I could not decide what photo to edit today, and as I had quite a lot of exterior shots recently, I decided for and interior shot instead. This one I took last summer in the Pannonhalma monastery in Hungary.

This is a HDR from 5 exposures, created in Oloneo Photoengine, finished in Photoshop.
From the monastery

I remember when I started with photography, seeing photos like this one and just not understanding how it was taken. The view from the lens I had (18-200mm) just never looked like that. Of course than I got a nice wide angle lens (10-20 at that time) and I understood immediately. Until one tries one out, one will never understand the difference few mm of focal length can make. The view is just do different.

For this shot I went with the 16mm focal length (of course on a full frame sensor :)). One can get quite an interesting view, by lowering the camera down and pointing it up. This is a HDR from 7 exposures, created in Oloneo Photoengine, finished in Photoshop. Photo taken in the Hungarian state opera in Budapest.

The majestic opera

And one more city post. Today it’s from Budapest.

To see all my favorite photo spots there, check out the Top spots in Budapest page.

St. Stephen's Day Celebrations
Budapest Parliament
Early in the morning
On the opera stage

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New tutorial from Trey Ratcliff

Yesterday Trey Ratcliff published a new video tutorial on his page. And I have to say, it looks quite interesting. You can even find a free 40 minutes tutorial video there. But he also announced a photo contest for everyone who purchases the tutorial. The all expenses paid photo trip to New Zealand sound so good :) Check it out on his tutorial page.

Morning with the gold sky

I published quite a few photos already from this sunrise, but I still got few that I really like. It was one of those sunrises, when you try to get as many photos as you can, and they all look good :)

This is a HDR created from 7 exposures in Oloneo Photoengine and finished in Photoshop.
Morning with the gold sky

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Photomatix Pro 5 – Review

My review of Photomatix pro is quite short, but as I described a lot of it in my HDR tutorial, you can find much more there. But anyway, you can find my review of Photomatix Pro 5 here.

Blown away

You very often read in headlines, that a photo will blow you away. I personally try to avoid that types of descriptions in my photos, as they never mean anything. But here it is different. While I was taking this, the strong wind almost blown me away :) It of course took away a lot of sharpness from the photo, but I think its still manageable.

This is a single exposure edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.
Blown away

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