Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Action 400

As you can see, for this shot I tried to compose the Frauenkirche with one of the statues in the Altmarkt, which I don't think I had tried before.

I see this large, articulated freight (auto-carrier?) tram nearly every time I visit Dresden, but I rarely get a good photo of it. This one's a compromise, being a crop. The tram appears to work for Volkswagen, moving new cars around.

Apparently using older buses for city tours isn't something unique to Britain. In addition to this Mercedes, there was also a 40-50-year old MAN in service.

Although I've photographed it a number of times before, it seemed natural on a visit to Dresden that I should photograph the Frauenkirche again.

Here's a black and white film version of my earlier cameraphone shot (if you've seen it). I thought that given the white-to-grey-to-silver coloring of Centrum Galerie, this would come out reasonably well. I guess it's up to you to judge.

Here's Centrum Galerie, showing the pseudo-Middle-Eastern (pseudo-Iranian?) etchings.

Here's that Pullman Hotel photo that I promised, with the retro lettering up near the roof.

If you're looking for a genuine Trabant 601 still in running order, it's far easier to find them in the Czech Republic and Slovakia than in the former East Germany, where they were actually built. However, they do still appear from time to time. I found this one, still in close to original condition (at least on the outside, although I don't know if the fog lights are original) parked next to some much newer, much more expensive, much less charming cars (whatever you think of the Communists).

This may be out of chronological order with the Hbf shot, as it doesn't really make sense where this is on my list. In any case, this is the tram stop for the largest Synagogue in Dresden, seen on the right. It's actually a very well-equipped Synagogue, with sports facilities and so on, as well as this dedicated tram stop. The building isn't what it seems the first few times you look at it, as it has many interesting features hiding in plain view. For example, one portion of it (not visible here) is "twisted," in a not-so-obvious way, and it renaissance-style brickwork that you see here looks different depending on how close you are or what angle you're looking at it from. Needless to say, it doesn't look so Renaissance from every angle, as this is a thoroughly modern building. I didn't take this photo for the Synagogue, though. I just saw a tram coming, and took a couple of shots of the tram.

As usual, I took some train pictures in Dresden Hbf. This was one of my best, I think, composed with the bikes and all.

The primary border between Altmarkt and Neustadt is the River Elbe, which actually flows from the Krkonose mountains in the Czech Republic. In the Czech Republic, it's known as the Labe. In any case, it gives you a clear enough view to get nice photos of the Altmarkt from the Neustadt side, and vice versa.

Here's an alternate shot. It looks like an infrared shot because of how the autumn leaves came out, but it's not. It's still the same roll of Fomapan.

This was where I switched rolls to Fomapan Action 400, a film I haven't shot very much before, if at all. This is the Baroque Quarter tower from the previous shot. I don't know the historical background to it any better than the one I was actually looking for.