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Endless traffic in Dubain – Plotagraph

November 7, 2017 3 Comments

Spark remote from Alpine Labs

So my streak of selecting only Kickstarter projects that deliver continues, as I just recieved a product from another one of them. This time it’s the Spark from Alpine labs. You may know Alpine Labs as the creators of Radian, the timelapse rotating motor.

The Spark remote is a camera remote that can work in three modes. It either works like a classic wired remote when connected to the camera, as a IR remote, or as bluetooth remote conected to a phone. There you can use the provided app to take photos, long exposure, HDR bracketing, timelapses and more.

For now, I only tested it if all worked and I had no issues. All paired easy and all that I tried worked. I will be using it when I go and take photos in the next weeks, so I will also probably post a review of it.

For now, you can see more about it on the Kickstarter site of Alpine Labs here.

Endless traffic in Dubain – Plotagraph

I knew I want to animate this photo from the first moment I tried Plotagraph. I just wanted to make it more like what I seen. There was just endless traffic how far you could see. So I tried to edit it before, but I did not like the result. So it was standing there in the library for a few months now, and only yesterday, I finished it. I think it was also due to the updated Plotagraph had this year, that I was able to get it to a point I liked it.

So what I did here? I masked out the traffic on all a lanes, than stabilized the middle part, so that does not move, and then animated the traffic. And to make it even more better, I masked out some of the reflection in the skyscrapers, and animated those too :) Now all it misses is the sound of the traffic, but you can imagine that yourself :)

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France, Paris

Low sun over Paris

November 6, 2017 1 Comment

New stuff from Peak Design

I have been posting quite a lot about Peak Design products over the years, and it will not be different this time. Today, right about now, Peak Design is starting a short 5 day Kickstarter campaign for few new products. To be exact, a new version of the Capture (v3), a new pro Pad, and two new updated straps, the Slide and Slide Lite. All now also available in two colors, a silver and a black, to fit with other Peak Design products.

The capture is a holder system that allows you to attach your camera to your belt or backpack strap. I did a review of the version 2 from few years ago, so you can find my thoughts on that one here. You can find info on the last Pro Pad in the same review. The new one is much sleeker, lighter and overall just looks better.

I personally never tried he old Slide. But I did a review of a second product from the range, the Leash, which I still use. Still, I presume its similar to other straps on the Peak Design products, so high quality is guarantied.

The Kickstarter campaign is available here, and will be open until Nov 10th at 11:59pm PT. So if you would like to grab any of the new products from Peak Design with a bit of a discount, now is the time to get them.
(photos courtesy of Peak Design)

Low sun over Paris

I looked a bit through my old photo of Paris, and decided to edit one of the panoramas I took there already years ago. How time flies. The sharpness is not as good as on the photos from the 5D mark IV, but it still looks good.

This is a three shot panorama taken from the top of the Tour Montparnasse. I did three exposures for every shot, and then I also took most of the shot with my hand in front of the sun. Like this I could completely remove any lens flares that showed up in the photos. Combined in PTgui and finished in Photoshop.

Low sun over Paris France sunset panorama

And here are few details:

France

The shadows

November 5, 2017 No Comments

The shadows

I still had one photo already edited from the American cemetery in Normandy, that I had yet to post, so I’m doing it today. It was taken early spring this year, and while it was quite cloudy, for a moment the sun came out, creating these really interesting shadows. I just had to capture them.

This is a three shot vertorama, each shot from 5 exposures. I needed more exposures here, due to the very bright sun. Combined using PTgui, edited in Lighroom and Photoshop.

Slovakia

The colors of a foggy morning

November 4, 2017 No Comments

The colors of a foggy morning

And we continue with another panorama. This one is another take in the area over the village Lesnica in Eastern Slovakia. The colors of the sky showed up for a few minutes right at the sunrise, and I managed to capture some of them.

This is a two shot panorama, merged and mostly edited in Lighroom, finished in Photoshop.

The colors of a foggy morning Lesnica Slovakia

And here are few details:

France, Paris

Evening at the bridge in Paris

November 3, 2017 No Comments

Instagram followers

I have noticed something strange on Instagram. I get quite a few followers, but my total count does not go up, or even goes down over time. Like I saw 10 new followers within one hour, but the total count is 5 followers down.

I wonder if this is just because people follow you, expecting you follow them back, and then unfollow. They will not have luck with me, as I just follow the accounts I want to. That’s the only reason I follow someone, and I dont really care if they follow me.

How about you? Have you seen this behavior there?

Evening at the bridge in Paris

You may wonder, why I have so many photos from this area in Paris. The reason is simple. As I work for a cruise ship company, I’m usually in Paris on an assignment. And since this is the area where the ships dock, I don’t have that much time during sunset to go any further. So while trying to make the best from the little time I have, I do photos where I am. And that’s the reason :)

So this photo is from one of the many bridges right next to the Eiffel tower. It’s too bad you cant get on the bridge right in front, as that’s a rail bridge, but what can you do :) This is a blend from 3 exposure, edited in Lightroom and blended in Photoshop.