Green lights all the way at the Arch of Rua Augusta

Let’s start with one right from the center, at the Arch of Rua Augusta. I wasn’t staying that far away, so I went there for the morning blue hour. As you can see, it had been raining just a few minutes before, leaving everything wet but also nicely reflective.

For this shot, I decided to do a vertorama with the 17mm TS-E lens so I could capture both the crossing and the whole arch. I really liked how it looked with all the green lights, and with a bit of timing, I managed to capture them even with the long exposure I needed. There were, of course, many tram line cables visible in this shot, but after some work in Photoshop, the image came out nice and clean.

Humid sunset panorama

Lets do another one right away. From the same evening, from the same Skypart Tower. Just taken a bit earlier.

The whole day was very cloudy and very humid in Bratislava, and only right before the sunset the sky started to clear. But the air did not clear completely, which resulted in this hazy view. Still made for a nice view. I especially like how the sun brings colour into the surrounding sky.

This is a two shot panorama, combined and edited in Photoshop.

Looking down

I have not posted a photo in a while, so lets do one today. I was back on top of one of the Skypark Towers in Bratislava recently, and I took few photos. You can see in the back, that the whole area is mostly a construction site, as there are multiple projects underway there, and more towers will be build.

I really wanted a shot where I could get the whole neighbouring towers in one shot, and include a part of the ground in front of them. That was nor really that easy, as the railing was quite far from the edge. I tried with the tilt-shift 17mm lens, but it was not wide enough. In the end, I used the 12mm Laowa lens, and I got what I wanted. Funny that even I could not see the ground from where I was standing, but the lens did.

This is a blend of 4 exposures, done in Photoshop.

New 4K wallpapers

As for all 4k wallpapers, these are in 3840x20160px resolution and can be downloaded from the wallpapers page.

Under the Margaret Bridge

The Margaret Bridge is quite a unique bridge in Budapest, as it’s a three-way bridge. Connecting not just the two sides of the Danube, but also Margaret Island. And this is actually the view from the Island, from under the bridge. It’s also a very yellow bridge, with many yellow lights.

That actually not that unusual as almost all of the historical buildings in Budapest have very strong yellow lights. You can see them in the background here. It makes for a very cool night cruise on the Danube, but also for a very hard time taking any night shots.

This one is a blend of three shots, done in Photoshop.