Pre-Electoral Silent Graffiti - a photo on Flickriver

            ꒌ   ВЕЋ СЈУТРА, ОД ТРЕЋЕГ АПРИЛА: више сунца, мање ГаргаМила?  😄

► █░▓   ~   VOTE COLOR, VOTE LIFE   ~  🌅 - OVER JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS it finally begins: the first really free presidential election day in Montenegro. Without heavy totalitarian control, ballot engineering, various obstruction techniques, unfair reporting by the state media, pressurizing on personal basis, illegal influencing and other "victory technology". At least we hope it will be like that.

Soon after 20:00 today, April 2nd 2023, we'll get to hear: do we have the first president of the country since 1945 not coming from the communist nest, or not? Is the person ruling the country for the last 34 years finally sent to where he belongs? This will bear huge, almost historical consequences.

The pre-electoral silence in Montenegro lasts only 24 hours before the election day. I took a stroll yesterday and to my surprise the ban was strictly observed: two big advertising campaign billboards I was going to photograph and show you, have been duly removed from the main square. So I went on and looked if there was anything else left? I saw a poster behind a high window, standard fixed designation at the seat of a party, and nothing else.

However, I saw two graffiti and decided to combine them instead of those massive billboard portraits/advertising removed. The graffiti last longer and are more spontaneous. The one on the left literally names a candidate. The other is ethnic symbol, of the identity which has been under pressure for so many years. These two insignias will - let's put it metaphorically - stand on trial today and one shall win. There will be a major change, or there won't be any change. These two symbols were not my choices, they were the only ones I found left on April 1st. Without my partiality they should speak for themselves. 

So I'd like to direct your attention to the following: Which one has more color? Which has more depth and perspective? Which is closer to youth / future and light? Which is obviously closer to Christianity and has more symmetry?

Both images were taken with the Panasonic G90, the Olympus 12-40 mm f/2.8 pro, handheld at the end of the day. Developed from raw and edited in Affinity Photo 1.10.6, stitched in IrfanView. 
Left: exposure time 1/125 seconds, f/2.8 at 40mm, ISO 200.
Right: exposure time 1/1.3 seconds, f/3.2 at 38mm, ISO 100.

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Taken on: April 1, 2023

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