The Photographer’s Ephemeris

Some time ago I mentioned tablet/phone app’s that I use to determine the sun position. And today I noticed that The Photographer’s Ephemeris also has a desktop version, and it’s totally free. So if you are looking for a way to determine the sun/moon position, you can give it a try. It can be downloaded on the The Photographer’s Ephemeris page.

Under the green light

I so need to plan another photo trip. And really soon. I’m running out of photos that I could edit. Of course I still have a lot of photos I haven’t posted, but not many of them I want to post. They are just not good enough. And then there are some that are great, but are similar to photo I already posted. So I also don’t want to post those :)

So wish me better weather than it is now, or a really long trip soon :) For today another older photo of the Old bridge in Bratislava. This is a HDR created in Oloneo Photoengine and finished in Photoshop.
Under the green light

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Hoya ND400 filter – review

For those interested in a neutral density filter, I have put together a short review of the one I use, the Hoya ND400 9-stop ND filter. You can find the review here, or you can find all my reviews on the Reviews page.

Winter’s day in Bojnice

Where is the snow? That I was in Bojnice in December, was just a coincidence, as we stopped there on the way back to Bratislava. But if there was snow, this could look so as from a fairy tale. Like in Frozen :)

Still this photo is a little less colorful than my other photos, but every time I added more saturation, it felt fake. I try to give a photo a look of what I have seen, and it just didn’t feel right. This is a manual blend in Photoshop from 5 exposures, using luminance and painted masks.
Winter's day in Bojnice

How to use Magic Lantern

While on the video topic, I also did a second video, specially about Magic lantern. It’s all about how I use it, and how I set it up.

For those unfamiliar, Magic lantern is a custom firmware for specific Canon cameras that give additional features. For me of course the most important is, that it allows for more than 3 brackets. You can find out more in my review of it.

10k and 100k

Recently I have been more active on my 500px account and today I reached my first milestone there. Or better said two of them. Today I got 10 000 affection (thats a metric that combines all likes and favorites there) and secondly I reached my first 100 000 views there. Many thanks to all of you who visit and vote for my photos there :)
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Soft color of the cold evening

Not really sure why I left a little softer colors in this one. I even left a little yellow color cast here. Maybe because while I was editing I was listening to great music (Beatles, Queen, Abba, New order and similar :)) that I got in a particular mood. Still, I like the result very much, and I hope you will too.

This is of course the Apollo bridge in Bratislava, and one of my favorite spots there. This is a HDR from 5 exposures created in Oloneo Photoengine and then blended with two of the original exposures in Photoshop.
Soft color of the cold evening

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Behind the screen

Few days ago, I was in the mood to take some photos, but the weather was just ugly. So instead I set up my camera behind my desk and got this. My point of view while editing photos :). I think I should have made it a recursion, which I still maybe will.

Under the bridge arch

I have an exact idea of a photo I want to get from this point. A perfect reflection of the castle and the bridge, so getting a nice symmetry in the photo. But until I get that, I have to be satisfied with this, a very un-perfect reflection. The Danube was just not calm enough when I took this.

This is a HDR from 3 exposures in Oloneo (I took 5, but some were too blurry from how much the bridge I was standing on was shaking) and blended with the original exposures in Photoshop.
Under the bridge arch

Second try

Today I tried for a second behind the scenes video. It’s a little better than last time, but still not as I would like it. But I still hope some of you will find it interesting :)

Again this is taken from a GoPro camera attached to my backpack strap, so please excuse the crazy framing :)

Not so colorful

Even with the lovely sunset, the photo came out not so great. Not really sure why. They are quite un-colorful. The light really was strange. So for today I chosen one from the blue hour today, as I will have to work more on the sunset ones to get some good results.

This is a HDR from 6 shots created in Oloneo Photoengine and then blended with original exposures in Photoshop.
Not so colorful

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