Early morning in Bokod

The fisherman houses in Bokod, Hungary make for a quite interesting view. And there are so many of them in the area, that they do offer a lot of photo opportunities. Regrettably, some of the walkways are blocked by gates, but there are still a lot of them open.

For this photo, we got up at 5:30, to be at the location before sunrise. And while the sunrise was behind us, the better view was before us. So I chosen to do mostly long exposures here, as the few clouds that were in the sky were mowing quite fast, creating these nice streaks here. And I’m really happy with the result.

So for this shot, I used a 10stop ND filter, one from Formatt Hitech. I used the camera build in bulb timer, to get a 4 minute exposure. The exact settings were ISO 100, F5.6 and 240 seconds.

Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Pécs

I visited Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania this month. And while it was a crazy travel schedule, I managed to get quite a few nice photos. So let’s start with a vertorama from the Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Pécs.

Funny thing, nobody minded that I use a tripod here. And it was same in 90% of places I visited (there were few exceptions). Nice to see that the south east part of Europe does not have the aversion to tripods some other parts already do. Hope it stays that way.

This is a two photo vertorama, combined in Lightroom, finished in Photoshop.

Rooftop bar in Budapest

During my last visit to Budapest earlier this year, I also visited the Hight Note Skybar. It really close to the St. Stephens basilica. And while you can’t see down to the street due to neighboring roofs, you still get a nice view with the stairs right in front of the church. And so you know, nobody had a problem that I used a tripod there, but if you want to be sure that you have space, I would do a reservation (we were a bit lucky, and god a good spot without it :))

This is a two shot vertorama, each shot from three exposures. Combined in Lightroom (for some reason PTgui refused to merge them properly) and finished in Photoshop.

Night in Budapest

For today’s photo I chosen one taken during my earlier visits to Budapest. This is the night view you get from the lookout platform in front of the Buda castle. It just gets so yellow at night :)

This is a blend of three exposures, mostly for the strong lights on the bridge. Edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Yellow lights at the Matthias Church in Budapest

And the yellow lights are also very strong in Budapest. Which is maybe not that great for night shots, but it truly fits well with classic architecture.

This shots is taken about a month ago, during a short visit to Budapest. This is a two shot vertorama, with each shot from two exposures, blended in Photoshop. I got most from one exposure, but needed a second one to darken few areas.

I also used another 4 shots, of the bottom area, to remove people that were randomly waling around. If you want to know how I did it, check out this guide here.