HEIDELBERG CASTLE, GERMANY

Image Number 8

Heidelberg is a city of 150,000 people in South-West Germany.  Famous for its university (which dates from 1386) and its old town, Heidelberg was fortunate that it was never bombed during the war.  Heidelberg Castle (German: Heidelberger Schloss) is a famous ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps.

TECHNICAL NOTES

The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 35, aperture F8 with an exposure of 20 seconds.  80 mm  wide angle Schneider-Kreuznach lens.  The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back. The image has been cropped slightly to remove extraneous detail.  The shadow areas have been opened and the verticals corrected using Capture One.