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The blessing


The blessing
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Copyright: Alexander Pasternak (pasternak) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1683 W: 201 N: 2976] (11926)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2003-07-19
Categories: Architecture, Decisive Moment
Camera: Canon EOS300, Sigma 100-300 mm
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-07-19 4:17
Viewed: 613
Points: 21
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Everyone has his or her own special places and special dates. In our family, such a special place is undoubtedly Prague, and a special date, connected with this place, is July 19, the date of today. So no wonder that today I post a picture from Prague.

Here we see the details of the Church of the Assumption of our Lady (Nanebevzeti Panny Marie) of the Strahov Monastery (Strahovsky Klaster) in the Hradcany region of Prague. The monastery was founded in 1142, when the first Premonstratensian monks arrived from the Rhineland. The name of the monastery derives from the Czech "straz" meaning "guard"; it was so named in recognition of its strategic location at the western approach to the city. Because of this strategic location, the monastery was regularly sacked and burned, but always rebuilt. In the middle of the Thirty years war the remains of St.Norbert, the founder of the order and one of the patron saints of Bohemia, were rescued from Protestant Magdeburg and brought here with much ceremony. In 1950 the Communist regime expelled the monks and converted the monastery into the Museum of Czechoslovak Literature; after the Velvet Revolution, it was restituted to the Premonstratensian order.

The church was rebuilt several times; the present state dates from the middle of the 18C, when the reconstruction was carried out in the then reigning Baroque style under the supervision of Anselmo Lurago, but the basic plan remains Romanesque. Here we see details of the upper left part of the Western facade with the statue of blessing St.Norbert and a vase by Quittainer. The church tower is caught by the long zoom between these two objects, and in reality it's situated at some distance; see the WS for a general view of the church.

The photo was taken exactly three years ago, on July 19, 2003. That's why I've put it also into the "decisive moment" category:)

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  • Great 
  • gelor Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1006 W: 23 N: 340] (3112)
  • [2006-07-19 5:04]

Bonjour Alexander,
Les nuages sont bien disciplinés en république Tchèque ! Ils se placent juste là où il faut. Bien vu ! Merci
Gérard

Саша, как говориться на английском, so-so: глубина фото подкачала, в результате мужик, горшок и башня слились в одно пространство, в итоге фото выглядит плоским.

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 9645 W: 452 N: 15531] (54412)
  • [2006-07-19 7:20]

well aleksander,
I like the shot, it's well composed shot, a minnor is that the leafs are for the cros of the church,otherwise it was perfect, farther good job.
gr. jaap

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 12731 W: 272 N: 16984] (67992)
  • [2006-07-19 8:33]

Hi Alexander,

It's not a very easy picture, but I find very well done, and certainly a scanning picture, the tower gives a excellent contrast on the white cloud! Excellent pattern!

Have a nice hot day,
John.

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  • Paolo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4704 W: 146 N: 9096] (40013)
  • [2006-07-19 11:28]

Hi Alex, amazing shot, with that statues ont he top pf the church.
good colours, light and POV.
thanks, ciao

Hallo Alex,
De hele opezet ziet er schitterend uit, hoog detail, dat is uitstekend gelukt.
Jammer van dat blad wat net voor het kruis zit.
Groet, Henk

Hi Alexander,
Nice architectural detail.
I like the inclusion of the leafs on the foreground.
The colours and light are also good.
Regards
Teresa

  • Great 
  • PJE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2170 W: 138 N: 3878] (18445)
  • [2006-07-20 0:23]

Alexander I love composing photos with a zoom lens. This one of yours really is done nicely. A very balanced framework with the tree branch filling the frame and the backgound clouds. Good work!

Hi Alexander,
A very beautiful shot with good exposure and nice framing. Well done.
Best wishes

hi alex
very good compo... good colors and well management...
well done
pramod

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  • Silke Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 654 W: 73 N: 870] (3017)
  • [2006-07-27 10:58]

a superb composition: everything that needs to be there is there and with great colours and clarity
TFS
Silke

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