Prima luce sulla piazza principale di Cracovia | Polonia

Kraków Main Square (Rynek Główny). HDR Photo of Sukiennice and the Adam Mickiewicz Monument

La Piazza Principale di Cracovia (Rynek Główny) è l’elemento centrale della città e nessun turista visiterà mai Cracovia senza camminare su questa piazza. Ovviamente questo porta a una sensazione di sovraffollamento per tutto il giorno e spesso si può sentire le lamentele degli abitanti di Cracovia riguardo alle masse di turisti.

Cosa si può fare? La soluzione come spesso: Alzarsi presto. La mattina ci sono auto ammesse nella piazza principale, ma c’è molta meno gente in giro. Sicuramente, è molto più tranquillo che durante il giorno o la sera. Comunque, sono rimasto sorpreso da quanta gente era già in piedi a quell’ora. Per fortuna è stato possibile scattare alcune foto senza molte persone.

In questa foto si può vedere la Sala dei Tessuti di Cracovia (Sukiennice) con il Monumento di Adam Mickiewicz in primo piano. Il sole si è appena fatto strada sopra i tetti e getta la silhouette della città sulle pareti del Cloth Hall.

Technical Details

Camera: Canon EOS 500D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm @ 10mm
ISO: 100
Exposures: 3 (-2, 0, +2)
Aperture: 13
Exposure time (middle): 1/45s
Tripod: Manfrotto 190CXPRO4
Size: 11.8 MPx
Date: Taken and processed in November 2013

Location: On the main square in Kraków, in front of the Adam Mieckiewicz Monument

Software: Lightroom 4.3, Photoshop CS6, Photomatix Pro

Workflow: In the way of how to take the photo there was not too many issues to take care of. I tried to capture everything through multiple exposures but unfortunately, a few people didn’t want to move.

Tough luck! Well, then I have to do it in the post-processing. First I got rid of some artifacts in the sky and then I took out the few remaining persons. After that I brought more structure to the image and adjusted the colors (the golden light seemed way to artificial fresh out of Photomatix).

Main Square of Kraków is part of the UNESCO World Heritage

The Main Square of Kraków together with the whole Historic Centre of Kraków is part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 1978. It was among the first 12 inscribed World Heritage Sites.

» UNESCO Description of the World Heritage: Historic Centre of Kraków

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