Prague Underground Photo

Photographer’s Note

Prague is full of them, endless mechanical stairs that transport you from the surface to the metro plattforms or vice-versa. They are devilishly quick, so if you have some problem of hert, better that you walk...if you dare!. This stairs belong to the underground station of Jiřího z Poděbrad, in the "A" line, very near to the Žižkov Television Tower. The station was named after George of Podebrady,King of Bohemia (1458-1471). It was opened in 1978, the Jiřího z Poděbrad is an underground trispan station. The main materials used on walls and ceilings are anodized aluminium, marble and granite. The only exit leads to an underground vestibule, which is connected with the platform by escalator tunnel.
At the beginning of the Radiohead song "A Reminder," the female voice of the Metro's automated announcement system can be heard announcing this station.
Hope you like it my friends!
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Praga está repleta de ellas, interminables ecaleras mecánicas que te llevan desde la superfície hasta los andenes del metro y viceversa. Son endiabladamente empinadas y rápidas, por lo que si teneis algún problema de corazón mejor que subais andando...si os atreveis!.
Estas escaleras pertenecen a la estación de la linea "A", Jiřího z Poděbrad, muy cercana a la torre de telecomunicaciones Žižkov. Esta estación fué inaugurada en 1978, y los materiales utilizados en los muros y techos son el aluminio anodizado, mármol y granito. La única entrada cponduce a un vestíbulo conectado con los andenes por la escalera de la imágen.
Al início de la canción "A reminder", de Radiohead, se escucha la voz que anúncia esta estación.
Espero que os guste, amigos!

Sne011, BeBeHooker, velocista, Photo65Net, PaulVDV, avene, cirano, UlfE, ktanska, snunney, gentedilivello, zeynepe, jafadabret, robob, Didi, steliosk, SAMANDI has marked this note useful

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xclusive06 (29) 2008-08-19 8:00

nice idea..
only the stairs going up is empty and that gives photo very impressive look.

Sne011 (3103) 2008-08-19 8:00

Hola Felip
Me gusta mucho esta foto. Es mucho mejor que mi foto de alli (creo que me dejaste un comentario a esa foto) loc colores son mucho mas naturales aqui. Muy buena toma!

Sneza

BeBeHooker (6020) 2008-08-19 8:00

Hi Felip!
Original POV. Very interesting perspective. Original composition.
Good capture.
Cheers!

oriolm (1142) 2008-08-19 8:13

impressionant! el millor: la persona borrosa de l'esquerra i els colors!

ilDottore (4004) 2008-08-19 8:21

Hi Felip,
Very good, geometric photo.
Interesting note.
Thank you for posting.
regards
Chris

Photo65Net (43096) 2008-08-19 8:54

Felip,
Very good catch !
I like a lot the dynamics you caught with these blurred people.
NIce job,
Regards,
JB.

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mirarer (4423) 2008-08-19 9:12

Hola Felip,
Buena perspectiva y gran efeco dinámico.
Saludos,
Mirari

francesav (622) 2008-08-19 9:12

Hola Felip,
I remember the terrible Praga metro stairs!! Very good idea and good realization.
Regards.
Francesco.

PaulVDV (5357) 2008-08-19 9:53

Hello Felip,
A very good composition with beautiful colours.
And there's light at the end of the tunnel.
Best regards, Paul

cirano (1283) 2008-08-19 10:29

Slav Felip,
Pêlikên elektronic yên bixwe dimeşin di nav desthilatiya rengê sor de te pir xweşik qedraj kiriye û kişandî ye.TFS.
Slav ji Mesopotamia...
Dûrzan

pospos (217) 2008-08-19 10:34

Hi Felip,
I live 1 kilometer from this place and you know more than I know about the metro station... Thanks for useful informations ;-)

xavshot (63125) 2008-08-19 12:40

Bonsoir Felip
jolie photo, graphique comme je les aime. J'aime beaucoup les couleurs et la perspective. Bravo.
Xavier

scalerman (25787) 2008-08-19 13:07

Felip: cool composition - even with your motion blur here. A symmetrical POV helps here too. c

UlfE (9158) 2008-08-19 22:24

Hi Felip,

Very original shot. I really like the lines and the colours and light is also very attractive. Very well seen and really good photo-job. TFS and have a nice day!

