3 interiors of St Nicholas Church, Prague

NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
edited September 6, 2008 in Landscapes
3 interiors of St Nicholas Church, Prague, Czech Republic.

St. Nicholas Church at Lesser Town Square (below the Palace), begun in 1705, is the most important High Baroque building in Prague. The cupola is more than 70 meters high and the nave of the church has a ceiling with one of the largest frescoes in Europe, painted on an area of 1500 square meters.


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Breathtaking!

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  • HarrymacHarrymac Registered Users Posts: 94 Big grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    Amazing attention to detail nicely capturedthumb.gif
  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    Wow beautiful church
    and photos
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  • SwartzySwartzy Registered Users Posts: 3,293 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    Beautiful setting there. To really capture the essence one should take at least 2 frames of different exposure and blend them. I'm not crazy about the blown out highlights at the windows. This would be a prime candidate for and HDR. Cool place.
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  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited August 31, 2008
    that is yet another place i would like to see in person...

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    Aaron Nelson
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2008
    Harrymac wrote:
    Amazing attention to detail nicely capturedthumb.gif

    Thanks for your comment, Harrymac!

    Neil
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2008
    Awais Yaqub wrote:
    Wow beautiful church
    and photos

    Thanks, Awais!

    I wish I could have done this building more justice. But even so, I think the excitement of it comes through.

    Neil
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2008
    Swartzy wrote:
    Beautiful setting there. To really capture the essence one should take at least 2 frames of different exposure and blend them. I'm not crazy about the blown out highlights at the windows. This would be a prime candidate for and HDR. Cool place.

    Absolutely, Swartzy. There is such depth of all of scale, perspective, light, shade, color and detail it is a huge opportunity. Thanks for your comment.

    I took these pics with a P&S which I had only had for a few weeks. I had all of that experience with a digital, and almost none with anything else either! The learning curve was so steep it was like a vertical wall! I am still using crampons!:D So HDR was off the radar at that time.

    These were taken hand held. I had three quarter nelsoned the camera controls enough to capture, I think, something of the special light which lives in that building, a huge gloom, starry with gold, through which run streams of light.

    Neil
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2008
    AaronNelson wrote:
    that is yet another place i would like to see in person...

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    Thanks for looking, Aaron! Prague is outstanding photogenic, and the light is so pure there.

    As the Chinese say, wishes are leaders!

    Neil
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  • jeffmeyersjeffmeyers Registered Users Posts: 1,535 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2008
    Very nice. Did they allow you to use your flash or are these captured with available light?
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited September 1, 2008
    jeffmeyers wrote:
    Very nice. Did they allow you to use your flash or are these captured with available light?

    Appreciate your comment!

    I had only the onboard flash, which wouldn't have gone further than a half dozen pews! So just available light.

    If I remember correctly, snapping, plus flash, was OK. Photographers doing work for publication had to buy a permit.

    Neil
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  • coscorrosacoscorrosa Registered Users Posts: 2,284 Major grins
    edited September 2, 2008
    Just a beautiful building, the first is my favorite.
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2008
    coscorrosa wrote:
    Just a beautiful building, the first is my favorite.

    Thank you.

    Neil
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  • dkoyanagidkoyanagi Registered Users Posts: 656 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2008
    Very nice. I really like #3.
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,952 moderator
    edited September 3, 2008
    NeilL wrote:
    I wish I could have done this building more justice. But even so, I think the excitement of it comes through.
    church sh-murch, what's outside is where it's at in that part of town! lol3.gif

    Lesser town square (or Mala Strana in general) has some of the best ice cream in Prague! It might be one of my favorite places in the city.

    Recent trip? I haven't been "home" in some time now, always good to see it.
    NeilL wrote:
    Photographers doing work for publication had to buy a permit.
    You have to buy a permit or a ticket for just about everything nowadays. You can barely even get into the Castle grounds (nevermind the halls) without a ticket. When I would visit as a much younger kid, everything was either free, or a measely few crowns (that's like $.05). Capitalism, gotta love it.
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2008
    dkoyanagi wrote:
    Very nice. I really like #3.

    Pleased about that, Dan. Thanks.

    Neil
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2008
    DoctorIt wrote:
    church sh-murch, what's outside is where it's at in that part of town! lol3.gif

    Lesser town square (or Mala Strana in general) has some of the best ice cream in Prague! It might be one of my favorite places in the city.

    Recent trip? I haven't been "home" in some time now, always good to see it.

    You have to buy a permit or a ticket for just about everything nowadays. You can barely even get into the Castle grounds (nevermind the halls) without a ticket. When I would visit as a much younger kid, everything was either free, or a measely few crowns (that's like $.05). Capitalism, gotta love it.


    :D

    You're not wrong that there are other great attractions as well as churches. Ice cream. Great food! And the BEER!! clap.gifclapclap.gif No need to choose, in Prague you can have all, as you like!

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    So, your roots are in CR? Mmm, that explains something. :D:D:D

    Prague, it seems to me, is a unique fusion of eastern, central and western Europe. It's an essential part of the European experience. It's still very much cheaper than western Europe, but that is changing quickly, as you say.

    Neil
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,952 moderator
    edited September 3, 2008
    NeilL wrote:
    So, your roots are in CR? Mmm, that explains something. :D:D:D

    Prague, it seems to me, is a unique fusion of eastern, central and western Europe.
    It certainly explains why I'm such a beer snob. It's hard to beat a Plzen, pulled straight off the tap on a side street bar in Mala Strana or just about anywhere in Prague.

    Good observations in general, you're spot on. The Czech people are historically more western and progressive in their approach to many things than their immediate eastern European neighbors, who are much more reserved. We take a bit of pride in that. :D
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  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2008
    Neil I'm late to the party but this is a really lovely church. I am really enjoying seeing your shots from all around the world now! It's great to travel and show us new sights. :D

    The church is pretty amazing in itself but I am actually really enjoying your last shot of the inside of the restaurant. I would love to go to Prague sometime very soon. thumb.gif
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  • SteveFSteveF Registered Users Posts: 466 Major grins
    edited September 3, 2008
    A P&S handheld and these kind of results are really something else.

    Speaks not only to how good a P&S can do but to your talent in framing and keeping a steady hand.

    Really well done interiors.
    Steve
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2008
    schmoo wrote:
    Neil I'm late to the party but this is a really lovely church. I am really enjoying seeing your shots from all around the world now! It's great to travel and show us new sights. :D

    The church is pretty amazing in itself but I am actually really enjoying your last shot of the inside of the restaurant. I would love to go to Prague sometime very soon. thumb.gif

    Appreciate you looking, schmoo!

    You will find so much to shoot when you go!

    Neil
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2008
    SteveF wrote:
    A P&S handheld and these kind of results are really something else.

    Speaks not only to how good a P&S can do but to your talent in framing and keeping a steady hand.

    Really well done interiors.

    Very generous comments! Thanks, Steve!

    Neil
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  • bskaranbskaran Registered Users Posts: 127 Major grins
    edited September 5, 2008
    this is really superb. you have done very well to capture the dark and light parts of the church.
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited September 6, 2008
    bskaran wrote:
    this is really superb. you have done very well to capture the dark and light parts of the church.

    Thanks for your comment!

    Neil
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