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Kolkata | Monochrome | 2012
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"These Brick Kiln workers are employed from different states during the brick making season (after rain is over). Despite several problems, they still try to enjoy their work."
Fun facts (and legends) about Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic:
1. It's 516 meters (1,693 feet) long, and about 10 meters (33 feet) wide.
2. It was built to connect the castle to the Old Town.
3. There are three towers on the bridge: two on the castle side, one on the Old Town side. (I think you can go up one, maybe more, for slightly better panoramic views.)
4. Its construction has a very specific start time: 5:31 a.m. on the 9 July 1357. (Written another way: 1357.9.7.5:31.) So, it's a palindromic bridge. Supposedly stronger because of it. It was completed 45 years later in 1402.
5. The first stone was laid at the above minute by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles, for whom the bridge is named.
6. It didn't get the name "Charles Bridge" until 1870.
It originally had the more creative names of Stone Bridge or Prague Bridge. The river it spans, by the way, is the Vitava.
7. Prague is famous for being the filming locations of a handful of Hollywood movies (Amadeus, Immortal Beloved, Mission Impossible...and the pinnacle of Hollywood production, XXX -- the first one. For those of you who have deigned to sit through that gem, you'll know the setting was Prague. The final scene (well...penultimate) is of Vin Diesel sitting on these little wooden thingies next to the bridge. You're welcome for the memory, everyone...
8. There are 16 arches shielded by ice guards. (I think that's what the little wooden thingies are.)
9. There are 30 statues or statuaries on the bridge -- 15 on each side -- mostly of religious folk, saints and the like -- that were originally erected around 1700. How many of these are original? Zip. Zero. Nada. All replicas, with the originals in the National Museum, it seems.
10. This bridge/river/area is famous for swans. Why they're here and why they stay, I have no idea. But, they're nice. I saw them, but from a distance.
Now for my personal notes...
I've been on a severely sprained ankle the past few days, so haven't done much shooting in Prague, I'm sad to say. But, this bridge? I imagine it's easily the most photogenic (especially for panoramas) in the city. Looking at these pictures, I'm crying for the loss of my DSLRs and P&S cameras earlier this year. These turned out...ok, and a few slightly better than ok.
The problem with this is that every tourist (and all tourist companies) know this. Whatever you do, do NOT come between...I don't know...11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. or afternoon at all unless you love seeing throngs of people photobombing your shots. Come at sunrise or sundown. Sundown would give the best backlighting and blue hour shots of Old Town, and sunrise would give you the misty/foggy shots of the river and Old Town.
If I lived in Prague, this is exactly the place I'd come, probably once a week or every other week, to shoot in different times and seasons. It's that nice of a spot. Of course, I'd do that if I had my cameras back...
I went to a fair with a few of my friends on Friday. I tested out using a long shutter speed whilst zooming in and out and it gave me this! I love all the colours in it.
They doing 'their thing'! Think they looked good in black and white, also then the stupid balloons in the background do not distract so much I think.
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From left, Maverick and Morgan Cradduck, 4-year-old twins from Everett, Wash., show off prizes they won during Fun Day.
Chicago Transit Authority (ex Chicago Surface Lines) #1374 passes a replica billboard advertising Chicago's famed Riverview Park.
Riverview was one of the most famous amusement parks. It closed suddenly after the 1967 season (there were advertisements for the 1968 season). No traces of it remain and only one ride was saved--a small carousel which is owned by Six Flags. #1374 is a small streetcar and likely never served Riverview. Western Avenue was too busy a route.
While in the local Pier One store recently, I used my iPhone to snap a shot of a small, toy microphone. Well, not a toy so much as a prop stuck on a stick, which was mounted in a small black base.
Anyway, I created an isolated version of the microphone for giggles.
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