Krakow; St. Mary’s Basilica; Poland.
Krakow; St. Mary’s Basilica; Poland. Church of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven; Kościół Wniebowzięcia Najświętszej Maryi Panny (Kościół Mariacki); Rynek Główny w Krakowie – główny rynek Starego Miasta w Krakowie.
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Cardinal Guzman 
Wow, a great. Capture. Good focus, color and detail. A great long DOF, beautiful clouds!
Tusen takk for flott tilbakemelding Linda!
……………grand-issimo!
Bravo, CG.
Thank you very much.
wow! that’s a great shot!!!
Thank you Mr Kelly.
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Love this grand shot!
And I love that you love it!
Definitely a wow factor.
I’m glad to hear that 🙂
I feel this should be coming to a cinema near me soon, I want to know what happens next!!!
Haha, thanks Patti. I guess there’s some drama in this photo.
So beautiful!
Thanks Rois!
Brilliant, CG! Sure is grand…
It sure is!
AMAZINGLY grand photo just on it’s own! That sky……..
They even have a great sky in Krakow! 😀
The colors are surreal. Is that just because of the long shot?
It’s also because I’ve added saturation and mid-tones.
Ah…one of these days I need to pay attention and figure out how to do some post-processing…or I can just keep coming here and admiring your photos. 🙂
I recommend the first alternative, but prefer the last!
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I love the mood captured in this image. Grand indeed. 🙂
Thank you very much Northwest!
wow
Thanks!
That’s like a painting! Amazing.
Thanks and congrats on your recent 2 years of blogging!
Brilliant.
Takk!
Most amazing Cardinal!!
Tusen takk Madhu!
nice! cardinal, HDR is it?
Hi there Shabnam. No, it’s not HDR – it’s a single RAW file post-processed in Adobe Lightroom.
wonderful…
Wow! I’m surprised that’s not HDR! Great shot Mr. Guzman. I didn’t even notice that beautiful sky right away, I was so busy looking at the city. Breathtaking!!
Thank you very much Amandarenee!
And again I am amazed by your photos! 🙂
Thanks Miz Rocket! Did you start a new blog? Will you still post stuff in the previous one?
Restarted my blog…. previous one is long gone 🙂 New beginnings and all that jazzzzz…. 🙂
WOW!!! WOW!!! WOW!!! Thank you for bringing it to my attention. I love it 🙂 And I know you did not have tripod with you!! How did you do it? WOW!! I am glad to see a lot of well deserved comments here too 🙂
Hubby saw your shot now, cause he heard me screaming ovations :D. He asked if you had a star filter, and I said: “Max doesn’t need a star filter!” 😀
Star filter? No, I don’t have a star filter. What’s a star filter?
This is handheld at 6400 ISO. I did have a tripod, but it was securely placed in the hotel room most of the time! 😀
It’s too much hassle to drag around with the tripod all day long: going back & forth between the studios etc. I only bring the tripod with me when I’m going out for short photo walks.
Handheld at 6400 ISO!! :O
This is a star filter 😀 http://bopaula.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/weekly-photo-challenge-surprise/
We bought a plastic tree this weekend (I’m actually working on writing a post about it).
That truly is Grand in every sense of the word.
Thank you very much Mr. Sinon. It’s a lot of noise in the photo because I shot handheld at high ISO, but it works for screen.
Worries about noise is for pixel peepers. Rick Sammon has probably one of my all time favorite photography related quotes, “If a picture is so boring you notice the noise, you’ve got a boring picture.”
I didn’t notice any noise in your picture 😉
Certainly works for the grand theme 🙂 I really like the sky.
Thanks! It adds drama to the whole church/city scenery.
I agree, also I just love a beautiful sky.
Dramatic as well as beautiful. I half expect to hear some ominous music and then a cut to the next scene!
janet
Actually they play some music from the tower.
«Every hour, the refrains of a bugle are heard from atop St. Mary?s Church tower. The Krakow bugle is the oldest permanent radio music broadcast in the world. Hundreds of years ago a bugler in the 81-meter-tall St. Mary?s Tower began heralding the daily opening and closing of the city’s gates.
The bugler was also a municipal guardian. If he noticed danger, he would immediately sound his trumpet.
According to legend, the melody that is played today honors a bugler that a Tatar warrior killed in 1240.
From his tower perch he was the first to notice Tatar troops bearing down on the city. He sounded the alarm ? but his trumpeting suddenly stopped. A Tator arrow had pierced his throat.»
http://www.krakowpost.com/article/153
Thanks. That’s really interesting!
janet
P.S. you should add a link to your blog from your Gravatar profile.
OK. I didn’t know about that. Thanks very much.
janet
I did it (I think.) Let me know if it works if you have the time. Thanks again!
janet
It works 🙂
Thanks!!
Quite beautiful, and looks like a painting.
Thank you Angeline, I appreciate your comment.
Very nice composition!!!
Thanks for the kind words Rommel!
You deserve a standing ovation for this photograph! Amazed that this is not HDR. As I said before you seem to be able to shoot numerous things quite well. Street Photography, landscapes to portraits… Your work stands apart from others.
Wow. That’s a great compliment! Thank you very much for the kind words Mr. Dilano.
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Beautiful photo. I really like the feel of it, especially the contrast with the dark sky.
Thank you. Krakow is a beautiful city with a lot of photo opportunities. .