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Altarpiece of Veit Stoss in the St. Mary’s Basilica in Kraków. HDR Photo inside the church

Το Altarpiece of Veit Stoss είναι το μεγαλύτερο γοτθικό altarpiece στον κόσμο. Χτίστηκε τον 15ο αιώνα από τον βαυαρικό γλύπτη Veit Stoss και έχει μακρά ιστορία. Για αιώνες βρισκόταν στη Βασιλική της Αγίας Μαρίας στην Κρακοβία (Kościół Mariacki) έως ότου οι Ναζί το μετέφεραν στη Νυρεμβέργη κατά τον Δεύτερο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο. Ευτυχώς, το υψόμετρο επέζησε από τον πόλεμο, ο οποίος αποκαταστάθηκε και στάλθηκε πίσω στην Κρακοβία. Σήμερα μπορείτε να το δείτε στην αρχική του θέση, στο ανατολικό άκρο της Βασιλικής της Αγίας Μαρίας.

Technical Details

Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm @ 10mm
ISO: 800
Exposures: 3 (-2, 0, +2)
Aperture: 4
Exposure time (middle): 1/30s
Tripod: handheld
Size: 14.7 MPx
Date: Taken in November 2013

Software: Lightroom 5.2, Photoshop CS6, Photomatix Pro

Workflow: As you cannot simply take a tripod to the St. Mary’s Basilica, I had to use a higher ISO setting. With ISO 800 it was only just possible to capture all exposures handheld but of course it increased the noise.

And even more disturbing are the distortions that you get without a tripod when you take the photo even just slightly asymmetric while using a wide-angle lens. Therefore I had to manually correct that a lot on the computer until I was satisfied with it. After that it was just a matter of finding the right balance between adding structure without adding too much noise to the photo.

The Altarpiece of Veit Stoss is part of the UNESCO World Heritage

The Altarpiece of Veit Stoss, the St. Mary’s Basilica 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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