And another photo from Austria today. This one is from the top of the Edelweisspitze ( 2571 meters over the sea level) overlooking the Grossglockner High Alpine Road. From what I heard, I was quite lucky to have such a nice weather here. Usually it’s completely covered with clouds, and even the first hour I was there you could not see anything. I almost left, but right then, the clouds moved and uncovered the valley. You can see in the small attached photo from my phone, how it looked around a hour before I took this shot :)

This is a HDR from 3 exposures, created in Oloneo Photoengine, finished in Photoshop.

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 3, Camera Model: Sony a7R + Metabones Adapter ver. IV, Lens: Canon 16-35mm F2.8, Focal length: 26mm, Aperture: 16, Middle exposure time: 1/60s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 47.123548, 12.830700

And I’m back home after the few days in Austria. I had only partial luck with weather this time, with my trip to Salzburg being completely worthless due to heavy rain the whole time I was there. But I still managed to visit other places, and get few nice shots.

So for today, a shot from Hallstatt, from one of the most popular spots there. And since it gives such a nice view, it’s not even a surprise. This is a HDR from three exposures.

I’m including a behind the camera shot today. Randomly, it was taken right after I took this shot :)

Technique: Oloneo Photoengine, Number of exposures: 3, Camera Model: Sony a7R + Metabones Adapter ver. IV, Lens: Canon 16-35mm F2.8, Focal length: 35mm, Aperture: 13, Middle exposure time: 5s, ISO: 100, Tripod used: yes, Location: 47.564581, 13.649901

The last guide I will mention this time, is one of the most favorites on the blog. It on how to remove lens flares from your photos. They really can easily ruin a great shot. Check out the guide here: How to remove lens flares.

One of the most important thing in photography is of course composition, so the last guide I will highlight here is my Composition rules guide. Composition is one of the areas, that even getting better, will effect you photos right away.

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There are already quite a few articles with software tips on the blog, so let me highlight them here for you. There are tips for Photoshop, Lightroom, Ptgui, Color efex pro and of course Oloneo Photoengine. Of course there are also tutorials available, but this are just the tips & tricks :)

Photoshop tips

Lightroom tips part 1 / part 2

Photoengine tips

PTgui tips

Color Efex Pro tips