll be in Kiev, Odessa and Pripyat/Chernobyl next week.

    Any advice from a photography perspective? Any suggestions on places to visit?

    I've basically done no research since I booked it two months ago and my holiday is suddenly right around the corner.


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  • #2
    M5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,161 ✭✭✭✭M5


    amdgilmore wrote: »
    I'll be in Kiev, Odessa and Pripyat/Chernobyl next week.

    Any advice from a photography perspective? Any suggestions on places to visit?

    I've basically done no research since I booked it two months ago and my holiday is suddenly right around the corner.

    Lviv, absolutely stunning city!


  • #3
    amdgilmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭amdgilmore


    So I hear, but I'm not sure I'll have time for it.


  • #4
    Corkbah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭Corkbah


    came across this ages ago ..... hope it helps.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055388600


  • #5
    amdgilmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭amdgilmore


    Corkbah wrote: »
    came across this ages ago ..... hope it helps.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055388600

    Cheers. Pity you can't enter the buildings anymore.


  • #6
    Jonnykitedude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 827 ✭✭✭Jonnykitedude


    amdgilmore wrote: »
    Cheers. Pity you can't enter the buildings anymore.

    You can find tour guides that will bring you into some of the buildings, AFAIK some UK based ones too!

    Myself and a few other boardies are talking about heading next year.


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  • #7
    M5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,161 ✭✭✭✭M5


    amdgilmore wrote: »
    So I hear, but I'm not sure I'll have time for it.

    Pity, there are some remarkable neighborhoods there! Was an incredibly rich city at some stage. Even the burbs are interesting for the most part. Hotel Lviv is also worth a visit if for completely different reasons. A concrete Stalinist hotel that is exactly as it would have been 40 years ago. Dial up phones and all. Ironically beefy security for a kip too. Opera house is stunning, and something interesting around every conrner


  • #8
    vintagecosmos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 851 ✭✭✭vintagecosmos


    http://www.inyourpocket.com/

    Very useful city guides. Also check out here http://www.inyourpocket.com/ukraine/kyiv/sightseeing/sovietsights/Motherland_26965v


  • #9
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,876 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    I remember reading a blog about a trip to Chernobyl/Pripyat. I think it was called Stuck in Customs. Might be worth a google


  • #10
    amdgilmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭amdgilmore


    McGaggs wrote: »
    I remember reading a blog about a trip to Chernobyl/Pripyat. I think it was called Stuck in Customs. Might be worth a google

    Thank you, but my hatred for Trey Ratcliff is such that I would probably burst into flames if I visited his website.

    I'll check out those city guides, thanks.


  • #11
    amdgilmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭amdgilmore


    M5 wrote: »
    Pity, there are some remarkable neighborhoods there! Was an incredibly rich city at some stage. Even the burbs are interesting for the most part. Hotel Lviv is also worth a visit if for completely different reasons. A concrete Stalinist hotel that is exactly as it would have been 40 years ago. Dial up phones and all. Ironically beefy security for a kip too. Opera house is stunning, and something interesting around every conrner

    Well, maybe I'll try and get there. I'm in Ukraine for 6 days, so in a sense ther eis plenty of time, it's just that I don't want to be rushing around and spending my time on trains/buses. I like to spend a bit of time in a new place.


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  • #12
    The J Stands for Jay
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,876 ✭✭✭The J Stands for Jay


    amdgilmore wrote: »
    Thank you, but my hatred for Trey Ratcliff is such that I would probably burst into flames if I visited his website.

    I'll check out those city guides, thanks.

    Would those flames be rendered in unrealistic HDR?


  • #13
    amdgilmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭amdgilmore


    McGaggs wrote: »
    Would those flames be rendered in unrealistic HDR?

    Absolutely! It's closer to how the human eye perceives flames. Especially the tone-mapping artifacts and the halos.


  • #14
    M5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,161 ✭✭✭✭M5


    amdgilmore wrote: »
    Well, maybe I'll try and get there. I'm in Ukraine for 6 days, so in a sense ther eis plenty of time, it's just that I don't want to be rushing around and spending my time on trains/buses. I like to spend a bit of time in a new place.

    It is a big country mind... Would take 6 hours or more to get from Kiev I would imagine. Really must check out piriat myself! How much is that trip costing you, if you don't mind me asking


  • #15
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    I've been a couple of times, fantastic city !!


  • #16
    amdgilmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭amdgilmore


    M5 wrote: »
    It is a big country mind... Would take 6 hours or more to get from Kiev I would imagine. Really must check out piriat myself! How much is that trip costing you, if you don't mind me asking

    €140, including travel from Kiev, permits and meals. With lupinetravel.co.uk

    All the tour operators seem to charge around €150, give or take.

    They also do an overnight stay, but it's only available on specific dates during the year.
    KTRIC wrote: »
    I've been a couple of times, fantastic city !!

    Any advice to offer?


  • #17
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    amdgilmore wrote: »


    Any advice to offer?


    Be weary of "local" and "tourist" prices for everything ;) There are a lot of locals that will happily screw you, especially taxi companies.


  • #18
    amdgilmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭amdgilmore


    KTRIC wrote: »
    Be weary of "local" and "tourist" prices for everything ;) There are a lot of locals that will happily screw you, especially taxi companies.

    Ne'er a truer word was spake.

    Absolutely beautiful country, but what a bunch of scammers they have living there!


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