Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Sidliste

This is a detail shot of one of the trees on the path.

This was also in Sidliste Haje, on the same path where I've taken a lot of other photos.

There was a surprisingly heavy amount of snow in Prague during November and December, and so I naturally tried to get a few photos of it. This was in Sidliste Haje.

This was the view from the bus stop over the Opatov Metro. I was actually on my bike, though, so I wasn't waiting for the bus.

Every summer, this field in Sidliste Krc is used for things like circuses, carvinal rides, etc., but often horses are brought along, too. The rides were behind me when I took this. The orange line through the picture is the electric fence.

Here's the third of my March snow shots.

Here's the second of my March snow shots.

In March, Prague had another bitterly cold week of snow, and I took this next few photos just as the snow was finally melting (notice the path on the left). This was another snow that stuck to the trees, because it was so cold at the time the snow fell, and it took awhile for it to melt off.

Chodov is a little bit different in character from the other Sidliste projects, with red paint and logos on the buildings to identify them.

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.

In the post-Communist era, most of the Sidliste projects have been modernised and rebuilt, and most of these rebuilds have included colorful repainting. This is what happened when I took the relatively bleak winter scene below, and cranked the contrast and saturation up.

Sidliste housing projects surround Prague in all directions, and any good movie about Prague in the 1970's or 1980's will generally include scenes of their construction, which was a constant fixture of life at that time. Today, most are still occupied and doing well, in sharp contrast to East Germany, where many of their equivalents have been torn down.

I edited this once, but now I want to edit it again. I may do another edit as soon as later today.

In 2008, I generally had more luck with Fall foliage shots in both the Czech Republic and the U.S. than in previous years. I took this in Sidliste Haje.

One huge difference between Europe and the United States is that people tend to be free to party, socialize, and even (god forbid) drink in public without getting arrested. Note that all those "Panelak" apartment blocks around this party are occupied, yet nobody's phoning the police to have everyone arrested. "The police are here," as they say in California, over there on the left, but the difference in this scene is that they're only there to prevent trouble. This party was elaborate and well-funded enough to have a big screen, which you can see behind the blue tent next to the police van (and larger concessions van), and my understanding is that they had some beer barrels and taps in there, too. Not being a football (or soccer) fan, however, and not knowing if there was a cover charge, I didn't actually attend, but I've been to many similar parties with other themes around Prague.

The snows came to Prague relatively early in 2007, almost coinciding with Halloween, but it was wet snow, and while the snowstorms continued into November, particularly in the mountains in other parts of the Czech Republic, the winter of 2007-2008 was abnormally warm, with snow only in October, November, and the end of March, at least in Prague. This shot in Sidliste Haje, incidentally also gives a perspective on Haje that I haven't succeeded in giving before, looking north, with not only Communist-era "Panelak" apartment blocks, but also a Communist-era Karosa bus. The Metro station is hidden off to the right of the photo.

Here's an alternate to the other Lomo that I just posted, with another larger, but more moderate light leak.

I know that I've got a lot of these taken in Haje, but Haje does get some pretty impressive sunsets, so I've done a lot of shots there. This one is unfortunately marred by that light leak down the middle. Lomo issues again.