κύμα | Κρακοβία, Πολωνία

The Wawel Castle in Kraków enlightened at night. HDR Photo taken just before sunrise from the opposite side of the Vistula

Υπάρχουν μέρες όταν ξυπνάτε το πρωί και παρόλο που είναι ακόμα μαύρα έξω, έχετε ήδη την αίσθηση ότι οι φωτογραφίες θα είναι υπέροχες σήμερα. Αυτή ήταν μια μέρα που βρισκόμουν λίγο πολύ στην Κρακοβία να βρίσκομαι στο Castle Wawel εγκαίρως. Κατά κάποιο τρόπο, οι αποστάσεις σε άγνωστα μέρη φαίνονται πάντα πολύ μικρότερες στον χάρτη από ό, τι είναι πραγματικά.

Αλλά το τρέξιμο άξιζε, ήμουν ακριβώς στην ώρα μου. Το Wawel, η κατοικία των Πολωνών βασιλιάδων για τόσους αιώνες, ήταν ακόμα φωτισμένο και προσφέρθηκε, μαζί με τα σύννεφα, μια συναρπαστική σκηνή. Εγκατέστησα το τρίποδο μου στη λάσπη της όχθης του ποταμού Βιστούλα και μόλις τελείωσα τα γυρίσματα, τα φώτα σβήνουν. Υποθέτω, για άλλη μια φορά ήμουν απίστευτα τυχερός, αλλά την επόμενη φορά μάλλον θα ξυπνήσω 10 λεπτά νωρίτερα.

Technical Details

Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm @ 18mm
ISO: 400
Exposures: 3 (-2, 0, +2)
Aperture: 6.7
Exposure time (middle): 2s
Tripod: Manfrotto 190CXPRO4
Size: 13.4 MPx
Date: Taken in November 2013

Location: Riverbank of the Vistula, south-west of the Wawel Castle

Software: Lightroom 5.2, Photoshop CS6, Photomatix Pro

Workflow: Sometimes you have to get dirty to get a good shot. For this one I had to go down as much as possible what meant for me: Get down there in the mud of the Vistula riverbank.

I opened the aperture as much as possible and put the ISO to 400 to have an as short as possible exposure time. Only that way I could capture the clouds the way I wanted. As the Vistula was incredible calm, it was no problem to get a perfect reflection even with the short exposure.

The Wawel is part of the UNESCO World Heritage

The Wawel and the whole Historic Centre of Kraków are part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 1978. Together they’ve been among the first 12 inscribed World Heritage Sites.

» UNESCO Description of the World Heritage: Historic Centre of Kraków
» Other photos of the World Heritage: See more photos

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