Saturday, February 12, 2011

REFLECTIONS WEEKEND--Moscow today....no...wait....

No, it's not Moscow, as you might think from the red poster behind these members of Belgrade's special forces. The poster is advertising renovations to Hotel Moskva, (Hotel Moscow) which I've shown you several times. These well-padded boys were stationed for possible reactions to a recent political protest meeting. All was peaceful....

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13 comments:

James said...

Cool shot and neat reflection! I really like your header photo too!

Genie -- Paris and Beyond said...

Love that red backdrop but the sight of the shields is a bit scary!

Bon weekend,
G

Luis Gomez said...

Very interesting image Bibi.

Pat Tillett said...

Very nice shot and reflection! I'm glad it all stayed calm...

'Tsuki said...

Une pub qui flanque la chair de poule... Brrrr !

Lesley said...

certainly looks peaceful at the moment!

Alexa said...

These guys look like they're prepared for violence—glad they had none to deal with. Good capture!

Gaelyn said...

Lots of interesting reflections going on in this shot.

Chuck Pefley said...

A rather sobering line-up of the well-dressed civil servant.

By the way, I do like your new header photo. Very romantic -:)

dianasfaria.com said...

nice banner shot Bibi!
& wow, these guys look serious.

Andy said...

Definitely out of the ordinary and unusual. Reminds of the G-20 conference in Toronto last summer.

Greensboro Daily Photo said...

Took me by surprise. At first, I thought this was moscow daily photo!

Katie (Nature ID) said...

I find it interesting that they chose to line-up in front of that particular banner. It's a photo-op if I've ever seen one. What was the political protest meeting about?

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