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

A Praça Principal de Cracóvia (Rynek Główny) é o elemento central da cidade e nenhum turista visitará Cracóvia e não andará nesta praça. Obviamente que isso leva a uma sensação de sobrelotação durante todo o dia e pode muitas vezes aqui queixar-se do povo de Cracóvia a respeito das massas de turistas.

O que se pode fazer? A solução com a mesma frequência: Levantar cedo. De manhã, são permitidos carros na Praça Principal, mas há muito menos pessoas por perto. Definitivamente, é muito mais calmo do que durante o dia ou à noite. De qualquer modo, fiquei surpreendido com o número de pessoas que já se levantavam tão cedo. Felizmente, foi possível tirar algumas fotos sem muitas pessoas.

Nesta fotografia pode ver-se o Salão de Panos de Cracóvia (Sukiennice) com o Monumento Adam Mickiewicz em primeiro plano. O sol acabou de passar sobre os telhados e atira a silhueta da cidade sobre as paredes do Salão do Pano.

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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