Early morning in Paris

It was on early September morning in Paris. As I climbed stairs on opposite site of Eiffel tower the Sun just raised and offered me a spectacular image. I just missed a cloud or two, but for that I ll have to go to Paris one more time. 

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Move in few seconds of time

After making the two shots from previous posts i rushed to nearby location near church Saint Jerome which is about two minutes of driving away and still caught sun on late evening sky.

The wind made some nice effects on closest trees.  After making this shot the sun went behind clouds and most of dramatic light disappeared.

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Switch the lense

If we wanto so change a shot we dont ned to mage a great change...

OK the shot in previous post was made with 14-24mm lens, but I hat do try something else so I switched to 50mm prime and repeat the shot. This is the result.

So you see, you don't need to do much to make another different image. Longer lens puts more stress on valley and hills in middle ground and less on sky background. 

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Venice part 3

Canal Grande at sunrise.

So in early morning hours I rushed to the bridge at Academia, to shoot the church at the end of Canal Grnade. When I arrived on top of the bridge I set my tripod and start shooting... which turned out to be a mistake... Well I was lucky. Elder photographer was shooting a bit lower on the bridge. He called me down and made me realise, that the view is much more spectacular. Well we all know that first possible position is never the best. 

I took my camera and tripod lower and made this shot with view of canal opening into lagoon.

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Kasbah

Fortified villages with their magnificent views made me breathless. Of course there are many in Morocco, but Ait ben Haddou is the most beautiful and it is included in Unesco world heritage.
Many movies and other spots were made near this site.

That part of Morocco is like a movie studio outside as there are many places similar to some famous sites, but their only purpose is using to record movies. One such example is a Kasbah which is just 10 miles away from Ait ben Haddou. 

 Both images were shot during golden hour, first just after sunrise and second just after sunset. 

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Again at alpine lake in northern Italy

Another shot from Predil lake, hour was still very early, but few steps in each direction opened new magnificent views of little lake!

Final results were worth of night without sleep, but there was still few hours of driving home, which were not the prettiest, as I was very tired. But at the end the final result counts.

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Early spring morning on Predil lake

Cloudy sky over Predil lake in northern Italy. The night travel toward this small glacier lake was payed with some great early morning HDR photos of the lake. 

After four hours drive I was on lakes beach at 4:30am.

In tomorrows post I'll post some more photos of Predil lake and its beautiful little island.

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Ancient bridge in Vipava

I really like bridges... of course only old and beautiful ones. Yesterday as I had few minutes of time I went to one that I saw last weekend and It impressed me.

For shots like this fishing boots will be necessary as we must go to middle of the river. And check the depth of water before plunging in.

I had some doubts about quality of image as river flow was pretty strong and tripod was shaking a bit, but image turned out very good and sharp, even though exposure times were long.

As I was waiting for streetlights to turn on some clouds slided over sky and made the shot even more interesting.

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Castle in spring

I went back to Rihemberk castle now as everything is green. All the environment is really beautiful and fresh, but trees growing from walls and windows of castle are anouncing further degradation of this beautiful and mighti building. 

I went out two days in a row and first day I had to run just before storm, the second day i didnt get a chance to run and I got preety wer :)

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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...

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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... 

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Greetings from Slovenia!
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