Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: gold 100

It seems that everyone who goes to Prague gets their picture or pictures of the Astronomical clock, or Orloj, so here's mine. :-) I actually have others, but this is my definitive, straight-on shot, taken at about 0730 on a weekday when nobody was available (or in some cases awake) to get in my way!!! This one was built gradually from 1410-1866, and in its current form it has, like many such clocks, robotic statues!!! :-)

This is the lower dial of the Prazky Orloj, giving the days of the year (if I'm reading it correctly), and noting religious holidays. I'll likely have more info on it in the future as I learn more about it, but for now, here it is.

I finally caught up to the Czech version of the Fiat Pendolino a week or two ago, and here's my first photo!! Amazingly, it came out reasonably well, in spite of the 100 ISO film (unusual for me) and the low light. I didn't expect it to, so I ran down the platform to the lead end, rested the camera on a bench, and took a second shot. It didn't come out. :-) I guess it's good that I took this one on faith, then. :-) Hopefully I'll have more of these in the foreseeable future, but not soon, as Pendolinos are rare in this country. Enjoy.

I saw this coming from a long way off, but didn't get the classic angle of it bearing down on me, although I regretted it somewhat later, as I never got the number. This Ceske Drahy Class 371 electric was pulling a MAV (Hungarian State Railways) Eurocity from somewhere in Germany to Budapest, via Prague, so it obviously wasn't going to stop in Roztoky, and I wanted to be sure that I got this pan shot. I set my camera up, passed up the offset head-on view, and swung my body around for the pan. It worked perfectly, and now I have this, which may be my best pan shot ever. I hope you like it.