Blue hour at the Matthias Church

Let’s move to another country today, to Hungary, with a photo of the Mathias Church in Budapest. You can actually also see a part of the Fisherman’s Bastion here, as I was standing on top of it while taking this photo. There is a walkway you can use, so it is easy to get there. And you don’t have to pay in the evening.

This is a two-shot vertorama, combined in Photoshop. I did have to clean up a few people, using the Generative Fill in Photoshop (beta). It really is helpful.

A nice city walk in Paris

Let’s stay with another photo in Paris today, at a spot not that far from where yesterday’s photo was taken. It was taken during a nice city walk one Autumn day. You can’t even say it was already September, it was so nice. To get to this spot, you have to go from the Pont de Bir Hakeim (Bri Hakeim bridge) towards the Eiffel Tower.

I took three exposures for this photo but ended up using only one. As it was windy that day, the trees and ships just moved too much, to get a sharp photo. But since the contrast was not that huge, I could recover everything from a single exposure. Still, it’s always better to have multiple, in case one needs them.

Passerelle Debilly at night

Staying in 2015 with another photo, let’s move to France with this one, to Paris. This is the Passerelle Debilly pedestrian bridge, not that far from the Eiffel Tower, as it’s quite easy to see. I quite like the look of it, and its being white contrast nicely with the yellow Eiffel Tower in the background. Especially in blue-hour shots.

This photo is blended from three exposures, and edited in Photoshop.

Cruising through the Wachau Valley

Have you ever been cruising on a cruise ship? I have many times. On a river cruise ship, never been on an ocean one. Due to working for a cruise ship company in the past, I have been on many of them, even on the one in this photo. It’s really an enjoyable time. You can get a drink, sit on the deck, and enjoy all the castles and beautiful nature surrounding the Danube River. And almost every time you wake up in the morning, you are in a different country.

So let’s stay in sunny Austria for one more day. Especially in the beautiful Wachau Valley. You can check my recommended spots to visit there in the Top photography spots – Wachau Valley list. This photo was taken from one of the spots mentioned there, from the top of the Aggstein Castle ruin. The ruin is high up over the lake, but you can get to it by car, so no walking is required. But to get a shot like this, you will need a longer lens. I did use the 70-200mm here.

This is a single exposure, edited in Photoshop.

Maria-Theresien-Platz in Vienna

Back to editing photos from my archive today. This time, it’s one I took already 8 years ago, at the Maria-Theresien-Platz in Vienna. As you can see it was a really nice sunny day, with a lot of people walking around the area. And as for other photos I posted recently, that was the reason I never edited this photo. But again, Generative Fill really helped here.

This is a blend of 3 exposures, done in Photoshop. I did not remove the highlights here, as I really wanted to preserve a bright look, with the white statue almost glowing in the midday sun.