Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: Malostranske Namesti

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.

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....