Travel & Humanitarian Photos
I was in Prague for a few days last week. The weather on the first day was pretty dreary. It rained a drizzly rain throughout the day, which made it difficult for me to get photos that made Prague look very inviting. I don’t mind the rain but the low cloud can make everything look a little flat and uninteresting. It’s a good day for photographing interiors! Or, as a Canon magazine ad currently says, “Overcast days are black and white days”.
I headed for the National Museum, which is a strange place, stuffed (if you’ll forgive the pun) with glass cases filled with animals and birds that have spent more time in the hands of a Taxidermist than they might have wished. Whilst the exhibits weren’t all that exciting, the central staircase and interior was wonderful.
“if trilobytes and taxidermy are not your thing it’s still worth a visit just to enjoy the marble splendour of the interior“
(Lonely Planet)
One of the few benefits of drizzly, grey days is that it’s the sort of weather that can benefit certain subjects. One of those is cobbled streets. Or cobbled squares in this case. This is the Old Town Square in Prague with the magnificently named “Church of Our Lady Before Tyn” illuminated in the background. The damp cobbles can sometimes throw up pleasing reflections so I chose a low perspective to try and emphasise that. The only problem with damp cobbles when you’re trying to photograph from a worm’s eye view is that you get a soggy bum.
I hope to post a few more pictures from Prague in the next day or two although I’m going to Hungary on Monday so the Prague photos might begin to fight for space with new ones from Budapest. Click on the images below for larger versions.
