New look for the blog

Recently I felt that my blog needs a little visual refresh, so I’ve been working on it, and today I finally put in on the live server. I think you have all noticed the change already, so there is not much I can say about it :) I just hope you all like it. I changed a lot of stuff, including how the page scales in the browser window, so if any of you see any problem, or bugs, please let me know.

Light tree at the sunset

I really like winter, but with absolutely no snow, I just can’t wait for spring. How much could this photo look differently if everything was covered by snow. The tree would just not looks so out of place.

This is a 5 exposure HDR created in Oloneo Photongine. I then blended in a brighter tree, removed few people and added glow in photoshop. And that’s it.

Best HDR photography blog

It was quite a surprise when I checked the selection for the 2013 at Photoblogawards. I have been selected for the 2nd year in a row, this time as the best in HDR photography. I have to say big thanks for all your support through last year, visits, shares, comments and everything else. Let’s now hope for an even better 2014 :)

More fireworks

I thought about what to post today, and since I slept most of today (I was just too tired from the last few days), I chosen to stick with another fireworks shot :) You can see in this photo, what I mentioned yesterday, with the smoke covering the castle. Few moments after this, you could not see it anymore :)

This is a single exposure edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Happy new year 2014

First of all happy new year everyone, hope you having a great time. I, same as every year, went out to get some photos of the midnight fireworks. I got quite a good spot this year, but the weather was a little bad. The fog with the smoke from the fireworks actually covered the castle completely, that in the middle of the fireworks I moved to a different spot, as my planed composition with the castle was not possible at all. You just could not see it. But this is one from the start, so it’s still there.

This is a single exposure edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.

I’m ending the year the same way as I started it, with a photo of fireworks. Of course these are the ones form last year, as I have no new ones yet. Maybe tomorrow, if the weather gets better (it’s raining right now ). Hope you all have a great day today, and to a better 2014 :)

This is a single photo edited in Lightroom and Photoshop.

TK Actions

One of the best resources to help you with luminosity masking is the page by Tony Kuyper. He offers a lot of tutorials and descriptions for how to create them and use them. He also offers his own Photoshop panel, designed to help you use Luminosity masking in a very simple way. For all interested in the subject, I suggest you visit his tutorial page. for more information.

Autumn Sun

A little simpler photo than my usual ones, but I liked the how the sunset looked so much, that I’m posting it. I haven’t had much chances to take photos of nature this year, so at least like this I can balance the content of my blog. Of course it’s another thing I have to correct the next one. I actually started making a list of what everything I want to add tho this blog, reviews, guides and other contest, and the list is quite big already. Let’s see if the year is long enough :)

This photo is a manual blend from two shots, one for the sky, one for the trees. Edited fully in Photoshop.