Jizerske
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The Jizera Mountains (in Czech: Jizerské hory) lay on border between the Czech Republic and Poland. The major part is formed from granite, with some areas formed from basalt. The mountains got their name from the Jizera River. Nikon D300, Sigma 10 – 20 mm wide angle lens, 1/250 sec at f8, Iso 200
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An old lantern next to the entrance to the Virgin Mary Visitation church in Hejnice, Jizera mountains, Czech Republic. I feel that giving light is very symbolic for this place where the pilgrimage roads from several countries cross since the 13th century… February 2002. Canon EOS 500N, Sigma 28-135. Post-processing: retouch, blend-modes, color correction, watercolor.
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Taking a short walk in the hills just out of the village Libverda Spa (Lazne Libverda), I was fascinated by the wind playing with snow, and by the dark leafless trees contrasting with the snowy tracks on the road. February 2002. Canon EOS 500N, Sigma 28-135. Post-processing: retouch, levels, convert to BW, sharpening, crop. This is the same locality where I made the photograph Landscape around Libverda Spa, Czech Republic five and half years later:
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From the Church of the Visitation of Our Lady, Hejnice, Jizera mountains, Czech Republic. In January/February 2002, I have visited the franciscan monastery and the Church of the Visitation of Our Lady in Hejnice for the first time, as a participant of a winter school. I was completely overwhelmed by the positive energy of this ancient place of pilgrimage! Since then, we have stayed there five or six times, enjoying all that peace and tranquility… I like this photograph a lot because it echoes the tranquility and spirituality of the place so well… But it was a bit tricky to make it finished: I didn’t have a tripod, so for making a photograph inside a church without heavy blur, I had to underexpose 2 stops or maybe more, and only now, using a scanner and image editing software, I was able to restore it. Luckily, the professional films I’m using (Kodak Supra 400 in this case) made it possible… The restoration/processing included: scanning the negative six times with analog gain of the scanner set between -1 and +1.5 stops, HDR processing to reveal the whole tonal range from illuminated wall behind the statue up to the Lady’s face in deep shadows, noise reduction, colorization, watercolor, camera distortion corrections, and curves.
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Beautifully decorated baroque interior of the pilgrimage church in Hejnice, Jizera mountains, Czech Republic. According to a legend, a poor artisan whose wife and child were very ill, fell asleep under a tree. Dreaming, he saw angels who told him to bring there a picture of Virgin Mary so that anybody passing by could share blessing of that miraculous place. He followed the message, sold his products on the market in a nearby city of Zittau and bought a statuette of Madonna for the money he obtained. He placed it into a cavity in that tree’s trunk and prayed. Soon after, his wife and child were healed, and people started to come to see the Madonna statue, humbly asking for help. In 1211, the tree was cut down and the statue was sheltered by a wooden chapel, that made place to a new stone chapel with gothic vaults in 1252. A Franciscan monastery was built in 1692-1696 to give home to monks, preachers and laics, followed by a baroque basilica in 1722-1725, that could accommodate 1000 pilgrims. According to the Franciscan chronicle, there were 1.381.176 pilgrims who traveled to Hejnice to ask for Our Lady’ intercession between 1699-1725! The history was far less friendly to the basilica and the monastery since the second half of the 18th century. Fortunately, it was possible to reconstruct the church and the monastery several years ago, and a new International Center for Spiritual Rehabilitation was created on this wonderful place. September 2007. Canon EOS 300X, Sigma 28-135. Post-processing: watercolor, conversion to B&W, distortion correction, blend modes. More photographs from Jizera mountains:
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A wedding gown sewn by nature… Off the beaten track in the Jizera mountains (Czech Republic), a signed path led us along the Jedlova brook finding its way through an old fir forest. On 5th September, autumn has already started in the valley, covering ground by beautifully colored leafs of few deciduous trees. Bronze-colored pools were alternated by admirable waterfalls, one of which is shown on this photograph. September 2007, Jizera mountains, Czech Republic. / Canon EOS 300X, Sigma 28-135, polarizing filter, two grad ND filters. Post-processing: noise reduction, crop, burn.
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Lazne Libverda is a spa located in the picturesque northern foothills of the Jizera Mountains. Together with my family, I’m always happy to visit the region, with all its beauties made by nature and by men… September 2007. Canon EOS 300X, Sigma 28-135. Post-processing: retouch, levels, gradient, convert to BW, blend modes. This is the same locality where I made the photograph Winter road, Jizera mountains, Czech Republic five and half years earlier:
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