Surreal encounter with a castle, water, and an angry sky
Over a weekend last summer I planned to escape to the Tessin, the Italian speaking part of Switzerland. I scrapped that plan because of heavy 60+mm rain forecast. Plan B was to take a gondola in nearby St. Gallen, and hike along a high mountain ridge. The clouds were favorable. It turned out that the gondola & restaurant were closed due to a private family event. I looked on the map for other interesting places nearby, and ended up at the Werdenberg castle in Buchs, St. Gallen. Plan C turned out nice. The old town of Werdenberg located just below the castle is amazing, and has very well preserved old buildings. While walking among the buildings I noticed that the sky lit up. I raced to the other side of the lake to catch this reflection shot.
I processed a balanced, a paintery, and a photographic HDR photo from three RAW exposures, blended them selectively, carefully adjusted the color balance and curves, and desaturated the image. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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-- ƒ/5.6, 16 mm, 1/6, 1/25, 1/100 sec, ISO 400, Sony A6000, SEL-P1650, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC0887_8_9_hdr3bal1pai5pho1h.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2022 Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
Surreal encounter with a castle, water, and an angry sky
Over a weekend last summer I planned to escape to the Tessin, the Italian speaking part of Switzerland. I scrapped that plan because of heavy 60+mm rain forecast. Plan B was to take a gondola in nearby St. Gallen, and hike along a high mountain ridge. The clouds were favorable. It turned out that the gondola & restaurant were closed due to a private family event. I looked on the map for other interesting places nearby, and ended up at the Werdenberg castle in Buchs, St. Gallen. Plan C turned out nice. The old town of Werdenberg located just below the castle is amazing, and has very well preserved old buildings. While walking among the buildings I noticed that the sky lit up. I raced to the other side of the lake to catch this reflection shot.
I processed a balanced, a paintery, and a photographic HDR photo from three RAW exposures, blended them selectively, carefully adjusted the color balance and curves, and desaturated the image. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
Thank you for visiting - ♡ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, like the Facebook page, order beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.
-- ƒ/5.6, 16 mm, 1/6, 1/25, 1/100 sec, ISO 400, Sony A6000, SEL-P1650, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC0887_8_9_hdr3bal1pai5pho1h.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2022 Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography