Nicely framed view in Budapest

I wanted to try a view like this before, but the area was never really empty. There are benches and seats usually here during the summer, so each time I visited Budapest, it was full. But as this time I was in Budapest so early in the year, I managed to get here while it was quite empty. I only have to wait few minutes, and retouch out one person. Still, I would prefer the trees to be green, to make the framed view even better, but one can’t have everything :)

This is a blend of three exposures, with all the blending done on the bridge to remove the very strong highlights.

The pillars reflection in the Grand Mosque

For todays daily photo I went back to my photos from UAE, and chosen one from the Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. If you ever are in the area, you just must visit it. And their great approach to photography (tripods are allowed !!!) should be an example to many other places :)

This is a blend of two exposures for the base, and then I used another two to remove few of the people present. I still had to brush out few in the end.

Hungarian Parliament up close

And while on the topic of Budapest, how about a photo from there. This is the Hungarian Parliament, from quite up close. Of course I could not get the whole parliament in a single shot here, so I did a vertorama as usual.

This is a vertorama from two exposure, edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Enjoying the Dubai fountain

Plotagraphs look great with clouds, but one can animate much more with it. On this photo, of the Dubai fountain in Dubai, I animated the fountain and the surrounding water. It’s subtle, but it does make the photo stand out a bit. Don’t you think?

And for those curious, I’m including a screenshot of the final edit in Plotagraph pro, so you can see all the animation points I needed to add to the photo, to get it from static to this animation.

(if you are on a mobile or use an older web browser, you may only see a static image)

Calm sunset reflection at the Neusidler See

Last weekend I stopped by the Neusidler See in Austria. My first working trip with my new camera is close, so I have to use it as much as possible until than. One has to get the hang of things :)

For this shot, I used the Formatt Hitech 10 stop ND filter, to stretch the exposure, and this nice silky water. Exactly as I hoped it will be. This is a single exposure, edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.