Hey guys!
I know, I know.. It's been ages! And I'm soo sorry.
But as some of you know, I'm going to travel around Europe with a friend of mine, all of november.
Therefor I've been kinda bussy planing this trip :(
I spent a couple of days in Berlin (great city by the way) last week and I got some shots which are shown below. Because many of you have already seen these photos from my facebook page, this post will be more of a explaining of the photos, as to camera settings, editing and what not.
So here goes:
Photo 1: This photo is shot with my Canon 5 D Mark II and a 24-70 mm f/2.8 USM L lens
Settings: ISO 100, f/ 3.5 , 27 mm, 1/250.
The sun was very bright, so I went for a low ISO to remove and possible noise. To keep the image fairly bright I chose a big aperture, but this also caused to bottom of the skye to be overexposed. Rookie mistake -.-.
As for editing I use Lightroom 3.5 which I am very pleased with. For this picture I removed 100% saturation on the building, while increasing contrast and clarity to make the lines going up the building more obvious. For the skye I increased the saturation, because I liked the contrast between the grey and cold building which could be something taken from George Orwell's "1984", and the clear blue skye.
Done and done!
Photo 2: This photo is shot with my Canon 5 D Mark II and a 24-70 mm f/2.8 USM L lens.
Settings: Settings: ISO 100, f/ 3.5 , 27 mm, 1/250.
This photo I particularly like. It's of the same building as the previous, I've just taken a few steps to the left and altered the perspective a little. As for editing I removed all saturation at first and thought I was done. Then I looked at the original which were in color, and I noticed the reflection of the building behind me. I thought it would create an interesting contrast, while being a nice feature and added saturation to the reflection. After that I added contrast to the lower left corner of the building, to create a better balance between the lower left and the upper right, which is really bright. All in all I really like this photo.
Photo 3: This photo is shot with my Canon 5 D Mark II and a 24-70 mm f/2.8 USM L lens.
Settings: Settings: ISO 100, f/ 3.5 , 27 mm, 1/250.
Again same building as before, just a different perspective. I like this photo because the two buildings are perfectly lined up for creating great architectural photography. Also, all of the different reflections from other buildings and elements inside of the glass tower, added a lot of color elements to the photo which I loved.
Editing: Simply added 2/3 steps of saturation on my camera, and an addition 60% in Lightroom.
Photo 3: This photo is shot with my Canon 5 D Mark II and a 24-70 mm f/2.8 USM L lens.
Settings: Settings: ISO 1400, f/ 3.5 , 24 mm, 1/50 sec.
Well well well. This I like!
This photo is form the jewish museum in Berlin. The man in the right is my father.
What he is standing on, is a bunch of crying metal faces. The room was very dark and constructed to force you to walk on the faces. When you stepped on the metal it send clinging sounds around the room, with the sound bouncing off of the walls. Because the room was very dark I had to use a much higher ISO than usual, but my 5D handles the noise extremely well.
Also the slow shutter speed adds a bit of blur the the people in the background, but the fairly big aperture causes them to be completely out of focus anyway.
As for editing I made the photo B&W and added a great deal of contrast, especially to my father.
All in all, probably my favorite photo from this trip! :)
Well, hope you could use this for anything, but I certainly enjoyed it.
Thats all for now, and If you don't hear from be before tuesday it's because I'm on my way through germany.
Bye bye all, have a great november! :)
Stay frosty
Frederik Middelboe
