Those of you who follow me on my personal Facebook profile or on my YouTube account probably noticed I have been posting salsa photos and videos the whole day. And I still be the whole weekend. So I’m crazy busy (and tired) with shooting at a Salsa Congress in Bratislava. But of course as each day, here is a new photo for you. Good thing that I have few prepared, so I have one for days when I don’t have the time to edit.

This is a manually blended panorama from 3 shots, each one from 5 exposures. If you want to see how I combine the shots into a panorama, check out this tutorial. Photo taken from the top of the Petrin tower in Prague.

Radian Review

I had a little time to test out the Radian time-lapse device from Alpine labs and I wrote a small review about it. You can find it here.

Petrin Lookout Tower

If you ever are in Prague, I suggest visiting the Petrin tower. It gives you a stunning view of the whole city. Even better is going there late in the evening, as there are less people, and the city looks even better at night.

Took me a long time to edit this one. The tower is very nicely lit up from inside, but that also makes the difference between the light levels on the tower and in the surroundings very big. I took 6 shots, from -3 to +2, but it still was not enough. But at a third attempt I managed to finish this photo (yes, I sometimes discard an edited photo and start from scratch the next day :)).

This is a manual blend from 6 shots, photo taken in Prague.

As usually when I’m in Prague, at least one day it has to be raining. But I tend to take my camera with me to the city, even if it raining. You never know. And it was same that evening. After about two hours of a quite heavy rain (which I spend in a pub with friends :)) I could go out and take some shots. The light is different after a rain. Some of the best sunsets can be seen right after it. This was a little later, so I got a more yellowish night shot, but I still like it.

This is a 2 shot panorama, each shot blended from 5 exposures, taken by the Manes Bridge in Prague.

My favorite photography spots in Prague

One of the most popular parts of this blog is the Top 5 photography spots in Prague page. So if you are planing to visit Prague and need some tips, check it out.

Blue hour by the Charles Bridge

Blue hour is definitively my favorite time to shoot. Sunset is nice, but the contrast between the warm and cold colors you can get during the blue hour is very hard to beat. And I really like that contrast.

This is a manual blend from 5 photos, taken by the Charles bridge in Prague

Zoomable Panoramas

Panoramas give you such a unique view but they also loose a lot of what you see, when you just see them in a small resolution. And as my photos are a lot about details, anything above 30Mpix just can be nicely seen in a resolution destined for web. So for those photos, I include a zoomable version, were you can see much more of the photos. I have moved all of them onto one page, which you can find here or through the menu on the right.

Prague

I wanted to do a panorama from the Petrin tower for a longer time, but never got to it. The view is just stunning, as you can see the the whole city. But as always when I was there before, it was completely full of people, I was a little scared if I will be able to use a tripod. But here is where the ugly weather worked in my favor. As the day was quite ugly and only got better around sunrise, the tower was mostly empty and I could shoot as much as I wanted. It shakes a little and having the lens stable at 200mm was not so easy, but a lot of photos worked out. As this is also a big panorama, you can find a zoomable version under Panoramas or directly here. I suggest checking it out :)

This is a manual blend from 5×3 exposures, taken from the Petrin tower in Prague.