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| Charles Bridge - Prague, Czech Republic (early morning twilight) Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
I WAS up and out the door the next morning about 30 minutes before sunrise. It was a brisk morning, but it promised to be a day without rain and even some sunshine before it was all over. I figured about 5 minutes to my "spot" on the bridge; another 5 to scope and find where I wanted to set up, and that left me about 20 minutes to set up, focus and get my shot ready.
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| Charles Bridge - Prague, Czech Republic (early morning twilight) Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
MY MISSION was to catch the bridge in the twilight with the lights still burning, and then to continue on over to the Old City and wander around in the early morning light.
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| Charles Bridge - Prague, Czech Republic (early morning twilight) Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
AS YOU can see from the series here, I was able to get a couple shots at the very first light, and then more at the end of the twilight period. If and when we got a sunrise, I would be shooting directly into it, so I didn't see much opportunity there. Changing and moving my position on the bridge up ever so slightly yielded a different look. As the ambient sky lightened, the lilght became not only slightly less warm, but the dispersion giving the star effect began to dissipate (note, especially, the difference in the llight in the most immediate foreground as the photos progress). I made several versions, and I liked a few of them. It was one of those times when being there early and being able to wait as the light changed and developed was a benefit.
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| Manes Bridge; Prague, Czech Republlic Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
THE SUNRISE was muted behind cloud cover which in one way was a benefit as it allowed me to shoot toward the east longer before things deteriorated. Because there was no dramatic sunrise, I moved on accross the bridge and on into the Old City. But before I did, I did that thing that I have been counseled to do time and again (and still don't always remember: turn around and look behind you). I mat the image above, of the bridge to the north. Then I turned all the way around and shot back toward Mala Strana. Not as impactful a shot on of the lighted bridge, but I like it. You can see from these last couple on the Charles Bridge that human activity starts early and builds quickly at the scene.
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| Charles Bridge - Twilight - Prague, Czech Republic Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
WALKING ON through the eastern gate of the Charles, you get a view of the narrow, cobbled streets of the Old City, my next destination.
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| Eastern Gate to the Charles Bridge - Prague, Czech Republic Copyright Andy Richards 2024 - All Rights Reserved |
Nice start. When are you going back?
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