Easter trip to Prague

During the past few days I was on a short trip to Prague (This is also the reason I am not publishing an April wallpaper, sorry, but I just did not have the time. There will certainly be no calender wallpaper in May but will sure be back in June. Be sure to subscribe to my blog’s feed so you will not miss anything! I might as well post a wallpaper in the middle of a month.) It was a place I wanted to go but never thought I would have a chance to. I just want to post a few photos I took there.

First of all, Prague is in Czech Republic, where people speak Czech, a highly complex West Slavic language. It was tough finding ourselves around due to its language. At first I thought every word was unreadable.

Nevertheless, on the first night we went to a Czech restaurant where they offer traditional Czech cuisine. Czech cuisine is heavily meat-based. Pork, beef and chicken are popular. Mostly served with dumplings (”Knedlíky” in Czech), which are some bread or potato based dumplings. I did not like the dumplings and avoided eating them after my first try. However, I enjoyed the sauerkraut, a sourly cabbage side dish. Apart from this, everything was very salty (for me). I prefer going to an Italian restaurant in Czech.

It is a nice city to walk, everything is very close. We spent a whole day walking up to the castle and when we reached the top, we were amazed by the view. It was just incredible.

I did not have a proper camera with me. So all I used were my two phone cameras. Quite sad in a way but I tried my best to make the most of it.

Prague, view from the clock tower
Walking Hradčany

Fred and Ginger, the Dancing House

New town, another tilt-shift experiment

Kutna Hora, station, Holga shot

Kutna Hora, Holga

Prague, view from the clock tower

See my Prague photo set on Flickr.

There are 10 comments... {Say anything!}

mark
permalink | 06 Apr 09 at 10:54

You managed to take these photos with a camera phone?! Wow! I love the toy town look – is that some kind of faux tilt-shift editing you did in Photoshop?

AthenaEmily
permalink | 06 Apr 09 at 11:18

Thanks!
Yes the toy town look is a fake tilt-shift done in Photoshop.

Benoit
permalink | 12 Apr 09 at 08:34

Nice pictures! I like this “make it look tiny” effect a lot. =)

blackjoker
permalink | 04 Jul 09 at 16:48

Everything what you need to say is: ” Dobrý den jendo pivo prosím” (Hello one beer). Nice pictures.

AthenaEmily
permalink | 05 Jul 09 at 13:01

Thank you!

Talat Cemre Can
permalink | 20 Jul 09 at 09:27

I know this effect. Very successful.

(I am sorry for my english :))

AthenaEmily
permalink | 02 Aug 09 at 19:15

Yes, it is a cool and easy effect to achieve !

Benjamin Reid
permalink | 03 Sep 09 at 20:58

I love these tiltshots, amazing!

AthenaEmily
permalink | 04 Sep 09 at 01:48

Thank you!
They are pretty easy to make, and yet look very interesting :D

Paul
permalink | 06 Jan 10 at 05:03

Hi Athena

Are these HDR photos? They look amazing!

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