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Just trying to understand, what was the reason for keeping such a long exposure and small aperture? Did it result in some special effect?

Would the photo have turned out different had you increased the aperture to say f1.8 and decreased the shutter speed?

Amazing photo; I love the stillness of the water and the reflection.

Warm Regards,
Sumit

Posted by Sumit on August 13, 2007 at 11:08 AM CEST #

Hi Sumit,

it was a bit windy and the water wasn't very calm. I used a ND filter for the long exposure to get a really silk and smooth water surface.
I think F13 is also a good aperture for photos with such a depth (even w/o using a filter).

Thanks!
Best regards,
Matthias

Posted by Matthias Pabst on August 13, 2007 at 03:31 PM CEST #

Hey Matthias,

Many thanks for this information. I will certainly try out the settings you have mentioned. Hopefully, my images will come out as beautiful as yours.

Another question... almost all your images have a very beautiful color and look almost HDR like. But I suspect that these are single shot exposures that you have done. Is there any trick to getting these beautiful colors and tonal range?

Warm Regards,
Sumit

Posted by Sumit on August 13, 2007 at 06:09 PM CEST #

Hi Sumit,

well, you're right. A lot of my images are processed as HDR images (usually from 3 different exposures) but that's just a small part of the whole processing. I do a lot more with layers, masks, gradients, curves, tones, dodge & burn etc. There's no trick. :) Ok, a small hint: produce low contrast HDR images. ;-)

Best regards,
Matthias

Posted by Matthias Pabst on August 14, 2007 at 08:59 AM CEST #

Very beautiful. I'm going to Karlsruhe in September, will definitely have to bring the camera.

Posted by Andrei on August 15, 2007 at 06:06 PM CEST #

What a serene and peaceful place - gorgeous shot!

Posted by Kim on August 17, 2007 at 01:58 AM CEST #

beautiful shot. the long exposure made the lake so tranquil.. Very nice!

Posted by matthijs on August 18, 2007 at 09:07 AM CEST #

Schloga sunset | Friday Aug 10, 2007