Oleksandr Gontar Photography

26/08/2026

Once, I've asked a mantis: do you date other species? 🤪

09/06/2026

That could've been a Windows XP wallpaper, but I am too old for this :)

27/05/2026

15/05/2026

23/04/2026

New fresh spring birds batch 🕊

16/04/2026

This tiny guy is a Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) — the European smallest bird with a weight less than 7g.
It was really a lucky spot if feeding on the pine tree. It was so busy jumping around that didn't even notice me, so I had a chance to take a photo.

06/04/2026

Just some people talking on the streets of Kyiv back in 2012

02/04/2026

Let me introduce you to some more oddities from my archives. those were taken in Kyiv back in 2011

26/03/2026

I suddenly remembered how, back in the distant 2013, Fujifilm Ukraine were the first — and only ones — to start lending their cameras to regular photographers for testing. I borrowed the then-new, freshly released first X100 and took it with me to Lviv. Snapped all sorts of street shots I'd never have dared to take with a big bulky DSLR.

The camera allowed it — small, handy, and discreet. Most of my clumsy attempts at street photography, of course, went straight to the bin 🤪
But the pleasant memories of that cool little camera stayed with me, along with a few shots.
Did I buy the X100 back then? — Nope, it was way out of my budget 🙄
But the fond memories of it and the shooting experience stuck around for a while.

So when, a few years later, I finally had the chance to get a second camera — I didn't hesitate long and chose the X‑T20.
Which I nearly drowned in a river almost right away.
Thought that was the end — but on the third day it came out of the rice alive and cheerful, like Jesus from the cave.
It went on to serve me faithfully for the next six years before finding a new owner 😇