I was in the Almudena Cathedral during the day, but somehow I missed that there is also a crypt under it. I noticed a sign later in the evening, when I was already returning slowly to the hotel. It’s really a stunning place. I was the only one there at the time, so nobody was in the way and they have no problems if you use a tripod there.
I’m working on moving this blog to my own hosted domain, hopefully really soon. So there will be a completely new theme, more info on the photos, more before/after shots and similar :) If anyone has any ideas, what else I should add, let me know :)
There are so many beautiful places in Madrid. I think I could spend weeks and months just taking more and more photos :)
Each day I was in Madrid, I tried to take at least a few shots after sunset. I only managed to take a few, as I was quite tired after a whole day of walking :).
This photo was combined using Photomatix and also Oloneo Photo engine. What I have noticed is, that Oloneo is really great when you have some very dark areas in your photo. It creates much less artifacts in the final result. I used it for the sky in this shot.
I just ordered the Promote Control remote. Exactly because of photos, like the one today. Somehow the more I shoot, the more I have situations where 3 brackets is not enough. I usually go with three at -2,0,+2 and three at -1,+1 and +3, but this helps only sometimes, and you still cant go over 30 seconds. And here is where the Promote comes into play, giving you the ability to take much more brackets (up to 45). I was thinking about it a long time ago, but I wanted to wait for a new camera first. And now’s the time. Let’s see if the increased number of brackets will be visible on my photos :)
I don’t really like when the sky is absolutely black in a photo, but I had no other option here. As I only took three shots, the brightest one was not bright enough. My mistake. It’s always better to take more bracket and don’t need them, than taking less and missing them.
I heard a lot of stuff about Pinterest lately, so I decided to join it. I just started to add stuff to my page http://pinterest.com/hdrshooter/ but I quite like how it’s done. Feel free to follow me there and if anybody wants to try it out and needs an invite, just let me know :)
Would be nice to take this photo without cars, but that was really not possible. So instead I went for light trails. I took the same shot few times, until I had a photo, where none of the cars was visible. I also played a lot with the colors on this one, but in the end I chosen a little warmer look. I really like it :)
