Lights of Krakow, a photo from Malopolskie, East

Photographer's Note

Floriańska Street leads to the largest market area of any city in Europe. The Main Market, planned in 1257, is 200 x 200 m square. It used to be a place of trade, divided into zones, with many small shops called 'kram', the official municipal scales, food storage warehouses the fish market, coal depot, even a chicken market. This remarkable square with its tourist attractions and places of great interest competes well with the Old Town in Warsaw or Długa Street in Gdańsk.

The Town Hall

Point of interest in the Main Market is the vestiges of the Town Hall situated close to the Cloth Hall. Written evidence relating to the Town Hall goes back to 1316. It has been reconstructed many times. Between 1817-20 it was demolished leaving only the belfry, covered by a Baroque roof. The tower is one of the symbols of Kraków. During the summer the belfry is open and from its summit there is a beautiful panorama of the city. Visiting the Main Market and its monuments will take the whole day, if you want. It's a place to return to for a coffee, tea with lemon or a beer. But let us not linger too long.

Cloth Hall

In the centre of the Main Market Square is The Cloth Hall (Sukiennice). It is one of the most important buildings in the city. It has been reconstructed many times and does not resemble the original plan of the building. It used to be a street crossing the market from north to south with shops on both sides. The street was then roofed. The brick Gothic Sukiennice was destroyed in the fire of 1555. It was rebuilt in the Renaissance style by Italian architects living in Kraków - Jan Maria Padovano, Santi Gucci, Jan Frakstijn. Decorations and loggias similar to the Wawel court arcades were added at this time. The last reconstruction by Tomasz Pryliński dates back to 1875-1879. On 7th of October 1879 a decision was taken to open the National Museum in the Sukiennice. In September 1883 the museum became the first Polish public institution in a country divided and ruled by Russia, Prussia and Austria. Today the museum contains Polish XIX century paintings by such famous Polish painters as Matejko, Chełmoński, Gierymski, and Podkowiński. Unfortunately it is now closed for reconstruction. Reopening is planned in spring 2008.
(Source: The Visitor Malopolska)

Paolo, Buin, ktanska, jlbrthnn, siolaw, Cretense, dip, emjleclercq, atus, bakes888, kiwi_explorer, rossy85, chrisnet, salvator, ocskaymarci, kermit350, AiresSantos, Photo65Net, robertosalguero ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

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Paolo (41258) 2007-06-12 6:22

Hi George, good one, with amazing late day golden light and a beautiful composition with good quality.
thanks,ciao

John_F_Kennedy (43797) 2007-06-12 6:28

Very beautiful composition. Good point of view. Sharp, colours and details are excellent.
Best wishes,
Achim

Buin (42580) 2007-06-12 6:50

Hallo George!
What a wonderful light - what colours! The atmosphere of a nice warm evening is caught here in a great way! ... and the note - again very informative!
Greetings from lunch break !
Frank

ktanska (45126) 2007-06-12 6:58

Hi George,
Again a good combination of evening sky and floodlights. And this big square allows to shoot large buildings without distortion. There seems to be a lot of people around. Quite lively and still serene shot.
Kari

asajernigan (21427) 2007-06-12 7:13

George,
Great end of day shot. You have captured this at a very good time yielding the golden glow on the buildings as well as a nice blue sky. Your composition is fine with outstanding details and points of interest.
TFS,
Asa

jlbrthnn (76043) 2007-06-12 7:42

Hello George,
Krakow, will have no secret for us soon. It is a magnificent town, where are a lot of of buildings with great achitecture. Good shot and good light. Well done.
Cordially
Joël

siolaw (38294) 2007-06-12 9:19

Hi George,
A great blue hour shot where daylight is low enough to see the artificial illumination of the monument... Excellent light then... GOod colors too and sharp details of an interesting architectural picture
LAurent

leo61 (0) 2007-06-12 11:50

Hi George!
Good blue hour shot again.Good POV and a nice persprective.The ilumminated buildings with nice golden tones contrast well with the dark surrounding and this wonderful blue sky.
Regards,Leo

Graal (103040) 2007-06-12 13:34

Jó napot Attila,
very good reportage and serie of photos from Krakow. Pleasant gold colours, lights and composition. Good note also. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

Cretense (68709) 2007-06-12 13:34

Hi George!

Beautiful evening shot, with great combination of orange and blue tones (my favorite, need to say it again?). Marvellous composition and framing! Congratulations!

Hercules

dip (21408) 2007-06-12 16:11

Hi George,
very nice warm colors and excellent lights!
Very well done!
Dimitris.

Zelanda (5692) 2007-06-12 16:16

Hola George,
Bonita foto con una iluminación muy bien tomada.
Excelente POV.
Saludos
Ros

emjleclercq (15778) 2007-06-12 17:06

Perhaps a little less impressive than the others, but still a nice sky and a beautifull light on the two buildings. The people at the entrance makes it a more lively view than some of the others.

