New Travel Photograph: Gothenburg Cathedral and Golden Chain
The summer sun, high in a clear, blue sky, shines through Laburnum trees outside the Gothenburg Cathedral in Sweden’s historic city. Gothenburg Cathedral is the seat of the bishop for the diocese of Gothenburg of the Church of Sweden. The main building was completed in 1633 and the current steeple completed in 1643. Laburnum, commonly called Golden Chain trees, are native to southern Europe but can now be found all over the continent. Prints available; click for a larger preview.
Haga is Gothenburg, Sweden’s oldest neighborhood, known for its picturesque wooden houses. It was once the poorest section of the city but underwent major renovations in the 1980s and is now a favourite area for tourists and Gothenburgers alike. To make this image I climbed to the top of a large hill in the center of the city. I worked up the composition using the “frame-in-frame” technique with the tree over the top of the main part of the photo. I used a polarizer to remove reflections from the roofs and deepen the color saturation in the sky and throughout the image. Great depth of field was needed to get the tree and the distant buildings in focus; I used f/16 at 1/50 second. Click the image for a larger version.