Sad story of ancient beauty...

This castle has a sad story... in fact nobody cares about it and it is slowly becoming a ruin. It is the most beautiful medieval castle in Slovenia and I hope somebody will take action to preserve it!

This three HDRS were taken just moments before storm... in fact I had to run with camera and tripod into my car as soon as I take the last shot...

This spring I plan to get a shot of this beautiful castle when trees will be green...

All in Passion for HDR!
Greetings from Slovenia!
Samo Trebižan 

Stone giant

A bridge near by, is very beautiful, but the fact that it has the longest stone arch on the world gives it a speciall dimension... I took this photo just minutes before I took a photo of electricity plant iluminated with lights in previous post...

This is an exception and defenetly not a rule! Mostly when you will be outside at golden hour, you will have opportunity for only one good shot. Relocating lasts too long to get on another location on time to take another good shot!

All in Passion for HDR!
Greetings from Slovenia!
Samo Trebižan 

Value of timing...

As with any photography the timing is the most important aspect of outdoor HDR photography. With different times of day or even year the images get totally different feeling.

I am posting two photos of hydro electric power plant photographed from very similar location.

The first image is taken on a cloudy spring afternoon just after storm.

The second one is taken at dusk in late winter...

There is just a little difference... 

All in Passion for HDR!
Greetings from Slovenia!
Samo Trebižan 

Path to spring

Ok I cant wait warmer times, spring and summer. May this road lead strait to those warmer times and nature full of colors...

 
All in Passion for HDR!

Greetings from Slovenia!
Samo Trebižan 

Water and HDR

When I am shooting water, I want that silky mood and soft water. 

The best 00Ev time for HDRing water is 10 sec. 

I know it is only twice per day that there is low enough light to do that. 

In that case times in HDR components are between 2,5 sec and 30 sec.

And I don't use any filters...


All in Passion for HDR!
Greetings from Slovenia!
Samo Trebižan 

 

Reflection

At any time you have a chance to shoot a reflection on water, window, or any other reflective material, make a picture. This is one case when composing in center of image is good.

There is a lot of crowds infront of Porto city hall during a day, so I went back at night and take this photo. 

All in Passion for HDR!
Greetings from Slovenia!
Samo Trebižan