Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: sunlight

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I just took this shot because I liked the look of the setting sun on the buildings. Often Haje gives me these opportunities, and I've never quite figured out why.

This was my second shot, taken from Hradcanske Namesti. Every now and then, I can get one of these shots where the cloud cover at the end of the day illuminates a particular part of the landscape.

On this particular day (I've forgotten the exact date), I had excellent light, so I was able to get some great shots around Prague. I took this at Narodni Muzeum.

I just couldn't resist this shot, with the combination of the architecture, the sunlight, the shadows, and the sky. I may work on this one in Gimp a little bit more, but this is the most basic version for now...

I saw this light and these colors while testing my N80 for the first time in March, and I knew I had to take this shot. These buildings are Panelak apartment blocks in Sidliste Haje, a Communist-era housing project in the south of Prague that has seen a lot of renovation and modernisation in recent years.

This was a random shot that I took when I saw the opportunity. The sun was going down, and amazingly, even though there were no holes in the building and wall across the street, there was this amazing dotted light down the side of this building.

This is Misenska, a historic street in the Mala Strana, or Lesser Quarter, of Prague. At the other end of the street is a Soviet-era street sign in Russian, which gets vandalised whenever anybody tries to fix it from the previous attack. I was there to take a photo of it, but it didn't come out (some other time, I guess).

Here's a second shot of Rozmbersky Hrad in the setting sun.

Here's a shot of Rozmbersky Hrad in the setting sun.

Here's a shot that I took of one of the towers on Rozmbersky Hrad, which is actually detached from the rest of the castle, as I recall. I took this mainly for the colors, which were quite brilliant in the setting sun, I thought.

The original St. Vitus's Cathedral dated to 925 AD, although it should be noted that none of the original Romanesque basilica remains. It was replaced in 1060 AD by a triple-naved basilica with twin steeples, and again by the current cathedral, which was built between 1344 and 1929. Most of it, however, was constructed by the Baroque period, making it the only known church that was started as a Gothic cathedral, but was Baroque by the time the bell tower was being completed!!! If you look carfully, you'll notice that the bell tower (with the copper dome and the clock) has an observation deck, too, which is open to the public. Surrounding the castle is a series of fortifications called Prazky Hrad, essentially Prague Castle, although the castle doesn't have, and has never had, a keep. It was meant to be symbolically unconquerable, as a castle wasn't considered conquered until the keep had fallen. In any case, I like this shot because of the storm clouds in the background contrasting with the sunlight on the cathedral in the foreground. It's dramatic to my eyes, anyway.

This was taken in the gardens in Cesky Krumlov, and is also a very common theme, in my opinion. It's technically okay, though, according to what I know.

When I took this, I was shooting solely because I liked the light and the composition. I knew that it wasn't going to be a perfect shot of a Tatra T6A5 tram. Still, it isn't too bad for that, either. It's just missing the ends. This was taken on the corner of Ujezd and Vitezna, at the Ujezd tram stop.

I took this because I saw perfect light, and couldn't pass it up. #8098 is a Tatra T3, very typical of the DPP fleet.

I was walking up a hill with my friends, and I saw this photo opportunity, and took it. I really liked how the setting sun was illuminating the city skyline, such as it is.