Sculpture on Gwanghwamun Plaza

Sculpture on Gwanghwamun Plaza

Description

Title:
Sculpture on Gwanghwamun Plaza
Caption / Description:

Looking through a sculpture on Gwanghwamun Plaza (광화문 광장) in central Seoul (서울), South Korea (대한민국). Through the sculpture can be seen a small section of the flower carpet – planted with 224,537 flowers, one flower for each day from Oct 28th 1394, when Seoul was made the capital of the Joseon dynasty, until August 1st 2009, when Gwanghwamun Plaza was officially opened.

The flower carpet is 17.5m wide, by 165m long, and is planted in the traditional Korean Dancheong (단청) pattern.

Tags / Keywords:
  • Sculpture
  • Asia
  • 한국
  • Hanguk
  • 韓國
  • Korea
  • Seoul Special City
  • Seoul Teukbyeolsi
  • 서울特別市
  • 서울특별시
  • Jongno-gu
  • 종로구
  • 鐘路區
  • Gwanghwamun Plaza
  • 광화문 광장
  • Sejongno
  • 世宗路
  • 세종로
  • Flower Carpet

Admin

Date Original Photo Taken:
Original File Name:
_DSC8079.psd
Event:
Rating:
Date this image added/last updated on website:
Original File Dimensions:
3796px x 2170px
File Type:
JPEG
Color Mode:
RGB
Original Image Color Profile:
Nikon Adobe RGB 4.0.0.3001

Location

Location Shown:
Sublocation:
Gwanghwamun Plaza
City:
Jongno-gu
Province/State:
Seoul
Country:
Korea, Republic Of
World Region:
Asia
Location Created:
Sublocation:
Gwanghwamun Plaza
City:
Jongno-gu
Province/State:
Seoul
Country:
Korea, Republic Of
World Region:
Asia
Geo-location:
37.574495076944, 126.97674969222 View on map

Rights

Copyright Status:
Copyrighted
Licensing Status:
Rights Managed
Available for Editorial Use:
Yes
Available for Commercial Use:
No
Copyright Notice:
© 2009 Dave Kennard

Camera Data

Date Digital Resource was created:
Shutter speed:
1350 s
Aperture:
f/7.1
Camera Model:
Nikon D200
ISO:
100
Exposure Compensation:
0
Focal Length:
18mm
Focal Length (35mm equiv.):
27mm
Metering Mode:
Multi-segment
Flash:
No Flash
Exposure Mode:
Auto
White Balance:
Manual
Light Source:
Cloudy
Exposure Program:
Aperture-priority AE

Additional shooting metadata

Lens:
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor ED 18-70mm F3.5-4.5G(IF)
Filters used:
  • B+W UV 010 MRC
Additional Optics used:
Setup:
Handheld

Post Processing

Image Modified:
Software used:
  • Adobe Photoshop CS4
  • Nikon Capture NX 2
Post Processing:

NEF converted in Capture NX 2
Straightened in Photoshop CS4
Shadow removed from bottom left corner in Photoshop CS4
Bottom right corner extended in Photoshop CS4
Top of image cropped off in Photoshop CS4