Behind The Shot – Page 2 – structures & shapes

Two Panoramic Views in Switzerland

In the heart of Europe one can find a quite significant accumulation of “structures and shapes”: The Alps. Today I’d like to share the outcome of two projects related to panoramic shots capturing this part of the World. Each of the following pictures is composed of 10 shots in portait format and merged into one…
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Behind the Shot – Focus Stacking

As part of my little series on “behind the shot” posts, I’d like to showcase today the power of “focus stacking”! Here as example an olive tree sprout. In macro photography the depth of field is usually very short. Chosing a small aperture leads to long exposure and/or high ISO both negatively impacting the sharpness…
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Perseids Meteor Shower – basic

The 2016 Perseids Meteor Shower peaked between August 11th and 12th. Here I share a shot of August 12th with a meteor right above Piz Alv which is located in the Upper Engadin region in Switzerland.
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Behind the Shot – High Dynamic Range

High Dynamic Range (HDR) shooting is an effective tool when dealing with very light and very dark sections in a photo like in back light landscape photography. Using this feature the camera captures three images of different exposure in a row. The camera then calculates an “average” picture out of the underexposed, standard exposed and…
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Behind the Shot – Long Exposure

I’d like to start my blog addressing a question I received many times: How did you take this photo? So here is the answer: Essentially it’s a long exposure shot which makes moving water turn into mist.
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Category: Behind The Shot

Two Panoramic Views in Switzerland

Behind the Shot – Focus Stacking

Perseids Meteor Shower – basic

Behind the Shot – High Dynamic Range

Behind the Shot – Long Exposure