Warm autumn light

I love autumn light. It's so warm and makes landscapes look really beautiful. The one in the photo above is no different. It depicts Polana Kalatowki in Polish Tatra mountains.To get panoramic look of this image, I just cropped lower part a little bit.Technical details:Camera: Canon 5D MK IIILens: Canon 24-105 f/4 L IS USMFocal length: 24 mmAperture: f/9.0Exposure time: 1/30 s ("middle" exposure)ISO: 100Number of exposures: 5E.V....

Welcome to Mordor

Mordor - mythical land created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his famous "the Lord of the Rings" trilogy was mountainous region ruled by evil Sauron. When I first saw above scene I immediately thought about Mordor. Ok, it looked different in Peter Jackson's movie (I have to go to New Zealand one day...) but I read Tolkien's book much much earlier and was more influenced by this than the film.Technical details:Camera: Canon 5D MK IIILens:...

Before/after comparison: on the track

It's time for yet another before/after comparison + some post processing details (for more comparisons like this one go here), where I share my post-processing workflow. This time the very beautiful Hala Gąsienicowa in Polish Tatra Mountains. In this case the light was quite weird if I may put it this way. In foreground the light was very bright and warm but background was hidden in the shadow cast by the clouds making it...

On the Ridge

When after a long and exhausting climb I finally reached a saddle below Kondracka Kopa, the weather was really amazing offering fantastic views on both sides of the ridge. Clouds together with sun light created some very nice light & shadows play on the mountains. Also there were some beautiful textures and details there so I decided to go with black & white processing.As you can see there are quite a few tourists in...

Mountain Huts

It seems my photos from Tatra mountains are quite popular amongst my viewers. They reach pretty good results on all websites. Thanks for your constant support! And don't stop it ;)Today it's time for another landscape photo from there. Again I used Fusion/Real-Estate here. Finishing touches were done in Photoshop using luminosity masks.Technical details:Camera: Canon 5D MK IIILens: Canon 24-105 f/4 L IS USMFocal length: 55 mmAperture:...

Best Photo 2012

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Road through the valley

Yet another photo of a road leading through the valley. The light in this case was very extreme. The shadows in foreground were really really dark and the highlights in the sky were extremely bright. For that reason I captured 7 exposures at 1.5 EV spacing.Technical details:Camera: Canon 5D MK IIILens: Canon 24-105 f/4 L IS USMFocal length: 28 mmAperture: f/14.0Exposure time: 1/200 s ("middle" exposure)ISO: 100Number of exposures:...

Beautiful River Photos

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