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Photographer’s Note

Skofja Loka

It wasn't much photographed town on TE before I came, but the small town of Skofja Loka near ljubljana deserves to be photographed, as it is perhaps the second most photogenic town in Slovenia, only bettered by Piran.
This picture is a composite of 6 different photos and is taken by the widest angle possible by the camera, so things are closer than they seem. This is taken on the town square called Cankarjev Square after famous writer Ivan Cankar. Most of the buildings in the town date from the 16th century exept for some, much older than that. Here is an interesting panorama through it as a complementary view to mine.

The church of Šentjakob (Saint Jacob) on the left is late Gothic hall building which was built in 1471 on the basis of smaller church which was about 200 years old. It is divided in three naves by supporting octagonal columns; the naves are equally high and there's a starry arch on the top of them. Ribbed arcs are connected by several joints and there are many relieves of the patrons of the altar and of guilds. In 1532 after the earthquake there was new presbytery made and mighty bell tower constructed. There have to be mentioned some valuables like 1694 renaissance altar of Saint Catherine made of black marble, late 17th century paintings of Christ on Mount of Olives… Whole interior, the altars and chandeliers were changed under the project of architect Jože Plečnik.
Text:Marko Pleško

Aleks

EXIF information:

ISO:64
F stop:8
Exposure time:1/125s
Exposure bias:-1.3

Paolo, Marche, macondo, jhm, efigesta, pitai, Keitht, atus, tjanze, koray, jammer79, aznegrao has marked this note useful

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Paolo (40655) 2006-04-03 6:07

Hi Aleksandar, excellent pano view!
a wonderful small and old square, catpured with amazing light and colours and a perfect focus.
it's Gorenjska close to the Italian border...or the Gorenjska and Gorizia...are different things??

ciao

Marche (4307) 2006-04-03 6:28

Bonjour Aleks,
Je viens de découvrir tes publications sur TE, et j'y ai vu de belles photos. Cette place est est très bien décrite avec une vue intéressante de la ville dans son histoire et dans sa vie quotidienne. Belle réussite, avec une grande netteté et de belles couleurs. Une petite distorsion sur la droite pourrait peut-être corrigée, par contre cela effacerait les personnages en mouvement.
Joli travail et bonne journée.
Amicalement.
Martine

besnard (30212) 2006-04-03 6:55

Bonjour Aleksandar
Joli cliché de cette petite ville. Le format choisi pour la présenter est très bien adapté.
Merci pour le partage.
Amitiés
Nicole

macondo (12991) 2006-04-03 7:12

Absolutely marvellous image, Aleks. You sure do a great stitching job. I like the light and shade. Thanks for the interesting notes, too.
Andrew

efigesta (12181) 2006-04-03 7:45

Hi Alek
nice panoramic there, with a great colors and a nice pov
regards
manuel

jhm (81817) 2006-04-03 7:46

Hi Alex,
I'm not specialist in stitching, I find this picture absolutely not bad, contrary very beautiful, you play with sun and shadow this is always very lovely, nice depth and very pleasant for looking.
Thanks a lot,
John.

pitai (3925) 2006-04-03 7:56

Aleksandar, Very good panoramic. I was the other day experimenting one. And I have to admint that is a very difficult task. You done it perfectly. i like the square too. You have to share your secret. Well done. Gabriel

ktanska (16432) 2006-04-03 8:09

Hi Aleks,
It is quite original scene. Distortion and double exposure certainly add interest on this one. Also it is a funny combination where the left side is cloudy but on sunshine, right side has blue sky and shadow.
This certainly encourages me to try stitches when I visit those tightly built town centres of central Europe.
Kari

Buin (36988) 2006-04-03 8:23

Hallo Aleksandar!
A really interesting photo, with a lot of details in the large version - but a little bit dark. This place is very pittoresque and has a special atmosphere. Thank you for showing this!
Greetings!
Frank

Keitht (1110) 2006-04-03 8:37

Tremendous amount of detail with good exposure which shows well on the large version. The stitching has been done well and you really have to look hard to see the joins.
The only problem with the very wide angle lens is the tilt it has introduced into the buildings. This is particularly apparent on the right hand side. A longer focal length could have reduced the effect, but I suspect that might have resulted in not getting the full height in frame.
Interesting picture.

atus (15452) 2006-04-03 8:38

Hi Aleks,
You made an impressive and excellent work here with this pano assembled of six photos (nemam pojma kako se ovo napravi).Really great one!
Attila

tjanze (5674) 2006-04-03 8:47

Zdravo Aleks!
Čudovit pogled na mestni trg.Zgradbe v starem slogu so fantastične.Tudi cerkvena arhitektura je dobro vidna.
Osebe desno na stopnicah so prozorne.Ti program za panoramo ni dobro povezal.To se dostikrat zgodi.Drugače pa odlična fotografija.
Kateri program pa uporabljaš za panoramo?

pastadog (12821) 2006-04-03 13:20

Hi Aleks, a great job in this stitch, I know it's difficult to do and yet you obtained a superb result, the quality is amazing in terms of sharpness and light. It's very harmonious indeed. The shadows coming from the right side to the left side are very important here and I like them very much, communicating between the light side and the shadow side. Mother and son on the lower right, is the double appearance on purpose ?(on the small version is OK and even nice, in the large one I'm not sure) Regards, Daniel

koray (605) 2006-04-03 19:08

hi alex. another beauty one. nice lighted square. and nice point of view

Bojan (1630) 2006-04-03 19:33

Zdravo Aleks :)
Koga bev klinec sekogas listav edna kniga, Cudesna Jugoslavija... Shkofja Loka sekogas mi izgledase neodoliva... i sega povtorno na tvojava fotka :)
Alal ti vera kako ne te mrzi da gi spojuvas slikite... aaa te pretopile toa Slovencite... kade ti iscezna makedonskata mrza??? :)
Svetloto i boite se prekrasni
Pozdrav

cessy (13647) 2006-04-04 10:44

wow.. this is really excellent panorama shot, Aleks
very nice capture of the village
a panorama very well made

PixelTerror (86036) 2006-04-05 18:00

Zdravo Akeks, we had thought of visiting this one but finally did not make it so thanks for providing the view, nice pov with some light peeping from the clouds and good stitching, maybe a final vertical adjustment on the right side ?
Greetings from Kyoto JY

krysia (3839) 2006-04-10 6:57

Hello Aleks,
Lovely town with a fantastic atmosphere.
I like your composition and the deLIGHTful light .
It really looks like a place worth to see.
Regards,

jammer79 (2666) 2006-04-12 9:33

perfect composition again, mate! The view is just excellent.
Like it very much.
REgards, Radim.

keribar (42726) 2006-04-13 14:04

Hello Alek,

One of the best panoramic I discovered recently,
The light and the gray tones, plus the contrast of the blue sky make a striking picture.
My compliments - Izzet

aznegrao (10230) 2006-04-17 10:52

Wonderful shot Aleksandar!!
Beautiful shadows and textures!!
Gosto do jogo dinâmico de luzes, sombras e texturas nesta bela composição.
Greetings.
Friend.
aznegrao.

nex (2686) 2006-08-22 3:21

Another nice square, it´s nearly without people, some houses are in bad condition but it´s full of charm