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Captured in three different ways
December will end tomorrow so here I am with the final photos that I’ve taken and selected to represent the theme A THING OR SCENE CAPTURED IN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS assigned to this month in my 12-month photo project. The aim of this theme was to look at the objects and scenes that we photograph from different angles, perspective or distance to realise there is more than one way how to see and capture them. I decided to arrange the final trios into horizontal triptychs to visualise the differences, here they are. No. 1: Door If I am not mistaken, this door leads to a café but I had different thoughts to deal…
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Whirling imagination
Stories without words Voices without hints Eyes open wide Whirling imagination
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Detour
When returning home from Křivoklát, we stopped for a while by a group of buildings we noticed along the way and which arose our curiosity. We found out that the complex represents a regional museum and gallery Mariánská Týnice which has been placed in the premises of a former Cistercian pilgrimage destination. When I read that the museum was opened in 1952, I wasn’t much surprised as the fifties, having been under the communist rule, were quite unfavourable to religious orders and religion generally. On the other hand, the buildings were preserved in this way and that’s valuable. It is noteworthy that the church and the provost office were built…
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52-week photoproject – Week 40
Red & White Canon EOS 500D, 28-105 mm, 1/60 at f/10, -0,67 EV, 95 mm, ISO 400
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52-week photoproject – Week 33
Battered beauty Canon EOS 500D, 28-105 mm, 1/200 at f/7,1, 0 EV, 105 mm, ISO 400
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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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Other bits and pieces from our trip to Rabštejn nad Střelou
In my previous post I shared a few photos from our trip to Rabštejn nad Střelou (Rabštejn is a town and Střela is the river above which the town is situated) and today I will add some more. Also, I promised to tell you more about this town which is the smallest town in the Czech Republic with its about 21 inhabitants. The first notice of Rabštejn comes from 1269, in 1337 it was granted a law of a town. About 20 years later Rabštejn was sold to the emperor Charles IV. who was interested in it. He understood its local importance and was even often staying there. The town…
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52-week photoproject – Week 11
The same but different Canon EOS 500D, 28-105 mm, 1/80 at f/8, 0 EV, 28 mm, ISO 400
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52-week photoproject – Week 6
(A)symmetry Canon EOS 500D, 28-105 mm, 1/200 at f/18, -0,67 EV, 105 mm, ISO 200
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Doors
When you are entering a building with a beautiful, prominent or impressive entrance door, you may find yourself full of expectations what will be shown to you behind that door. What marvels of architecture or refined taste you will see. Well, the door may or may not hide anything special but still, it brings something special itself or helps to create a great scene. Look at the entrance portal of the Benedictine cloister situated in the town Police nad Metují… Here is a detail of the portal… Nice work, isn’t it? Here is a door in a place of pilgrimage called “Mountain of Mother of God” situated above the town Králíky……
