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A great week of timelapsing in Cracow

Thanks to the invitation from my fellows at FilmPolska, I had a pleasure to spent an intensive week in Cracow and surroundings working on film and timelapse shots for the new Museum that will be opened in September underneath the Cracow market square.

Mariacki Church tower and a starry timelapse


Thanks to the invitation from my fellows at FilmPolska, I had a pleasure to spent an intensive week in Cracow and surroundings working on film and timelapse  shots for the new Museum that will be opened in September underneath the Cracow market square. Despite I was hired as timelapse expert, there was a lot opportunities to shoot reel as well.

It’s worth it to mention just a few locations: first, we burnt down the cottage (illustration of Tatars riding Poland in 17th-18th century), through a great night of timelapsing at the very top of the Mariacki Church tower, 60 meters above the Cracow market square, to the Salt Mine in Wieliczka 150m under the level of the ground and finally – spending a night on timlapsing the Monastery in Tyniec. What a week!

Enjoy a few stills from the actual timelapses:

Timelapse w Wieliczce

Timelapse frame of a chamber in Salt Mine in Wieliczka

Panning timelapse frame of a chamber in Salt Mine in Wieliczka

Night to day timelapse and a sunrise above the Cracow shot from Mariacki tower

Panning timelapse of Florianska street and market square, Cracow

Night panning timelapse of Cracow market square and a city hall

Night and starry timelapse with the Mariacki Church towers in a foreground

Day to night pan/tilt timelapse of a monastery in Tyniec

And a few behind the scenes shots that I took using my iPhone:

  • Tatars burning a Polish village in 17th century ;)
  • Tatars burning a Polish village in 17th century ;) It is gonna be raining!
  • A few 5D mark II's and a RED protected from the rain
  • A few 5D mark II's and a RED protected from the rain
  • Timelapsing FLorianska street
  • Max finding his way to the top of the Mariacki Church tower
  • Shooting sunset from Mariacki tower
  • Shooting sunset from Mariacki tower
  • Day to night timelapse transitions at the tower of Mariacki Church
  • Day to night timelapse transitions at the tower of Mariacki Church
  • Night marekt square and city hall timelapses using EX1
  • A panning, day to night timelapse of the monastery in Tyniec
  • A panning, day to night timelapse of the monastery in Tyniec
  • Tatars burning a village
  • Tatars burning a village - shooting a burning arrow detail with my 100-400 lens
  • Tatars burning a village
  • Tatars burning a village - the crew at work
  • Tatars burning a village
  • Tatars burning a village - serious fire
  • Tatars burning a village - and a smoke!
  • Mariacki Church tower and a starry timelapse
  • Night Pan/Tilt timelapse of Florianska street
  • Night timelapse and Mariacki lower tower in the foreground
  • Timelapse of the market square and city hall of Cracow
  • a monastery in Tyniec - shooting panning day to night timelapse
  • Mariacki Church tower and a starry timelapse
  • The monastery in Tyniec - shooting panning day to night timelapse
  • The monastery in Tyniec - shooting panning day to night timelapse
  • Pan/tilt day to night timelapse of the Cracow's market square
  • Wawel, Cracow - a night timelapse
  • Night to day timelapse and a sunrise above the Cracow
  • Wieliczka Salt Mine - a Panning timelapse was the only option to shot a detailed panorama of this chamber
  • Wieliczka Salt Mine - a Panning timelapse was the only option to shot a detailed panorama of this chamber

The timelapses are being processed, so stay tuned for the updates.

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2 Responses to “A great week of timelapsing in Cracow”

  1. Phill Holland says:
    10 August 2010 at 20:42

    Some really nice exposures of the salt mines there, I’d imagine you have some good photos of some peculiar looking dwarf statues too ;)

  2. Patryk Kizny says:
    11 August 2010 at 11:38

    Thanks, Actually we didn’t have much more time there and I don’t have all the footage shot there. Besides the panorama we also did some detailed dolly shots right there and some cute reflections with the water in the other room.