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Beatiful afternoon


Beatiful afternoon
Photo Information
Copyright: Marton Ocskay (ocskaym) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 123 W: 72 N: 42] (266)
Genre: Places
Medium: Black & White
Date Taken: 2006-10-29
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture, Decisive Moment, Mood
Camera: Panasonic DMC LZ3
Exposure: f/6.2, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Favorite Black and White shots [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-03-04 13:29
Viewed: 954
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The city of Prague in the afternoon lights. You can see the castle on the left with St Vitus cathedral, and the Vltava river in the middle.
You can see another version of this photo at TE (this is a newer edition).

Please share your opinions of the photo with me!

The history of the castle stretches back to the 9th century (870). The first walled building was the church of Our Lady. Basilicas of St. George and St. Vitus were founded in the first half of the 10th century. The first convent in Bohemia was founded in the castle, next to the church of St. George. A Romanesque palace was erected here during the 12th century. In the 14th century, under the reign of Charles IV the royal palace was rebuilt in Gothic style and the castle fortifications were strengthened. In place of rotunda and basilica of St. Vitus began building of a vast Gothic church, that have been completed almost six centuries later. During the Hussite Wars and the following decades the Castle was not inhabited. In 1485 King Ladislaus II Jagello begins to rebuild the castle. The massive Vladislav Hall (built by Benedikt Rejt) was added to the Royal Palace. Then were also built new defence towers on the northern side of the castle. A big fire of 1541 destroyed large parts of the castle. Under Habsburgs some new buildings in renaissance style appeared here. Ferdinand I built Belvedere, summer palace for his wife Anne. Rudolph II used Prague Castle as his main residence. He founded the northern wing of the palace, with the Spanish Hall, where his precious artistic collections were exhibited. Second Prague defenestration in 1618 began the Bohemian Revolt. During the subsequent wars the Castle was damaged and dilapidated. Many works from the collection of Rudolph II were looted by Swedes in 1648, in the course of the Thirty Years' War. The last major rebuilding of the castle was carried out by Empress Maria Theresa in the second half of the 18th century. Ferdinand V after abdication in 1848 chose Prague Castle as his home. In 1918 the castle became the seat of the president of the new Czechoslovak Republic. The New Royal Palace and the gardens were renovated by Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik.

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To studiogreg: Thanks!ocskaym 1 03-04 14:59
To hester: Thanks!ocskaym 1 03-04 14:56
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Çok harika bir kare olmus tebrikler.
Murat.

Wonderful B&W tones and a lovely composition

TFS

Karan

Very nice B & W Marton! And the POV too is pretty well shot!
Greg

Powerful B&W, very nice picture, I like it :-)

You have exposed the shot really well. I like the sharpness and all the details captured. Well done!

Regards,

Pierre

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  • sebak Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 135 W: 12 N: 25] (431)
  • [2007-03-06 9:59]

Hi, a really nice picture! I like the black and white work here! Well done!
The POV is great and i like the form of the clouds!

all the best

sebastian

Spectacular!. The effects in this image are amazing and you captured them well. Good composition, using the lines and shapes to advantage. Nice job:)

Spectacular light on the city !
Wow! A favorite going in my theme : favorite B&W images.
Gorgeous composition and cityscape.
Bravo!
Robert

PS . Welcome late to TL. A small but impressive gallery ! Sorry if I did not visited you more often ( too many good images posted now .... )

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  • kitka Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 233 W: 70 N: 223] (2180)
  • [2007-03-27 1:49]

Strong atmosphere, interesting picture of hte wonderful city. There is visible the St. Nicholas church at the right side. Seems to me like special schaft of a light found this baroque jewel and highlighted it.
The b&w is good choice. Thank you, Marton.
Katerina

Wow what a shot!! Nice black and white tones. Good details and great capture of the sky. Well done!!
Thanks for sharing,
Leanne

Remek, drámai hatású kép, Marci (jaj, egyébként szia). Nem is igazán tudok mást írni, minthogy nagyon tetszik. Jó munka, grat.

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