I really like the photos I took of the John Frost bridge in Arnhem. The lights just make it looks so crazy at night, with all these crazy colors. And once the ships stop, the water gets so calm under it, that you have no problems getting an almost perfect reflection. It’s so nice.

This is a HDR from 4 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: 18mm, Aperture: 7.1, Middle exposure time: 12s, ISO: 320, Tripod used: yes, Location: 51.97484, 5.910451

While being in Netherlands, I also was in Arnhem again, but just for one evening. And since I got a new Canon 8-15mm f4 fisheye lens recently, I thought I give it a try there. It’s hard to get a full reflection of the John Frost bridge with a normal lens (16mm is not wide enough from this spot), but the fisheye had no problem getting it all in at one time :)

The bridge has all these crazy colors at night. The lights actually change quite often, but the green ones are quite dominant, so they are seen the most in a long exposure. Btw. the strong colors are not due to HDR, but due to the strength of the lights :). I also corrected the distortion only partially here, as I liked the look of it.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 4, Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D mark II, Lens: Canon 8-45mm F4, Focal length: 13mm, Aperture: 9, Middle exposure time: 25s, ISO: 200, Tripod used: yes, Location: 51.974265,5.911757

It’s so great to add a new category to the blog :) And as the categories here are the countries I visited, it’s of course a new country. As I already mentioned, I spend the whole week in Netherlands. I was busy most of the time, so I did very few photos (very very few), but I should be back there within months, that I get more then.

But I managed to get for a while to the John Frost bridge in Arnhem, and while I could not be there for the blue hour, I got few sunset shots. And here is one of them.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 4, Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D mark II, Lens: Canon 16-35mm F2.8, Focal length: 16mm, Aperture: 5.6, Middle exposure time: 1.3s, ISO: 200, Tripod used: yes, Location: 51.975154,5.912634