Recently I really like getting symmetry in my photos. And places like churches are really great for that. I tried the same thing here, but was not really able to get it perfectly symmetrical, as the scene wasn’t symmetrical on its own. But still I think it worked out nicely. Especially I like all the detail in the walls. I haven’t even noticed it while I was taking the photos (it was quite dark there), so it was a pleasant surprise when I started editing.

This is a manual blend from 6 shots. I got a -3EV shot because of the very bright window, where I still wanted to have all the detail. This is a side window in Pannonhalma Archabbey basilica, the one on the left :)

Today I have for you a photo from the House of Esterházy in Hungary. This was (and is still partially used) as a noble family home. And surprisingly, they have no problems with tripods there. You just have to wait for the group you are with to move along and you can get yourself some nice shots. Just to bad you cant turn on the lights, as that would give the whole room a much better feel.

This is a manual blend from 3 shots. I took 6, but only used the ones I needed. Overall this room had very soft colors, and I tried to keep that in the final photo.

Today I have for you another photo from the Pannonhalma Archabbey. I have to send big thanks to Reka Pirovits Kiss and Zsofy Turi from the http://www.europeanquartetblog.com/ for helping me to get into this awesome location (and many more :)). Go check out their blog for great information about central Europe. And if you don’t speak Japanese, you can find the english version here http://www.europeanquartet-eng.com/

This is a HDR created in Oloneo Photoengine from 5 shots, then finished in Photoshop.

The Parizsi udvar in Budapest is really a great looking place. I can even imagine how it looked like when it was first opened. I so hope that they will repair it. I was hypnotized by it. You may think that it looks dark and ugly now, but you have to look through it to see the beauty of the place.

You can see a photo of me on the side, while I was taking this shot. I was just looking up and enjoying the complicated structure. (Big thanks to Zsófi Turi for taking this photo :))

This is a manual blend from 6 shots.

I took this photo while I was waiting for the fireworks over Budapest. It was a very windy evening, so the quality of the photos suffered a little. I could not keep the camera still. Even I had problems standing still in such a strong wind. I also tried to use a clamp, to attach the camera to the railing, which would work great to steady it, but as there were a lot of people around leaning on the railing, they moved it too much. So the photo is not perfect, but the view still is nice and as I won’t go there so soon again, I decided to share the photo.

This is a manual blend from 5 shots, taken from the Citadel in Budapest.