I haven’t been out shooting photos in Bratislava for a long time, so when it stopped raining today, I thought it would maybe make for a nice sunset. But not really. But during the blue hours, the clouds above the city were so low, that they completely reflected all the yellow city lights. The whole scene got a completely yellow/reddish glow over it.
This is a manual blend from 6 shots. I took a -3EV for the castle here.
I haven’t taken many new photos recently. The very hot weather just makes me tired and lazy. I think that’s probably same for most people. But for the next two days I’m taking photos in Austria, so hopefully I get nice weather and some good locations. If all goes right, there will be some new photos from there later this week. But for now, one from last year, from the Kuchajda lake in Bratislava
This is a manual blend from 5 shots.
I was thinking of what I haven’t yet taken photos in Bratislava and what is close to my flat (I really was not in the mood for a longer bus ride with the 30+ degree weather here). So I chose for my destination the Polus City center. You have seen few photos of it from the backside, as there is the Kuchajda lake, but this time, it’s the main entrance.
This is a manual blend from 5 shots.
Today I have for you two photos. Better said, a photo and it’s variant. While I was editing this cityscape shot from Bratislava, it reminded me of this reflection tutorial by Jimmy McIntire http://www.throughstrangelenses.com/2013/06/23/cityscape-photoshop-tutorial/ so I just tried out how it looked like. And here is the photo and also the fake reflection variant. It does not even look that bad :)
This is a manual blend from 7 photos.
This is an edit of the above photo in Photoshop.
Comparing to my other photos, this one is not so colorful. But why should every photo be very colorful. When the light is boring, the colors look boring. But as like how the composition and overall sharpness of this photo worked out, I still like it :) Overall photos like this are quite hard to blend. You have a very high difference between the darkest and lightest areas and the transition is very sharp. You have to be very careful so there are no artifacts there, so it all looks natural.
This is a manual blend from 5 shots. Photo taken on the SNP bridge in Bratislava.
