Quite a long time since I added a photo of Bratislava. I actually took almost no new photos here for the last two months. But finally yesterday I got out and took some new. Of course I completely forgot, that if I go to the river, there will be many bugs there. And so after few minutes of shooting, I was forced to move, as all the mosquito there were sucking the life from me. Next time I will be prepared :)

This is a HDR from 5 shots, created in Oloneo Photoengine, with another shot manually blended to remove the lens flares.

I somehow almost never shoot during the day. All my recent photos are early morning or sunset/late evening shots. The colors are just so much better, but also the freedom, not having to deal with many people in your photos, is great. So same here, taken around 6 in the morning, by the Bojnice castle. Of course I had the whole area to myself :)

This is a manual blend from 6 shots.

This look really looks familiar to me. The bird looks at me exactly as people do, when I’m taking their photos. Like it was saying “Why are you taking a photo of me?”. Doesn’t it? :)

Single RAW photo, edited in Lightroom and Photoshop. Taken in Bojnice Zoo in Slovakia.

I wonder how it must have been, to live in a something like this. But probably very cold. Heating something like this, where it is mostly build of stone, must have been a nightmare :) But the area and the view is great. Like everything, it has it pros and cons.

This is a manual blend from 5 shots, taken in Bojnice, Slovakia.

It was really fun taking photos of the Bojnice castle. I was in the park almost alone (only few couples passed by from time time) but the castle was full of guest. The anual ghost festival was still in progress and visitors were enjoying the night tour of the castle. So quite regularly I was able to hear ghostly screams, moans and other sound while I was taking the shots. It really makes the mood, when you are standing alone and in almost complete dark :)

This is a manual blend from 5 shots, taken in Bojnice, Slovakia.