This is one of my favorite photos from Paris. It was quite a challenge to focus and compose this one, as I just could not see anything due to the very strong sun right in my face. But in the end it worked out nicely :)

I decided to go for a little trip for the next few days. And since I haven’t taken any new photos recently (as I’ve been sick), don’t really have anything new edited. So for the next few days, I will be reposing some of my favorite photos from the last years. Feel free to follow me on my FB profile, where I will be posting behind the scenes photos from the places I visit :)

And today, one of my favorite shots from last years trip to Paris :)

I went much lighter on the editing of this one, than I usually do. It was mostly because I already liked the starting photo as it was, even with this more purple tint. So I left the white balance as it was, and just used two exposures, to create a HDR in Oloneo Photoengine, as I wanted to get more detail in few areas. And than just noise reduction, little contrast and sharpening and that was all :)

This is a HDR from 2 exposures, taken from the Tour Montparnasse in Paris.

RAW files

Those of you who follow the blog, know that I do a contest from time to time, where I provide RAW files to one of my photos for the contestants to edit. But did you know that if you still want those raw files, you still can download the ones from the last two rounds and experiment as much as you want :)

You can find the ones from the third round here and the ones from the fourth round here.

Morning light in Paris

I’m currently a little scarce for new photos, as haven’t been traveling that much last months. But what’s good is, that if all goes according to plan, I will visit many new places and cities next month. I so like adding new countries and cities to the blog. The more the better, don’t you think? :)

So for today I chosen a photo from my last years trip to Paris, taken the only sunrise that was actually nice when I was there. Even without any clouds, the view was quite nice :) This is a HDR crated from 6 exposures in Oloneo Photoengine and finished in Photoshop. I used a 10 stop ND filter, while shooting this to blur the water and the passing cars.

Master exposure blending – raffle

Just a reminder, that you can still join my raffle, where I’m giving away two copies of my Master Exposure blending video tutorial. You can join the raffle here.

Notre Dame in the rain

I spend another day just tweaking the blog and adding content to it. So if you notice some new pages here and there, that’s normal :) But still there is so much more I want to change and add.  A blog is like a living thing. It has to evolve and maybe even mutate. It’s never finished. But I’m very glad that more and more people visit the blog, even if it’s currently less than it was in winter. But I noticed that every year. Probably during the cold months, people spend more time at a computer, probably :)

But to the photo I’m sharing today. It’s one from my last years trip to Paris, taken during a very rainy evening by the Notre Dame. It’s a HDR created from 5 exposures in Oloneo Photoengine, and then blended with original photos in Photoshop.