Czech impressions 2011

[Olga Bondareva]

I start a new topic because it's not about exhibition only. We spent 6 beautiful days in Czech seeing nature and gardens.

First morning in Prague...



Main Czech mail office. The man at the left is going to stop me shooting...



Spring...

[Olga Bondareva]

At the exhibition.







To be continued with saxifraga, snowdrops, hepatica, nature and garden views... 

[Paddy Tobin]

Olga,

I will await the further instalments with great anticipation.

The Mail Office seems a wonderful building, such beautiful decoration on the walls and such a bright and open space.

The plants are good too!!! - The hazel is best and would have won at the show.

Paddy

[arillady]

No wonder you wanted to photograph the Mail office Olga

[art600]

Look forward to more postings - they are magnificent.

[Olga Bondareva]

Thank you Arthur, Pat and Paddy!

Some saxes from exhibition.

Peter Paul Rubens


Humoreska


Cranbourne


Klonk


Saxifraga columnaris


Neptun


Two Lang's treasures




To be continued. 

[Hoy]

Very nice pictures of very pretty plants!
I have visited Czech republic (and Czechoslovakia) a couple of times, and once I stumbled upon a flower show in Praha (Prague). I got several colourful magazines and realized for the first time that garden was highly esteemed!

Btw, The red female hazel flower is called "natavon" (hope of nuts) in Norwegian

[art600]

Olga what camera do you have?  and what lens do you use for close-ups?

Beautiful saxifrages and perfectly captured.

[Olga Bondareva]

Thank you Arthur! I use Canon 40D and 100/2.8 macro lens. But such kind shoots could be made by any standard lens (not very wide of course).

Helleborus sp.


Helleborus foetidus 'Sopron'


Hepatica japonica cultivar




Dionysia aretioides


To be continued. 

[Gail]

I use Canon 40D and 100/2.8 macro lens. But such kind shoots could be made by any standard lens (not very wide of course).

By any standard lens maybe - but not sadly by any standard photographer; there are not many with your talent....

[mark smyth]

Thanks Olga for the beautiful photos

[Olga Bondareva]

Thank you Gail...

Prahovske skaly


Kost


Troski


Hruba Skala

[Olga Bondareva]

Our Susann with her favorites. 





Czech selected double hepatica

[Kristl Walek]

Olga,
Thank you, as usual, for your beautiful photographs....
I am very curious, however, why one is not allowed to photograph inside the main post office?

Kristl

[Maggi Young]

I don't think one would be allowed to photograph in such a place in this country either... worry about terrorist attacks ( a  main post office being a strategic building) and even old fashioned robbery mean that one is likely to face problems with picture taking in all sorts of public places, such a train stations, which can put the damper on the family  holiday snaps in such pretty buildings as the Praha post office.