Endless tram in Bordeaux – plotagraph

I wanted to try a plotagraph where not just the water and sky moves. So I tried to do one from this long exposure morning tram shot in Bordeaux in France. It was not as easy as to get the clouds to move, but after few tries it worked out quite well.

You can see how I used animation points and masking here, in the screenshot on the side.

You can check out my Plotagraph Pro review here, and a guide how to create them here.

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Long exposure reflection at Traunsee

This is another photo from the trip two weeks ago to the Traunsee in Austria. It was quite a pleasant surprise to get such a nice sky in the middle of the winter. I was expecting more of rain or snow than this. But it worked out.

For this photo, I did a two shot panorama, each one with a 10 stop ND filter. For this I used the Formatt Hitech Firecrest filter. I had to use this one, as I used the 16-35mm lens, and I don’t have other filters for the 82 radius lenses. It’s actually a pity that the 16-35 uses such big filters, and most lenses use a 77mm one, and this makes it less convenient to use them with this lens. Panorama combined in Lightroom, finished in Photoshop.

And here are few details:

Night at the Marina – Plotagraph

How about another Plotagraph. I’m still sticking to more realistic animations in my plotagraphs, but looking through others works, people are more inclined to use it for more artistic animations. Maybe I try those sometime, but not yet. I really like it like this more :)

You can check out my Plotagraph Pro review here, and a guide how to create them here.

(if you use an older web browser, you may only see a static image, if you are on a mobile, please hit the play button to see the Plotagraph in motion)

Evening view of Bratislava

This became probably my favorite view of Bratislava over the years. You get the SNP brige, the castle and also the St. Martins cathedral, so you have all the dominants of the city in one shot. Of course you have to do a panorama and have a bit of luck for a calmer Danube (it’s taken from a pontoon), but the view is just great.

This is a two shot panorama, combined in Lightroom, finished in Photoshop.

And here are few details:

Colorful sky – Plotagraph

For this Plotagraph, I just could not decide, if I want the clouds and the water to move in the same or in different directions. I tried it multiple times and redid the photo few times. In the end I decided to have them go in the same direction. Like this it feels like they are mowed by the wind. What do you think? Would it be better if they moved differently?