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Magic Moment

            I'm inside the Kazan cathedral in St. Petersburg. I was exiting when I saw a young woman turn off a lit candle. I ready my camera, aim and shoot, as soon as she ends another candle. I rarely take a photo without asking, but I couldn't resist. She looked at me and smiled, as if a partner in crime. I discovered two other women dressed like her cleaning the candlesticks in the cathedral. If you look carefully, you will see, in her left hand, a little golden bucket that she uses to put the candle debris in. A magical moment, like I like them.

Je suis  à l'intérieur de la cathédrale de Kazan à St Petersburg. Je m'apprête à en sortir quand je vois cette jeune femme éteindre (et non pas allumer) un cierge, un petit cierge. J'arme, je vise, elle en éteint un second et je shoote! Jamais je ne prends de photo sans autorisation mais là... c'est plus fort que moi. Elle se redresse, me sourit, elle m'a vu, regard de connivence, je garde ma photo!!! Je la suis du regard et je découvre deux autre jeunes femmes habillées comme elle, les cheveux recouverts d'un fichu bleu. Toutes font le tour de l'église et nettoient les bougeoirs ! Si tu regardes bien tu verras, dans sa main gauche, un petit seau doré où elle met les débris de bougies. Voilà , un moment magique comme j'aime!!!!

Taken in: Russia / Saint Petersburg Federal City / St. Petersburg (show map)

Taken on: March 16, 2013

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