Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Mala Strana

Here's a shot of the flood barriers that I mentioned earlier. This one was built around one of the shafts into the Malostranska Metro station, which if I'm not mistaken is for a cargo elevator (does anybody know?). The ones along the river looked roughly the same.

During the height of the flooding, the army were called out to provide additional crews to construct, maintain, and guard the flood barriers. A number of them deployed in these Tatra 6X6 trucks, which are a relatively recent addition to their inventory and which sometimes appear at car shows.

This was my latest shot of Prazky Hrad, and although I think it came out well I have no recollection of why I took it.

In Malostranske Namesti, I took two shots of Miklasky Chram. This was the better one. The lines through the picture in the sky are the cantenary for the trams, another fixture of the square for over 100 years.

Soon after passing Vysehrad, the main for Beroun crosses the Zeleznicni Most, the most visible of the rail bridges over the Vltava (as the others are in out-of-the-way neighborhoods). If you look out over the city, it's surprising what you can see when you consider that this is a cameraphone image. Every major landmark on the west bank of the Vltava (except for Miklasky Chram) from Stadion Strahov to Prazky Hrad is at least slightly visible, encompassing the neighborhoods of Smichov, Strahov, the Mala Strana, and the Hradcany all at once.

This is actually a mini canal that allows boats on the Vltava to bypass the waterfall by the Karluv Most. I looked up the name on Google Earth and it was called Certovka on there, although I'm not sure if this is accurate.

This is my first night shot in awhile, particularly my first night tram shot in awhile, and I'm actually a bit surprised by how good it looks. The scanner used was a horrible photo lab one, scanning in very low resolution, and this shot was anything but adequately planned. I don't actually know if I even had a tripod, and it's clear that I would have needed superb luck to nail this with 200 ISO film even with one. I'm assuming the tram was stopped.

This shot was easier than the tram shot, and was taken a few minutes later. I think that this may be my best nightshot yet of Miklasky Chram, as interference from the streetlights limited past attempts.

The original negative for this shot was very low contrast, so the version that I uploaded to Flickr was post processed to increase it. I did two versions in my editing, though, and this one was actually the first, being deliberately edited with very high contrast and saturation to maximize the brilliance of the colors. It isn't realistic, but I liked it enough when I made it that I decided to save it and also upload it.

These three tunnels connect Malostranske Namesti, home to the Czech Parliament and St. Nicholas's Church, where Mozart used to perform, with the area around the Malostranska Metro/tram stop. I'm not sure over how many years these were constructed, but as you can see each has its own unique design. The tunnel on the left is for the tram traffic, and is partly supported at the entrance by buttresses, the tunnel in the center, the simplest of the three, is for auto traffic, and the tunnel on the right, with its traditional arched design, is for pedestrians. It isn't clear from the signage which one is for bikes, but on organized bike rides that I've been on, the police have directed us through the auto tunnel. Normally, though, I wouldn't do this, since in Prague you can walk a bike on pedestrian paths, so I just wouldn't ride through here in that case. My only real regret about this photo is that I didn't manage to get a tram emerging from the tunnel. Maybe some other time....

I'm still researching this tower, but it appears to be connected to the lock system on the Vltava. I snapped this shot just because I liked how it looked.

The sign on the bus stop appears to be a practical joke. "Praskovo Namesti" means something like "Pig's Square" in Czech, and this is actually Jiraskovo Namesti. In the distance you can see Smichov (or at least Prague 5), and the Malostranske Vodaren. Vez.

Again I'm not sure if this is technically Smichov, or just Prague 5, but I took this from the Jiraskuv Most, with a clear view of the Tancici Dum (Dancing House) on the left.

Here's a better version of the first Fall Colors shot. I've only posted the earlier one in case I'm wrong.

The title of this is dumb, I know, but what else could I call it? Unfortunately, the gloomy weather hurt the colors somewhat. They looked a lot better in real life.