Hungarian parliament

The Hungarian parliament just looks perfect during the blue hour. All the yellow light and intricate design just shines in contrast with all the blue color around it. I would still prefer some clouds, but no luck there. Still it look great.

This is a two shot panorama, with a reflection created in Photoshop. I actually took one of the shots, than had to wait a bit for a ship to pass and then take the second. The time when the lights are on, it is just crazy busy with ships in the area. Panorama combined in Lightroom, finished in Photoshop.

And here are few details:

View from the Citadel

I wanted a panorama of this view for a long time. And I already tried it few times, but the results are always like this. I just not have luck for a nice evening sky anytime I’m there.

This is a three shot panorama, taken from under the Citadel on the hill over Budapest. Combined in Lightroom, finished in Photoshop. I used the 70-200mm lens here, which resulted in a perfectly sharp photo.

And here are few details:

St. Stephen’s Basilica

I’m going for a few photo day’s to Budapet next week, so I hope I will get some good new photos from there. Have to check out some new places, to get shot of something new, not just the river surrounding. But of course I will do also some there. You just can’t skip it :)

This is a two shot panorama of the St. Stephen’s Basilica, as seen from the High Note Skybar. This is one of my recommended spots from Budapest btw. :). Panorama combined in Lightroom, finished in Photoshop.

Green fireworks over Budapest

Yes I love fireworks photos. I would not mind sharing one every day, but the blog would be boring after a while :) This one is another one from the St. Stephen day’s (that I recommend as the best day to visit Budapest) fireworks. Regrettably, I will not be able to go to Budapest this year, so no new ones from that. But I still have many from last years, you have not seen yet, and here is one.

I like when fireworks are of a strong dominant color in a photos, as that pushes the whole photo into that color. And here, the green fireworks just worked so well like that.

This is a single exposure, edited in Lightroom and Photoshop. I blended parts of it, by creating two copies of the same photo, one overexposed, one underexposed.

Night at the rooftop bar

I already posted a photo from this rooftop bar in Budapest sometime before, and here is a second one. This one was taken a bit later in the night. Still there were quite a few people there, and I ended up taking few photos for them. It happens quite a lot that when people see me taking photos, they also ask me to take a photo of them (with their camera/phone of course :))

This is a two shot vertorama, each shot from two exposures. Combined in PTgui, blended in Photoshop.