Old Jewish Cemeteries, Prague & Sarajevo

The Prague photos are from a bit more than 10 years ago and the Sarajevo photos a bit over 9 years ago. Apparently people need reminders :(. You can see the scars of the civil war in some of the Sarajevo stones.

Old Jewish Cemetery - Prague

Old Jewish Cemetery - Prague

Old Jewish Cemetery - Prague

Old Jewish Cemetery - Sarajevo

Old Jewish Cemetery - Sarajevo

Old Jewish Cemetery - Sarajevo

Abandoning All Pretense of Originality

I thought this was pretty original. I mean really, how many people would think to take a photo of a sewer lid? Well apparently pretty many others have. Enough that someone actually googled the terms: prague castle sewer. On the bright side, I was the second hit in the results list :) and the googler took a look at my photo.

I can pretty much guarantee that the photo below has been taken a million times. Nine hundred and ninety nine thousand of them are for sale on the Charles Bridge. Here is my version.


Prague Astronomical Clock (Pražský Orloj) at Night - Prague

Self Portrait with Shelby

A "fun" photo I probably would have never taken just a couple years ago in the days of film. When Shelby and I were out with our cameras in Prague, on our way up to the castle, I noticed our reflection in a menu written on a mirror across the street. I zoomed out to 200 with my 70-200 and focused on our reflection vice the written menu....and shazam!

Self Portrait with Shelby - Prague, Spring 2008

Prague, Three Details

Noticed On the Way Up the Hill - Castle District, Prague




The Powder Tower (Prašná Brána) - Prague



Somewhere Near Charles Bridge (Karlův Most) - Prague

Charles Bridge (Karlův Most) -Details

I take a lot of "detail" photos in cities...and Prague is detail heaven. Here are a few of the details that caught my eye on Charles Bridge (Karlův Most)

Man's Best Friend - Charles Bridge, Prague(Apparently considered lucky)



...not so lucky...Behind Bars - Charles Bridge, Prague




And From the Heavens Burst Forth... - Charles Bridge, Prague




Although from the portion in this photo, you wouldn't necessarily notice, the entire statue reminded me of the plague columns I've seen in other parts of Czech Republic.

The Struggle - Charles Bridge, Prague

Looking Up - More Prague

A look up at three of the more famous landmarks in Prague


The Powder Tower (Prašná Brána) at Sunset - Prague




Church Our Lady before the Týn - Old Town Square, Prague
Kostel Matky Boží pøed Týnem




Saint Vitus's Cathedral (Katedrála svatého Víta), Prague Castle

Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague

More from Prague. Below are a few of the many photos I took at the Old Jewish Cemetery (Starý židovský hřbitov). The cemetery contains an unknown number of graves, layers of graves, gravestones one upon the other. Estimates commonly seen on the internet say 12,000 or so headstones and 100,000 buried there from the late 1400's until the late 1700's. As cemeteries are among my favorite photographic subjects, Elesa and Carl had to wait a bit while I (and Shelby) took "one last" photo. The light was constantly changing as the sun played peek-a-boo behind the clouds.

A Jumble of Headstones - Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague




Old Jewish Cemetery - Prague




Old Jewish Cemetery - Prague




Old Jewish Cemetery - Prague

Prague, Even the Sewers are Cool

I haven't had much time to mess with photography the past week or so. Now I'm just getting back to going through the photos I took in Prague. I like taking photos of little details in cities. Things on the sides of buildings, statues and portions thereof etc. I noticed walking through Prague that even the sewer lids there are a cut above...

Sewer Lid - Prague



Utility Access - Prague