Summer night in Barca de Alva

It has been so hot recently, that I’m completely not in the mood to even go out. Only when I really need to. Good thing that I have years of photos I can go back to and edit, to keep the blog going :).

And since it’s so hot, here is a photo from an even hotter day in Portugal, last summer. The whole week then was over 44 degrees Celsius, and even so late in the evening was still over 30. But I really liked how the reflection of the bridge looked like, so I had to go out and get some shots.

This is in the little town Barca de Alva in Portugal, right at the border with Spain. The lights on the bridge are really bright, and even with taking 5 exposures, going down as low as -4 EV, the light were still overexposed. But it’s not that bad, a bit more realistic this way :)

This is a two shot vertorama, each shot from 5 exposures. Combined in PTgui into a panorama, then in Oloneo Photoengine into a base HDR. Then I used Photoshop to blend original exposures into it.

Night tram in Porto

Each time when I see a tram or buses passing in front of over something interesting, I try to catch a nice long exposure where I blur them. And of course I tried the same also in Porto in Portugal. Took me few tries to catch this night tram, but I got one :)

This is a blend of two exposures, one main with tram, and one darker for the lights. Edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Very hot day in Portugal

I’m somehow tired this weekend. Not sure it’s the weather or someting, but I just feel like sleeping. So not much to say about today’s photo, just that it was taken during summer in Portugal at the Quinta da Roeda. It was over 40 degrees Cecilius outside when I took it, and I have no idea how I survived that heat.

This is a three shot panorama, combined in Lightroom, edited in Photoshop.

Night clouds over Porto

The week I spend in Portugal this year, was just crazy hot (45 degrees Celsius). And with that weather, the sky was usually mostly just completely clear. So my luck for a nice sunset was just not there. But the last evening there, at least some clouds showed up in the evening, so there are some in this night shot.

This is a 2 shot vertorama, each shot from 5 exposure. First combined with PTgui, then Photoengine, finished in Photoshop.

Vineyards all around

While in Portugal, I probably took more panoramas than normal photos. The landscape just asks for it. You look around, and it looks so beautiful, that its a shame to cut any part off. So today, another panorama from there.

This one was taken at the Quinta da Roeda. Its a panorama from two shots, each one from two exposures.