Black and Whites

Nadrazi Branik, in addition to being served by the various branchline services on its line, is also served by buses and trams. Here two unidentified Tatra T3 trams wait in the turning loop, waiting to work Service 16.

Since the original shot was taken during a snow storm, and very white, I decided that I would try a black and white conversion. I hope you like it. :-)

I figured the chapel looked quite good in black and white, especially since it was a way to compensate for a cheesy print scan (I was in a hurry when I did these).

This was another shot that I couldn't resist converting to black and white. I hope you like it.

Here's a black and white version.

I could resist turning this shot into a black and white, so here it is.

Here I switched over to Tri-X for the remainder of my stay in Warsaw. I think the old town looks great in black and white, though. :-)

Here's the old town square from another angle, again in black and white.

Above the plaque commenorating the rebuilding of the old town is this very ornate clock. I don't know if it's a repro of an older one, but anyone familiar with Eastern and Central Europe knows that such clocks were very common there over the years.

Here's a shot looking back towards the new town, where I was headed next.

There is actually tram access to the Royal Castle, as there's a road tunnel under the Royal Square with tram tracks in it, and a tram stop on the castle side.

Here's an alternate shot to my other of the trams at the Royal Castle.

And....here's a third shot of the trams at the castle.

There's the Holy Cross Church on the right again. In any case, this shot came out far more antique-looking than I expected. I was, after all, shooting Tri-X in a Nikon N80, so it should come out normal, right? Well, no, apparently not. I decided to post this unedited to show you what it looked like, just because it could arguably be just as cool as a technically good shot.

Here's a grungy, "real world" shot of the one of the street signs on Nowy Swiat. :-)

Here's the proper edited version of my main Nowy Swiat shot. I figured that even though the antique look was interesting, it wasn't technically correct. Regrettably (or perhaps not), I've had a lot of trouble remedying the problem even here. I hope it's not too bad. :-)

I took this to contrast the older architecture with the new in Warsaw. Although the old town was levelled in World War II, the rest of the city sustained varying degrees of damage, and the Polytechnika (I'm assuming that's the Polytechnic school) is one of the older buildings that made it out in one piece (or perhaps was rebuilt). The buildings next to it, however, apparently didn't survive, and those ugly Communist buildings replaced them.

Although as far as I know it's a strictly business type of place, the architecture at the University of Warsaw, even on the iron fencing, is so ornate that it is often listed in the tourist guides as one of the things to see while you're in town.