Explore Front page

This was quite a surprise for me. A second photo this week got onto the front page of Flickr explore selection. This makes it 5 photos in total that got there. Thank you everyone for visiting, commenting and faving my photos at Flickr :)

Screen in the Liverpool Cathedral

The screen is in the middle. There were preparations for some award show (or something like it) when I was there. So that’s why it was there. I went for a little darker and cooler look for this shot. I also did double tone-mapping here to get even bore details in this shot. For anyone who hasn’t heard of double tone-mapping yet, it means,  that when you process your photo in Photomatix, and you finish, you just hit tone-mapping again. On photos like this, where you have a lot of detail, this can create very nice results.

HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, from a tripod.

Best comment ever

I get quite a lot of different comments on my photos, but this one has to be the best :) Comment by foxybagga

Dear Earthling,Thanks for clicking a commendable image of the planet we are about to invade soon!After we have destroyed everything on planet Earth – we shall see these pictures and try to copy on our planet – [alien giggle] – The Foxyland!

Entering the Old Castle in Banska Stiavnica

I always tell myself to take the tripod everywhere with me. And still there are instances when I don’t do it, and I always regret it. So this photo was taken only handheld. The speed of the 7D really helped here, as it can take the shots so quick after each other. But the shots from the other side of the castle (in the shadow) are just bad.

HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 7D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, handheld.

Explore Front page

I would never thought, that the photo I took from my balcony will get onto Flickr Explore front page :). But it did :)

Entrance

So today I have a photo of the entrance to the Primate’s palace in Bratislava. As I took it at night, the HDR was really yellow, so I decided to remove a lot from the yellow color, giving it a more daily look :)

HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, from a tripod.

The Mystery of the Blue Train

That’s the book I’m currently reading by Agatha Christie. And in the middle of editing this photo I noticed, that this is also a blue train. What a coincidence :). I took this photo last summer in Bratislava at a train gathering Rendez. I went for a little different look here. This is also my first HDR in which I haven’t used Photomatix. I used Oloneo HDR software here.

HDR from three shots. Taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, from a tripod.

Galvaniho Business Center

Two weeks without taking any photos and I’m already feeling like a junkie without a drug :). So I at least went to the Galvaniho Business Center to take few night shots. It’s only like 5 minute walk from my flat :)

HDR from three shots, taken with Canon 450D with Sigma 10-20mm lens, from a tripod.