Umbrellas are open – is a new photo contest announced on the wonderful Russian site fotki.yandex.ru. The photo contests have become traditional, and they attract lots of amateur photographers from all over Russia. All competitions are thematic, and among the latest themes are noteworthy “Snowy feeling”, “Christmas mood”, “Film! Film! Film!”, “Linking the shores”, “Retro”, “In the fog”, “Autumn mood”, “Light and shadow”, “The House of my dreams”, and more. The “Umbrellas are open” photo contest started on 23 October. Photos are accepted till October 30. Voting will last till November 6. Topic: genre pictures of people with umbrellas and parasols. As a result, in the contest participate 4643 photos from 4643 users. I suggest a small selection of the most interesting photos from the contest. In addition, the photos are accompanied with quotes about umbrella.
Kiss. Umbrellas are open
Lao Tzu once walked in the rain without an umbrella and a raincoat and met his students coming under the big umbrella.
– Sir, why do you go in the rain without an umbrella? – Asked the student.
– When the it is raining – said Lao Tzu – you are to get wet.
Enlightened student, threw an umbrella and walked away, smiling in the rain.
– What a fool – Lao Tzu said, picking up an umbrella.
Umbrellas are open
ParasolLeaves on umbrellaRailways. Umbrellas are open photo contestTwo lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella“Worrying is stupid. Its like walking around with an umbrella waiting for it to rain.” ― Wiz Khalifa“He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain”. Douglas JerroldRainy day“A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.” Robert FrostNight cityUmbrella saves from the rain. From the hate – only silence“Don’t sit under an umbrella waiting for it to rain”ReflectionDeclaration of loveGoing around under an umbrella interferes with one’s looking up at the sky. Jerzy Kosinski“I wouldn’t touch a superlative again with an umbrella.” Dorothy ParkerBy the way, it is a monument to umbrella in St. Petersburg“Life with Mary was like being in a telephone booth with an open umbrella-no matter which way you turned, you got it in the eye.” Jean Kerr“When two men share an umbrella, both of them get wet.” Michael IsenbergHappy momentA boat on the waterReflectionsWho am I that I have to sing under an umbrella? These people are my fans, and if they can stand in the rain to hear me sing, I can stand in the rain. Bobby DarinI leave at night by the window of my tower, hanging from a red umbrella with which I set fire to the forest! Camille ClaudelThe American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine. Alfred E. SmithSunsetHappy under umbrellaDon’t fly away, pleaseRed umbrella“It ain’t no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.” Alice Caldwell RiceMary Poppins
