Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: hradcany

I've taken a number of shots from this angle, but never uploaded any of them. This one was one of three that I took while my friend Graham was visiting and we were walking around Prague, particularly the Hradcany and Vysehrad.

Here's a variation on an earlier shot from last year that I took from the Hladova Zed, only this time I took it from one of the castle gates.

Here's a view of the Hradcany (castle mound) in Prague from across the River Vltava, which also gives us a look at the Mala Strana, or lesser quarter. The most notable landmarks in this photo other than Prazky Hrad and St. Vitus's Cathedral are the Church of St. Nicholas (on the far left), and if you can see it, one of the towers of the Karluv Most (Charles Bridge), just visible to the left of the Church.

Here's another view of St. Vitus and the Hradcany, from one of the gates of the Hladova Zed. The exposure was hard to get right when I shot it, even with five brackets, so I took the best one and burned it in Photoshop, and this is what I got.

Here's a somewhat unusual view of the Mala Strana, seen from the south end of Cechuv Most (Cechuv Bridge). Notice the Petrin watchtower on Petrin Hill, to the left, and of course the Hradcany to the right.

This was the most recent of several attempts to get this shot with my Ikoflex. It's obvious that there would be advantages to getting it in medium format, but I had trouble with winding the film too short a distance and overlapping shots, and even this negative isn't perfect since it's dirty and poorly developed. This latter problem is because the lab screwed it up. I hope that you like it, though. :-)

I've seen this shot taken before, not only from here but also from the Most Legii, which actually works better because it's closer to the Hradcany. Unfortunately, the bridge is obscuring the numbers on this Tatra T3 double set.

Here's a variation on Picture 1 taken a little further back.

This one's got better clouds, better light, some tram, some bridge, and some castle. What the ...., it's a Lomo of a tram. :-)