At first I thought that I will add a new Top 5 spots page today, one for Cesky Krumlov, but then I noticed I don’t have enough finished photos for that. So instead, I edited another shot from there :)
This is a 3 tile panorama, each tile from 5 exposures.
I came across this quite interesting approach to a camera backpack on Kickstarter. Instead of going with multiple sizes for different situations, this one offer modularity, where you can split the backpack into multiple. It’s nice to see new trends in camera backpacks, like modularity, lens cap holders and similar.
You can find more about it here, on their Kicstarter page.
One more photo from the green hills. Funny how different this is to my normal photos. The simplicity and minimalism of it is just refreshing. And I had nothing to correct at all in Photoshop :)
Some of you may remember my Radian time-lapse device review from some long time ago, and a lot of you asked at that time, where you can get one. As it was a Kickstarter campaign, it was a little harder to purchase one afterwards, but right not, Alpine Labs introduced Radian 2 in a new Kicstarter campaign. So right now is the best time to order one, at a promotional price :)
For those who don’t know what a Radian is, it’s a motion time lapse device, that controls the shutter of your camera and rotates the camera after each shot. This is used to create rotating movement in time lapse videos.
Radian 2 expands on this idea, by adding wireless control through iOS or Android, support for advanced time lapsing, and support for sliders. You can even synchronize up to thee radians, to get a pan, tilt and slide movement at once.
To get more info about the Radian 2, please check out their Kicstarter page here.
I tried something completely different yesterday, when compared to my normal city shots. And from the experience, I found out two things :) First is that composing while really zoomed in is so strange for me, when I compare it to my usual wide angle stuff. The telephoto creates such a different perspective compression, that the result is just different. I’ve been just using it too little while doing my standard ultra wide shots, and probably it’s time to change that :)
Secondly, I found out, that getting a sharp photo with my current tripod when zoomed in to 150-200mm is almost impossible even in a little breeze. Again, I should have noticed this earlier, but since I used it so little, I never really did. But it’s funny, as I just this week decided to get a new tripod, and will probably order it in the next few day :)
Todays photo, is a single exposure, edited in Lightroom, and sharpened in Photoshop. The only edits I did, was to add a lot of contrast, warmer white balance and a little clarity. Photo taken in the South Morava in Czech republic.
I posted so many blue hour shots recently, so how about one taken in the middle of the day smile emoticon This one is taken in the middle of Cesky Krumlow, from this very nicely placed viewing area. You may wonder why I call this photo “Before the snow”. The reason is simple, around 1 hour after I took this, it started snowing like crazy, and the whole city got covered by snow.
This is a HDR from 4 exposures, created in Photoengine, finished in Photoshop. I used a polarizing filter while taking this photo.
Already returning tomorrow from Amsterdam, and as I know myself, probably the first thing I do will be to copy the photos on my PC and start editing right away :) So if I have enough energy, and some nice stuff to edit, tomorrow you should see a first shot from Amsterdam here :)
But for today, a sunset shot from Prague.
