Evening view of Bratislava

This became probably my favorite view of Bratislava over the years. You get the SNP brige, the castle and also the St. Martins cathedral, so you have all the dominants of the city in one shot. Of course you have to do a panorama and have a bit of luck for a calmer Danube (it’s taken from a pontoon), but the view is just great.

This is a two shot panorama, combined in Lightroom, finished in Photoshop.

And here are few details:

Mirror like Danube – Plotagraph

For today I have for you another plotagraph, made from one of my recent photos. While editing it, I thought that I could record the process and share that as a video with you. So don’t be surprised if you see something like that soon on the blog :)

This time I went with quite a subtle animation, just a bit in the sky, and some in the water. I did not want to overdo it. You can also see in the screenshot to the side how it looked. I had a few problem with the clouds pulling on the church tower, but I managed to remove that.

You can check out my Plotagraph Pro review here, and a guide how to create them here.

(if you use an older web browser, you may only see a static image, if you are on a mobile, please hit the play button to see the Plotagraph in motion)

Hotel at the lake

I did mostly panoramas at the Strbske pleso, which I already shared with you, but of course I took also few normal photos. For this one, I focused more on the hotel that is right at the Strbske pleso lake. Again I used a VFFOTO 10stop ND filter, to blur the water. It was windy when I took this one, so there was no reflection, but instead it created this white line, where the water started, which I think works really well here.

This is a single exposure, edited in Lightroom, finished in Photoshop.

Night at the Danube

I start to notice that I don’t know Bratislava as much as I used to. Everywhere I go there are changes I have not seen before. Not a surprise, with how much time I spend outside of the country. Same here, where they changed all the benches and the walkway around the Danube. Of course it was an opportunity for a new compositions and I took it :)

This is a blend of two exposures, edited in Lightroom, finished in Photoshop.

Castle zoomed in

But of course I had to at least try the extension tubes. So while I was in the city, I took this panorama, at 560mm. I was standing right next to the Old bridge when I took this, so it was 1.4km away from the castle. 560mm is quite a lot isn’t it.

This is a two shot panorama, combined in Lightroom, finished in Photoshop.