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framing suggestion:
Fabled creature of clay made by Rabbi Loew to look after the citizens of Prague in times of
civic stress, the Golem clearly doesn't like cameras. On the previous two occasions I'd
photographed his likeness, the first time the camera jammed when it had never done so
before, and on the second occasion, oddly, only half the frame was exposed, leaving a ghostly
streak down the middle. And no Golem. This time I thought I'd fool him by pretending to
shoot this wall, with the grisly blighter only visible in the bottom corner. This I got away with,
but for how long...? The picture is of Golden Lane, the so-called 'Street of the Alchemists' in
Hradcany Castle, Prague, which was home to jewellers, divines, alchemists, necromancers,
what have you, during the reign of mad King Rudolf II in the 17th century. But Golden Lane
has lost its charm - it's now full of trinket shops for tourists. For history buffs, it's more fun to
visit the room in the Castle where the 'Defenestration of Prague' took place, starting the Thirty
Years' War that destroyed half of Europe. What's not generally realised is that all four
regents and nobles who were hurled out of the window when a religious dispute got a tad
heated, miraculously survived the fall.
Postscript: the Golem has had the last laugh - I've lost the original master shot of this picture.
But I can remember that I degraded the chroma (colour) in Paint Shop Pro and used the
'Grunge' filters in Perfect Photo Suite 7 to spooky-up the picture.
Fabled creature of clay made by Rabbi Loew to look after the citizens of Prague in times of civic
stress, the Golem clearly doesn't like cameras. On the previous two occasions I'd photographed his
likeness, the first time the camera jammed when it had never done so before, and on the second
occasion, oddly, only half the frame was exposed, leaving a ghostly streak down the middle. And no
Golem. This time I thought I'd fool him by pretending to shoot this wall, with the grisly blighter only
visible in the bottom corner. This I got away with, but for how long...? The picture is of Golden
Lane, the so-called 'Street of the Alchemists' in Hradcany Castle, Prague, which was home to
jewellers, divines, alchemists, necromancers, what have you, during the reign of mad King Rudolf II
in the 17th century. But Golden Lane has lost its charm - it's now full of trinket shops for tourists.
For history buffs, it's more fun to visit the room in the Castle where the 'Defenestration of Prague'
took place, starting the Thirty Years' War that destroyed half of Europe. What's not generally
realised is that all four regents and nobles who were hurled out of the window when a religious
dispute got a tad heated, miraculously survived the fall.
Postscript: the Golem has had the last laugh - I've lost the original master shot of this picture. But I
can remember that I degraded the chroma (colour) in Paint Shop Pro and used the 'Grunge' filters
in Perfect Photo Suite 7 to spooky-up the picture.

He's watching you...

Gold and black echo the character of the Golem himself!

Gold and black echo the character of the Golem himself!

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