Saturday 30 August 2014


Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, Douro river. For a full size photo please click on the image.


A story behind: Before all the tourist come, a few minutes before the sunrise, a dense fog covering the river od Douro. A mistical time of the day. The houses on the other side of the river and a steel bridge are shrouded in the fog.
 
Location:  Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
 
Gear: Nikon D 610, Nikkor 16-35mm 4G ED AF-S, tripod.

 
Focal Length: 27 mm

Aperture: 22

Exposure: 3 sec.

Date: August 29th, 2014. 6:58 a.m.

Tuesday 12 August 2014

A Moselle river valley

 
Moselle (Mosel) river valley, Germany. For a full size photo please click on the image.


A story behind: a view from the hilltop overlooking the meanders of the Moselle river surrounded by Riesling vineyards and a small town of Bremm.
 
Location:  Bremm, Germany. GPS: 50.106674, 7.115432
 
Gear: Nikon D 610, Nikkor 16-35mm 4G ED AF-S, a panorama made of 8 vertical shots.

 
Focal Length: 16 mm

Date: August 1st, 2014. 17.17 p.m.

Sunday 10 August 2014

Just one more photo from the sunrise at the Kirchberg plateaux. For a full size photo please click on the image.

 
Location:  Kirchberg plateau, Luxembourg. Just after the sunrise.  
 
Gear: Nikon D 610, Nikkor 70-300 mm, handheld.

 

Date: August 3rd, 2014. 7.30 a.m.

Saturday 9 August 2014

A simple and pure photography compositions



Sunrise at tKirchberg plateuax.. For a full size photo please click on the image.



A story behind: As you probably know I am a big fan of simple and pure compositions in photography.

My today´s work is all about lines. Vertical and horizontal lines suggest order and stability; vertical lines convey strength and horizontal lines are lazy and rather relaxing.
A slightly curved line of the part of the opera´s roof adds a natural beauty and will softly guide your eye through the lateral part of the image rather than from one corner or edge to another.
The same is true for diagonal lines, which can also make an image appear more dramatic and can even convey a sense of motion.

Today´s architecture is extremely modern, almost entirely made of black, white or grey blocks, thus very inhuman and industrialist.
To bring some life to the image I decided to add green trees that look almost the same: symmetrical, almost identical and in that sense they do nor disturb much the geometry of the image.

Balancing your image is an another difficult task. My image is composed of five different geometrical pieces. Bear in mind that black parts "weight" more than whites ones so you must balance them carefully separating (and not putting together) dark and bright parts of the composition.
Balance is almost obligatory in most of the some photos, but if you want to make your images a little more interesting, you can unbalance a composition to attract the viewers attention (my four green trees are unbalanced).

 

Location:  Kirchberg plateau, Luxembourg. Just after the sunrise.  
 
Gear: Nikon D 610, Nikkor 70-300 mm, handheld.

Aperture: f/10, 1/320 sec.

Exposure bias: -0,3 EV

ISO: 640

Focal Length: 230 mm

Date: August 3rd, 2014. 7.10 a.m.