As every photographer, I love to play with new gear. So when I found out that a friend of mine had a tilt-shift lens, I immediately had to borrow it to take a few shots :) It’s really interesting how you can affect whats in focus and whats not with a lens like that. But as it was a 90mm lens, I had to go somewhere high up and far away to get the effect I wanted. So where else to go as to my favorite spot in Bratislava, the top of the SNP bridge. And as you can see, the result is quite interesting :)

This is a manual blend from three exposures, created in Photoshop.

So I got home, but after a hot day of running around with my camera in a very strong sunlight, I feel that will fall into bed very early. So no editing for me, and one more day of some of my favorite photos for you.

Today they are form Bratislava, and you can see my Top photo spots in Bratislava here.

I usually go out shooting with a lot of gear. But sometimes it’s nice to go just with the camera and a single lens, and do something different. So as finally it was a little more sunny, I took a walk through the Botanical Garden here in Bratislava to take few shots. It really was quite relaxing :)

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My camera

This is more of a random shot. I usually only have one camera with me, but I have a borrowed 7D right now, so last time I was out I took also few shots of my camera :) Maybe will use them in some of my guides later on. But here is one of them I liked the most. Btw. I was thinking of doing a gear video, to show what I use. Would you be interested in seeing something like that?

This is a single exposure, taken handheld. I applied a little Analog Efex on it, just for fun. Btw. for those who would like to ask what’s the green cube on my camera (there are always few :)), it’s a 3-axis bubble lever, and you can get one on the cheap from Ebay.

This is one of my all time favorite shots. It’s so unusual for me :) No landscape or architecture here. Taken in January 2010