Cheers,

Ulf

P.S. Nice to see that you still seem have pictures from Prague to post.

ktanska (16695) 2008-08-19 23:32

Hi Felip,
Looks great. Symmetric composition gives strong perspective. Good harmonous colours. Motion blur works well, this place is all about motion.
Kari

snunney (35464) 2008-08-20 0:39

Hello Felip,
Excellent capture of these two escalators. Your image gives a great feeling of movement and depth. Well done.

salvator (18933) 2008-08-20 1:14

Hi Felip,
Nicely composed with a great pov, which gives great depth.
Nice colors.
Best regards. Salvator.

rodgerg (24937) 2008-08-20 3:02

Hello Felip,

Your POV to presnt this underground is very well selected with a beautiful impression of prospect. A ggod use of light and a nice harmony betwwen the colours red and gold.The peoples gives an interesting element of life. A good photowork.
Best regards,
Roger

gentedilivello (2013) 2008-08-20 5:36

Hi Felip,
great idea in this shot. The symmetries and the converging lines are superb. It's perfect also the sense of movement that your picture infuses.
Well done.
TFS.
Gabriele.

avene (11136) 2008-08-20 7:31

hello Felip,
the stairs moving in opposite directions create a really bizarre effect, almost hypnotic, and the strong perspective emphasise it even more. the golden colours are great, very nice work.

regards,
Kristine

nirvana73 (8836) 2008-08-20 10:27

Hola Felip
excellent shot
very nice light and ryhtym
i like diagonal lines and depth
tfs
regards
Özhan

i was sorry for aeroplane accident in Spain

zeynepe (9360) 2008-08-21 6:12

Hi Felip,
I like the depth , I like the dynamic models ...
Superb composition with perfect graphical effects.
Congrats,
Zeynep

MarianneS (14408) 2008-08-23 0:36

Hola Felip,
Me gusta tu idea, es original.
Los colores y la luz son muy bien administrados (?).
Aquí, me gusta la impresión de dinamismo combinado con el grafismo.
Un saludo cordial,
Marianne

jafadabret (40315) 2008-08-25 5:23

Bonjour Felip.
Cette photo est superbe, tu as tiré partie au maximum de la perspective de l'escalator et des belles couleurs. Cela donne une composition très dynamique et en plus elle est animée par quelques voyageurs dont le flou suggère le mouvement.
Beau travail !
Jacques

angie-barcelona (1891) 2008-08-25 11:53

Hola Felip!

dona una gran sensació de moviment! Felicitats!!!

Una salutació,

Gemma

skippy007 (7327) 2008-08-25 23:44

Ciao Felip, Excellent view of the underground, they all look very similar but here it's the colour that makes it different, an excellent image with the motion blur a very good addition.
Good work.
Take care
Santo

Angshu (34093) 2008-08-26 1:25

Hola Felip
Good use of the converging perspectives of the escalators. Good symmetry & the sense of motion with the blur has an almost hypnotic effect. The warm colours are also good for the composition. Well done my friend!
Best Regards
Angshu

CaesarP (3666) 2008-08-27 13:28

Hello Felip,
great perspective, great colors, great subject and great idea.
Regards Caesar

Stepan (27175) 2008-08-27 23:23

Almost an endless depth !! Great and strong visual impact, in cool old colors... Works very well (thanks to the low speed too).
Stéphane

hay_kes (28562) 2008-08-30 0:19

Hi Felip,
What a superb point of view and great symmetry and perspective.TFS.
Saludos,

hAyAti

Bluejeans (33049) 2008-09-04 4:56

Ola Felip,
Bonita foto com umas cores bem vivas e saturadas , o movimento das escadas rolantes ficou fantástico, bom enquadramento da foto , parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

giorgimer (21478) 2008-09-07 15:22

Hi Felip,

excellent perspective. Dynamic effect by the blurry woman.

TFS

Gio

Anna-- (7741) 2008-09-20 13:19

Ciao Felip,
excellent perspective and depth. Very good motion blur and very nice colors and suburban scene.
Have a nice evening
Anna

mikeo (12117) 2008-09-21 9:16

Hi Felip,

I remember this metro from trip to Czech Republic - great architecture under ground! So cool colours and nice sharpness - very like it, TFS!

Greetings,

mikeo

batalay (21193) 2008-10-12 5:38

Hello Felip,

I love this shot you posted almost two months ago with the escalator converging at the top, where a strong light appears. It is one-point perspective at its best. The blur that the woman on the left appears as conveys motion very effectively. I have a new book that the National Geographic is about to publish, and one of the photos (in Leonardo's "Last Supper") shows a mass of humanity moving about in a blur, with the great mural standing in perfect focus in the background. Finally, the idea of convergence into the light is very dramatic. I recently posted a photo called Light at the End of the Tunnel.

Warm regards,

Bulent

robob (3640) 2008-10-23 8:57

Hello Felip,
Une grande sensation de mouvement et même de vertige dans cette image obtenu avec le flou,
Chouette réalisation !
Bien à toi Felip,
Robert

Didi (36434) 2008-11-11 3:58

Hi Felip
Interesting perspective.
Never mind if the central stair is empty, it's a very good frame composition.
Best regards.

steliosk (4784) 2008-11-18 10:10

Lovely slow motion effect, all the lines lead to the escape point making this shot look like 3D!
Many Regards
Stelios

foozi (4735) 2009-03-14 21:23

Hi Felip.
a special shot that describe what perspective is all about.
Nice colours and I like the concet of heaven here...into the lights.

Regards,
Foozi

anto95 (1820) 2009-05-16 5:18

Hi felip,
Your shot is very original.
Perspective and depth are very well.
Good frame.
Antonello