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Blatná castle
Amidst marshland, situated on rock bedrock, a wooden fortress used to stand. Then, in the 13th century, the fortress was rebuilt into a castle. Later a moat was built in the place of the marsh to protect the castle. That is where the history of the castle in Blatná, which is a small town in South Bohemia, dates back. The era of the family of the house of Rožmitál in the 15th century, under which the castle was remodelled significantly, is considered as the most important period in the castle’s history and sometimes it is called a golden age of the castle. The family of the house of Rožmitál was…
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52-week photoproject – Week 27
Encounter Canon EOS 500D, 55-250 mm, 1/400 at f/8, 0 EV, 187 mm, ISO 400
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52-week photoproject – Week 26
Pelargonium peltatum Canon EOS 500D, 55-250 mm, 1/200 at f/10, -1 EV, 179 mm, ISO 400
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Reflections
Once I was standing on a bank of a pond, watching a duck resting just opposite and admiring its reflection in the water. It was such a tranquil scene… I zoomed in my camera in an effort to capture the impression but when I opened the photo on my laptop, I felt taken aback. Is this what I saw at the place? There is something wrong with the picture… And then it dawned on me. The reflection did not look as I supposed it should. The duck was there but there were also trees mirroring themselves in the water which could not be seen in the upper part of the…
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52-week photoproject – Week 25
Thinking Canon EOS 500D, 55-250 mm, 1/100 at f/9, 0 EV, 200 mm, ISO 200
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52-week photoproject – Week 24
Campanula persicifolia Canon EOS 500D, 55-250 mm, 1/320 at f/10, 0 EV, 154 mm, ISO 200
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52-week photoproject – Week 23
At dawn Canon EOS 500D, 28-105 mm, 1/125 at f/11, 0 EV, 105 mm, ISO 200
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52-week photoproject – Week 22
Iris Canon EOS 500D, 55-250 mm, 1/250 at f/7,1, 0 EV, 154 mm, ISO 400
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52-week photoproject – Week 21
Old companions Canon EOS 500D, 55-250 mm, 1/200 at f/8, 0 EV, 74 mm, ISO 200
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Costume
Last summer we visited a Milotice castle, a baroque castle situated in South Moravia. When we entered the castle’s court yard, we noticed a poster inviting everybody to “Change into a period costume!”. After a while we noticed a group of three women dressed in enchanting period gowns. Obviously they were having fun while promenading in the castle’s park, posing for photographs and chatting, and it felt as if we found ourselves in that period as well. The way we dress ourselves definitely influences or even decides on how we feel. To put on clothes of a different style than we are used to wearing may evoke a surprising experience…
