This is what I try to do when the sky is not interesting enough. I try to find something to frame the subject with. And here I used the trees on the opposing side of the Eiffel tower. I do think about composition a lot. It’s the most common reason why I discard photos. There can be noise, bad colors, not enough sharpness, but when the composition is right, one can get over that. But when the composition is wrong, you usually can do nothing.

I almost also discarded this one, as the tower was to centered in the shot. But since I had a little space for cropping here, I managed to move it a bit to the side, so it’s much more acceptable now. This is a HDR from 3 shots, created in Oloneo Photoengine, finished in Photoshop.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 3, Camera Model: Sony a7R + Metabones MkIII Adapter, Lens: Canon 24-70mm F2.8, Focal length: 24mm, Aperture: 14, Middle exposure time: 1/20s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 48.858838, 2.289584

Again it’s been a while since I added new wallpapers to the wallpapers page, but from today, you can find two new again there. And this time, the theme was Czech republic :)

This new are for those of you who have a 21:9 screen, and they are in 3440×1440 resolution :)

You probably already seen many photos from the Tour Montparnase in Paris. I even shared quite a lot of them. But you probably haven’t seen whats on the other side. If you ever there, you will also probably be more on the side of the Eiffel tower, as that site just looks more interesting. But today, here is the less popular side for you.

I’m including a little behind the scenes photo, so you see how I attached my camera here with a clamp (even that is from the more popular side :)).

This is a HDR from 3 exposures, created in Oloneo Photoengine, finished in Photoshop.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 3, Camera Model: Sony a7R + Metabones MkIII Adapter, Lens: Canon 24-70mm F2.8, Focal length: 65mm, Aperture: 7.1, Middle exposure time: 15s, ISO: 200, Tripod used: yes, Location: 48.842261, 2.321754

No clouds here again. My stay in Paris was quite strange like this. First few day, not a single cloud, the last few days, cloud covered. And of course the best thing is the middle, with scattered clouds where you can still see the sky. But what can you do.

This is a two tile panorama, each tile from three exposures.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 2×3, Camera Model: Sony a7R + Metabones MkIII Adapter, Lens: Canon 16-35mm F2.8, Focal length: 35mm, Aperture: 14, Middle exposure time: 3.2s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 48.858876, 2.337803

Surface Pro 4 or Surface Book

The announcements from Microsoft today were quite interesting. I’ve been planing to get a Surface Pro 3 for a while, but decided to wait for the Surface 4 announcement first, and now I have an even bigger choice, with them introduction the Surface Book. What do you think? Which one you like?

Vertical view

I shared a horizontal view form there, and here is also a vertical one. This makes the whole city look a bit different, with also the closes streets to the tower still visible in the photo. I actually regret not going to this spot a bit earlier, while it was still blue hour, but I spend that on the roof. So I have a reason go there again next time.

This is a blend from two exposures, created in Photoshop.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 2, Camera Model: Sony a7R + Metabones MkIII Adapter, Lens: Canon 16-35mm F2.8, Focal length: 23mm, Aperture: 6.3, Middle exposure time: 15s, ISO: 200, Tripod used: yes, Location: 48.842261, 2.321754