Photo of the Day – Roman Baths in Bath – Reprocessed

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In september 2016 we were visiting the southern part of England (UK). I shot a sequence of several bracketed exposure photographs on my tripod, capturing the interior of the roman baths and the cathedral in the background. I initially created a HDR photograph out of five bracketed shots, post-processed with Photomatix and Photoshop. But today, I have reprocessed this picture because taste evolves overtime. The initial post-processed picture’s white-balance was a bit off and that is why I thought it would be good to reprocess this image.

high dynamic range picture of the roman baths in bath reprocessed

I have sold the previous version a couple of times already on 500px, so I guess the image as such is attractive. I really like the colours of the picture very much. So I hope this may do even better.

The Roman Baths complex is a site of historical interest in the English city of Bath. The house is a well-preserved Roman site for public bathing and surely deserves a visit.

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Photo of the Day – Colourful sky above Eiffel Tower in Paris

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A couple of days ago, someone asked me if it was still possible to shoot a unique picture of the Eiffel tower. This monument has been photographed a couple of billion times by now, from all angles and distances, so indeed, it is hard to make a unique picture of this magnificent piece of archtitecture.

Nevertheless, although the angle may not be that unique, I still like this image because of the nice colourful sky, combined with the construction.

Paris is absolutely one of my favourite cities. Next time I will try to find a more unique angle.

photo of the eiffel tower shot from below towards the top in a colourful sky

This image is created by adding a colourful sky behind the tower. The initial image was shot on a flat grey day. Composition is done in Photoshop with colour-adjustment done in lightroom.

The final result is this colourful picture of the eifel tower.

What is your favourite spot, building or landmark for photographing in Paris?

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Photo of the Day – Louis Vuitton Foundation Building in Paris

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The Louis Vuitton Foundation building in Paris. I have shot this picture back in 2015, but I have never got to process it.

It is a composition of about 20 separate shots, which means that the full resolution picture is huge and allows a super large print.

Paris is absolutely one of my favourite cities.

HDR picture of the Louis Vuitton Foundation building in Paris with beautiful sky and reflection

Processing done in Lightroom and Photoshop.

What is your favourite spot, building or landmark for photographing in Paris?

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Photo of the Day – Exploring More London Riverside

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London is an endless source and inspiration for new creative compositions for photographs.

One of the most known of the many magnificent landmarks in London is of course The Shard. I took this photograph a couple of years ago when visiting london with my wife.

Shot of the shard at the end of More london Riverside, from the scoop at city hall. The shard (in the distance) is a magnificent building that is really marking the skyline of London.
I absolutely need to go back for a re-shoot and get some more pictures of this great piece of architecture.

London HDR Photograph Shard Riverside at blue hour

Processing done in Lightroom and Photoshop.

What is your favourite spot, building or landmark for photographing in London?

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Post-processing cityscape of Parliament in Budapest

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Today I was going through my photographs of 2014 and I stumbled upon a series of HDR photographs I took during our city trip to Budapest in March 2014. I remember it took about one hour and a half to take all the pictures during golden hour and blue hour. Hungary’s Parliament Building is situated at Pest’s riverbank. These photographs are taken on a tripod with my Sony a37 travel camera from the Buda side of the city.

A small anecdote: I remember the evening very good. I was waiting between shots and I was just looking around a bit, chatting to my wife, when a marathon runner, who was doing his daily run, came towards us at high speed. The moment I saw him, I recognised him as my colleague from work in Brussels. After a quick high-five, he continued his run. It must be a small world after all.

HDR High Dynamic Range Post-processing photograph of evening shot of parliament of Hungary Budapest

Post-processing of the photographs is done in Lightroom and Photoshop using three basic images of different stages of evening sky and upcoming city lights. For some reason I never post-processed these HDR photographs, but I surely like the result. It is a great riverbank view.

A quick thank you to my lovely wife for the patience and the willingness to wait just ‘that little bit longer for that amazing light coming any second now’.

Looking forward to hear your thoughts.

Happy Shooting