I so regret missing the last years St. Stephens fireworks in Budapest. I got home from another trip around 3 days before them, and I felt so sick and tired, that I had no energy to go onto another trip right away. But this year, I definitively will go again, and try my best to get some stunning new fireworks shots :)

This is a single exposure, edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Technique: Photoshop edit, Number of exposures: 1, Camera Model: Canon 5D mark II, Lens: Canon 24-70mm F2.8, Focal length: 70mm, Aperture: 6.3, Middle exposure time: 2.5s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 48.19907, 16.37126

While looking through my recent uploaded photos, I noticed I haven’t put up an interior one for a really long time. So I went through my photo library, looking for an interesting shot, and in the end, I ended on this photo from 2012. Still remember this day in the Hungarian Parliament like it was yesterday :)

Regrettably, I’m not really sure about the white balance in this photo. This main staircase had a crazy mix of indoor artificial light, with a middle of the day natural light mixed in. And on top of that, most areas were shiny. At that time, I was only starting with the Canon 5D mark II, and I was still using auto white balance. Only few weeks after that, I started using the Magic lantern to meter the white balance, which worked so much better. Still, I hope you find the image interesting :)

This is a HDR from 5 exposures, created in Oloneo Photoengine, finished in Photoshop.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 5, Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D mark II, Lens: Canon 16-35mm F2.8, Focal length: 16mm, Aperture: 5.6, Middle exposure time: 0.5s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 47.507379, 19.045771

I don’t really understand using negative space in photos that much. Maybe if I used it more I would get the hang of it more. But it’s probably not for me, even that I used it here. The evening I took this photo, the sky was a bit boring, with no clouds, so I tried a composition like this. And all the blue sky, with the contrast of the bright yellow parliament, looks quite interesting, doesn’t it? What do you think?

This is a blend of two exposures. I only used a darker exposure to darker few bright spots on the parliament.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 2, Camera Model: Sony a7R + Metabones MkIII Adapter, Lens: Canon 24-70mm F2.8, Focal length: 70mm, Aperture: 11, Middle exposure time: 6.0s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 47.498538, 19.041486

A little less common view of the Buda castle today. One just tends to take photos of it more from the river, so more from the front. It not a surprise, with the amount of light right in front of the castle :)

This is a 3 shot HDR, 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: 62mm, Aperture: 9, Middle exposure time: 10s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 47.490053, 19.045322

I seen so many photos with the moon recently, and I have none. So at least one that include the moon, if not of the moon itself :) This is also a panorama btw. Again, since I can be lazy, I haven’t use any panorama head or a nodal slide here. I think I mentioned it before, but when the subject of the photo is quite far away, and you are not trying to do that many photos, there just is such a little distortion between the photos, that you just don’t need that.

This is a 2 tile panorama, each tile from 3 exposures.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 2×3, Camera Model: Sony a7R + Metabones MkIII Adapter, Lens: Canon 16-35mm F2.8, Focal length: 32mm, Aperture: 11, Middle exposure time: 6.0s, ISO: 80, Tripod used: yes, Location: 47.485038, 19.052195