Prague, CZ

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(42) Explore​

 

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(43) Ancient pathway​

 

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Powder Tower, Prague
Dating from 1475, the Powder Tower was built as one of 13 gates to the city of Prague. When construction began, it was connected (via the small bridge at the left of the photo) to the royal palace. Before construction was completed, however, King Vladislav Jagellonský moved his residence to Prague Castle in 1485. Nevertheless, the Powder Tower remained important to the Bohemian kings - until 1836, the Bohemian monarchs would pass through the Powder Tower on their way to St. Vitus Cathedral for their coronation

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(12) Charles bridge at night - A different take​

i like this

 

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(42) Explore​

nice.......

 

[oracle0711]

Thanks bro

nice.......

 

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Bro Thanks. One of my favourite too... it was a chance shot as the cruise passed under Charles bridge ...

i like this

 

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For some reasons, it is almost impossible to get tired of photographing Charles Bridge. If given the time, I would still venture there at different time and photography this place over and over again, try out different processing method, and look at this place in as different angles. It appears that the mood always change and even the angles were about the same, there will always be a different magical feel of the way the images will turn out to be.

Here's one last shot before I fly to London from Prague. I think so far this is my personal favorite. It was shot just before 7am in the morning where the sun was up but not too bright to cast strong light on the scene.

Charles Bridge - a Personal Favorite​

Thanks for viewing.

 

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Prague Main Railway station set

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[Jonathan Ang]

really nice. are u using a t/s by any chance?

 

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Thanks Jonathan,

Yep, most of the architecture related pictures were taken with the 24mm Tilt/Shift lens. Unfortunately, I did not bring a tripod along with me for this trip and therefore, some of them were not as straight as I would like them to be.

Cheers,

Daniel

really nice. are u using a t/s by any chance?

 

[Image Target]

Extremely interesting pictures, thanks for sharing.

 

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In addition to interesting old architecture and scenic landscapes, the street of Prague is where you will enjoy exploring. Street performances are plenty and their performances are often very enjoyable. Sometimes I wish we would have more street performances in Singapore and that pedestrians would readily support them. Anyway, a change from purely architecture and landscape pictures, I am uploading a few images taken on the street while we were there. Hope you will like them.

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Interestingly, many newly wed couples love to have their pictures taken Prague. I saw a handful (including Asian newly weds) who were there by themselves. When I say "themselves", I mean they were there taking pictures without a photographers and yet they were full dressed in their wedding attire. Quite a pleasantly interesting scene as they walk the streets of Prague (especially the old town area) to take pictures of one another. Once in a while, fellow tourists will volunteer to take a few shots for them using the couple's camera.

 

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Street performances on the streets of Prague. These are mostly young musicians and some of them are very serious in the work they do. A few of them actually dressed up according to the genre of their performances. I was very amazed that there were so many of them even on weekdays. One thing I realized also is that we Chinese are everywhere. And I literally mean performing everywhere and even on the streets of Prague.

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(53) This young chap makes beautiful music in fast temp using discarded containers

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Fund raising event known as Akce Cihla or Brick Action. You can read up more about its purposes here ...Akce Cihla

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(55) A sweet girl putting a piece of brick and doing her part to help the mentally disadvantage"
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Trdelník is a traditional cake and sweet pastry, known from Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary (under a different name), originally probably coming from Székely Land, Transylvania, which is home of the Székely Hungarians. It is made from rolled dough, wrapped around a stick, then grilled and topped with sugar and walnut mix. In Hungary it is known as Kürtőskalács. Nowadays, trdelník is gaining popularity as a sweet pastry in Slovakia and the Czech Republic and is very popular among tourists.
Source: Wikipedia

(56) Stall selling Trdelnik​

 

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More on Charles Bridge but this time, a much quieter bridge...

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In days like summer, the only time you can catch a quiet Charles bridge or anywhere around the tourist areas, you have to be there before 6am. Due to longer daylight in summer, the skies brighten up very early and ends very late (around 9pm).