Wieliczka Salt Mine (near Krakow, Poland)
Nearly everything in today’s photo is made of salt, including most components of the chandeliers, the statues, wall carvings, and floor.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine is usually crawling with tourists, but because of Covid-19 the number of people entering the mine chambers has fallen off considerably. 800 or so steps are descended on the tour. Luckily, an elevator is available to get you up and out at the end. I asked our tour guide how many times a day she has to walk all of those steps, and she told me 2 or 3 times a day before Covid and just 2 or 3 times a week since the mines reopened during Covid.
For a photographer, like me, this was an optimal time to take the tour as my photos of the place aren’t filled with tourists.
July 1st, 2021 | Tags: krakow, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, Wieliczka Salt Mine | Category: Poland | Comments Off on St. Kinga’s Chapel in the Wieliczka Salt Mine
Canal living in Copenhagen
How would you like to board your watercraft directly from your abode?
Copenhagen is undergoing a building boom, especially along its waterfronts, as housing prices continue to soar while the prices in the country decline. It’s very appealing, especially on a summer day, to live in a place like this.
June 30th, 2021 | Tags: buildings, copenhagen, living in copenhagen, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50 | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Sluseholmen
Planty Park encircling Old Town (Krakow, Poland)
Krakow is full of surprises and Planty Park is certainly one of them. An entire (oval-shaped) Old Town wrapped in a lovely old park that changes (with works of art, statues, ponds, bridges, flower gardens, etc.) as you walk or ride your bike through it? Count me in!
If you are from the USA… Imagine if Golden Gate Park or Central Park weren’t boring rectangles but encirclements of districts of the city, and you’ll get the idea.
Where in Planty Park did today’s photomerge come from? The building on the far left is the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre.
June 29th, 2021 | Tags: krakow, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, photomerge | Category: Poland | Comments Off on Planty Park
Kurdt Vanderhoof of Metal Church @ 2019 Brutal Assault
@metalchurchis1 #brutalAssault2019 #brutalassault
June 28th, 2021 | Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, brutal assault festival, concert photography, metal, metal church, Nikon D500 | Category: czech republic | Comments Off on Happy birthday, Kurdt Vanderhoof!
Auschwitz I – Stammlager in Oświęcim
June 27th, 2021 | Tags: Auschwitz Birkenau, buildings, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50 | Category: Poland | Comments Off on Auschwitz
Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec across the Vistula River
I rented a bike and rode almost 20 miles on Thursday. The ride was good except for the heat. My weather app said something like 88°, feels like 96°. With the humidity and bright sun, it felt more like 100° to me.
Anyway, my halfway point was here. After visiting the abbey, instead of taking the same route home, I hired a guy with a boat to take me and my bike across the river for this view before heading back to Krakow Old Town on the northern side of the river.
June 26th, 2021 | Tags: buildings, krakow, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50 | Category: Poland | Comments Off on Tyniecki klasztor zza Wisły