All the best,

Emmanuel

atus (15878) 2007-06-12 18:17

Szia Gyuri,
gratulàlok a Krakkò-i sorozatèrt, hiszen egyik kèped szebb mint a màsik. Amikor ott jàrtam, csak napfènyben làttam a vàrost, mert este szàllàs keresèssel voltam elfoglalva. Tokèletes az exponàlàs ès szèpek a szìnek. Làtom este sincsenek sokkal kevesebben a turistàk, mint nappal. De hàt hiàba, a vàros lenyugozo.
Gratulàlok ès tovàbbi szèp fènyeket kìvànok!
u.i.:a kovetkezo valszeg Vilnius lesz

bakes888 (18499) 2007-06-13 3:28

Hi George. You have captured a wonderful warm light in this shot. Excellent well balanced composition with good sharpness and detail also. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

hay_kes (31439) 2007-06-13 5:02

Hi Dear George,
What a stunnig night capture with superb perspective.Good colours and POV.TFS.
Selamlar.

hAyAti

kiwi_explorer (12209) 2007-06-13 5:08

Hi George,
Amazing how night lighting can accentute the beauty of the building like in this photo. I suppose the warm night lighting gives the city an ambient atmosphere. Well captured scene ... the people does give scale to the buildings. Well done! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

rossy85 (2879) 2007-06-13 6:56

Hi George,
Another amazing night shot of beautiful Krakow! Very nice POV and composition!
Thank you,
Rossy

chrisnet (23062) 2007-06-13 6:59

Hello Georges,
Good night shot. The buildings are amazing and well framed.
Best regards
Christian

salvator (19110) 2007-06-13 7:10

Hi George,
Such a beautiful time of day to take photos. Superb composition and colors. Best regards. Salvator.

danos (110407) 2007-06-13 9:03

Hello George,
nice your shot from the night view of the crowd that it waits for in the tail in order to enters in the Main Market.Excellent the artificial lights and colours of your shot.A good composition with a great atmosphere and the nice warm evening colours.It's a wonderful graphical place with very creative perspective.Well done.
Regards,Danos

ocskaymarci (2832) 2007-06-13 14:45

Szia Gyuri!
Nagyon tetszik a képed, szeretem a teljes sötétség előtti képeket. Igazán jó, akkor lett volna, ha vársz még pár percet, és utána készíted el. Nem baj.
Tetszenek a színek, a fények és az emeberek a téren.
Üdvözlettel,
Marci

capthaddock (28790) 2007-06-13 18:04

Hi George - good timing, the lit buildings make an appealing color contrast with the late evening sky.

kermit350 (9016) 2007-06-13 20:14

Hello George, even if it takes one day for all to visit I pass from there the several so much luminous environment of these buildings to photograph of night is extremely attractive, the human presence of this crowd gives life to the image and your note provided well in emphasizes all the attraction, not doubt in 2008 for the opening there will be even more world, sincerely...............Hello George, même s’il faut une journée pour tout visiter j’en passerai plusieurs tant l’ambiance lumineuse de ces bâtiments photographier de nuit est fort attrayante, la présence humaine de cette foule donne vie à l’image et ta note bien fournie en fait ressortir tout l’attrait, pas de doute en 2008 pour l’ouverture il y aura encore plus de monde, bien amicalement

AiresSantos (56155) 2007-06-14 11:34

Hi George
Beautiful view of this famous square in the blue hour. Great details, excellent POV and sharpness
TFS and greetings
Aires

Photo65Net (43144) 2007-06-14 14:11

George,
Very nice catch of these blue hour colors.
Contrast between lit architecture and bright sky is just superb, with great exposure management.
Regards,
JB.

serp2000 (47063) 2007-06-14 15:29

Hi,George,
The beatiful lights in Krakow tonight!
Great work!
Best wishes and happy week-end,
Serghei

Angshu (56760) 2007-06-17 3:58

Dear George
Incredible colours especially the copper illumianted facade against the blue sky. The beauty of the buildings are enhanced by such lights. Well captured scene & the people does give scale to the buildings.
Regards
Angshu

robertosalguero (292) 2007-06-20 1:02

The light on the buildings is beautiful. You captured this scene at a good time of the night. The people create size and dynamics to the shot. Well composed image with good details and colours. Nice work George.

Roberto

devimeuxbe (58557) 2007-06-20 23:31

Hi Georges
beautifull light under the blue hour.
This is the best light of your serie.
Very nice
Bertrand

faubry (35447) 2007-06-29 5:41

bonjour George, very beautiful light on and this superb church of very nice town..i like people are walking, superb blue sky. well done
francine