A yellow rose shot in my garden, just after the rain. It is not perfect but a rose is always nice to see 🙂 Note the little bug on one petal.
I have done some post processing in PS to reduce the depth of view and darken a little the background. It is sized to fit well on my brand new 16/10 display 😀
Night shot of the old town square, Prague, Czech Republic.
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The Old Town Square (Staromestske Namesti), with it’s ancient buildings and magnificent churches, is one of the most beautiful historical sights in Europe.
Dating back to the late 12th century, the Old Town Square started life as the central marketplace for Prague. Over the next few centuries, many buildings of Romanesque, Baroque and Gothic styles were erected around the market, each bringing with them stories of wealthy merchants and intrigue.
The Old Town Square is one of two main squares in Prague’s city centre (the other is Wenceslas Square). It’s most notable sights are the Church of Our Lady before Tyn, the Old Town Hall Tower & Astronomical Clock and the stunning St. Nicholas Church.
Colorful houses along the main square of České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
Copper kettles at the Budweiser Budvar beer factory, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
This is my second attempt to create an old looking photo, it looks better than the previous one.
Hluboka Nad Vltavou castle, Czech Republic.
One of the most highly-sought chateaux in the country, the Hluboká Chateau, rises above the northern edge of the České Budějovice pond basin on a steep promontory above the Vltava River. The original Hluboká Royal Castle (Frauenberg) was founded along with the nearby city of České Budějovice in the 13th Century by Czech King Přemysl Otakar II. The castle underwent complicated development and its appearance was shaped by four reconstructions. The chateau owes its current Neo-Gothic appearance from the year 1871 to the Schwarzenberg family, which held the castle from the year 1661. They created a building with 140 lavishly furnished rooms, eleven towers (the main tower rising 60 metres) and citadels, whose jagged façade is dominated by a large Schwarzenberg emblem with the family motto "NIL NISI RECTUM" (Nothing but right). Hluboká gained its current form under the reign off Jan Adolf II Schwarzenberg and his spouse Eleonora, who decided to reconstruct the chateau based on the royal Windsor Castle. An English chateau park surrounds the castle. Today, the original riding school with an open roof-frame houses the collections of the Aleš South Bohemian Gallery.
