Photographing Cityscapes - Blue Hour in Regensburg

[@philiptyndall9720]

Simply amazing ! thank you for sharing.

[@jankokes007]

great!

[@allandavies1187]

Thank you Michael, my bracket for the umbrella arrived today. My grateful thanks to you for your help in this matter...

[@mibreit-photo]

I'm glad I could help. The bracket was definitly a great find for me a few years back and I'm glad I can share this now via youtube ;-)

[@ArminHirmer]

my old home town, so nice. thank you

[@chriskatsou5483]

Nice vlog!!!!!!

[@Vooshlik65]

Nice shot. Love it

[@frank-gohde]

Wow richtige coole Location und das Wetter war nicht so optimal, trotzdem echt schönes Foto geworden. LG Frankie!

[@annejohnson8077]

Loved the video, what a great shot.

[@mibreit-photo]

Thank you. Blue hour in cities is always a good photo opportunity :-)

[@JeniaFabisuk]

Thank you for another great video!

[@mibreit-photo]

You're welcome :-)

[@GPYCROFT]

Immediately ordered the umbrella clamp, and a great tip to remove it during the photo to prevent movement. Thanks !

[@6bProductions]

Wonderful - I was born in Regensburg -- it is always a pleasure to see it. Great photography

[@ivan7453]

Hi Micheal, That was a beautiful shot, well done.

[@mibreit-photo]

Thanks Ivan

[@ivan7453]

@@mibreit-photo You are very welcome :)

[@nwgphotography]

Great video and amazing shot - as always!

[@chloemarguerite7156]

Loved this vlog - its great that you explain why you use the settings you do, and also explain about your composition choices.

[@bornforadventureie]

Awesome :)

[@dmonaghan99]

Lovely shot. Yours are the best photography vlogs on KZbin in my opinion.

[@cillyede]

Schöne Aufnahmen! Nice shots! Hubert

[@allandavies1187]

Hello Michael, I can now confirm that I am in possession of that new umbrella that you suggested. Just awaiting the bracket. Again thank you for all your help. Best regards, Allan Davies.

[@JohnGreenwoodPhotography]

Informative video, beautiful photo, thank you for sharing.

[@maicopresente]

Great Video! Would be nice if you could show the edit.

[@mibreit-photo]

Thanks. I usually take a lot of time to process my photos (between 1 and 2 hours) because I'm obsessed with details and process my photos for large print. I have my complete workflow available in my detailed tutorials: www.mibreit-photo.com/tutorials.html But for such a photo it would nearly be sufficient to use a few curves layers to darken and work on contrast, if I would be only creating for the web. Maybe I'll do another quick tutorial on processing in the future. But generally those tutorials are usually lacking, because they cannot include all the detail work I usually do ;-)

[@allandavies1187]

Dear Michael, Thank you for your help. Have just ordered the bracket on Amazon UK (but don't see the umbrella) Regards, Allan.

[@mibreit-photo]

Just search for "Blunt Metro" umbrella. Doesn't this link work anymore -> www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00F0PO2IG/?tag=httpwwwmibr03-21 . But you can use any umbrella. I just like the Blunt umbrellas for their built quality and the used material.

[@allandavies1187]

Thank you again Michael, very kind of you . Blunt Metro Umbrella now ordered through Amazon UK.

[@chrisheyward6430]

Hi Michael fabulous photo, could you show where you would meter for taking this sort of shot

[@mibreit-photo]

Hello Chris, I always use manual exposure and the histogram to set my exposure. Goal is then to expose to the right. Since I'm usually on the tripod this is the best way for me to get properly exposed photos.

[@LanNinja11]

Hi Michael, I enjoyed this video and how you walked us through your choice of composition and settings. Are you working in ProPhoto color space or sRGB?

[@mibreit-photo]

Alfredo Mora thanks. I do all processing in proPhoto and only in the end I convert depending on the target Medium.

[@LanNinja11]

Michael Breitung Thank you. I do the same. I have some color shift issues sometimes when exporting to the web using sRGB, primarily on dark blue skies. I was wondering if you have run into this issue on your blue hour images.

[@mibreit-photo]

You could have a slight shift because some colors have to be adapted, because they don't exist in sRGB. You could play around with the conversion options, changing the intent. I usually use Relative Colorimetric, which gives quite good results. Also it kind of depends how saturated the colors are. Although my photos look quite colorful I still try to keep the sautration in check, so I guess you can avoid such shifts when going a little lighter with the saturation. PS: the hardest color shifts you will get if you ever have to convert to CMYK for offset printing. This is really no fun and you have to do lots of work to compensate for it ;-)

[@MikhailProskalov]

Michael, you are talking about long exposure noise reduction in the camera, but will it apply to the RAW file? If yes, why don't you use a standart LR noise reduction? The photo is great. A good balance in clouds with water and city lights, which usually can be on quite late

[@mibreit-photo]

Hello Mikhail, The long exposure NR is against Hot Pixels. While LR also removes many of those, it often doesn't get rid of all, expecially when you are doing very long exposures. That's why I have it active when doing exposures. The dark-frame that is captured is directly used on the raw file to remove hot pixels in camera

[@MichaelWellman1955]

Great video. Thanks for doing a city scape. Love that umbrella holder. Is that something of your own design or did you get it some where?

[@mibreit-photo]

Hi Michael, I have amazon links to that umbrella holder in the description of the video. It's a neet little piece of equipment. But you need a center column on your tripod. cheers

[@qw1969try]

Dear Michael could you please add a link to the umbrella you use in your video it's nice small and compact better than the usual umbrella's we see people use on the streets when it's raining

[@mibreit-photo]

Hi Carl. It's all in the equipment link: mibreit-photo.com/equipment.html There I have links to Amazon.com, uk and de for the stuff I use, so you should find the umbrella at the bottom. I guess since I got this question a few times I should highlight my equipment links a bit better ;-) PS: The Blunt Metro XS umbrella is very nice umbrella, good design and good materials. But not the cheapest one either

[@allandavies1187]

Dear Michael, thank you for sharing your skills with us. Question: Would you kindly tell me where you purchased the umbrella and clamp. I have been desperate for one of these for a few years now. Best regards, Allan Davies.

[@mibreit-photo]

Allan Davies Hi allan. Please have a look at the Video Description. I have a Equipment site linked there with all gear I'm using;-)

[@tatrama]

Amazing shot Michael! Is this a single shot or digital blending of a couple of exposures ? Tia , Cheers

[@mibreit-photo]

Hi, 80% is from one photo but I used two others to blend in a bit more details in the very bright and very dark tones. cheers

[@reneholtslag2297]

Hi Michael, I like your videos. Where did you focus on this photo?

[@mibreit-photo]

For this photo it doesn't matter much because there's no foreground. I focused somewhere on the bridge near the middle of the image. cheers

[@reneholtslag2297]

Thanks Michael

[@e1337air]

seas michael, super video wie immer! kannst du die optimale zeit für blue hour shots für cityscapes auch am sonnenuntergang festmachen? also, wieviele minuten nach sonnenuntergang ist circa die beste zeit? und planst du weitere tutorial videos auf deiner website? mich würde zb das processing vom wasserfall aus dem letzten video interessieren!

[@mibreit-photo]

Servus. Also das mit der optimalen Zeit variiert je nach Jahreszeit, weil im Sommer z.B. Sonnenuntergang und blaue Stunde etwas länger dauern als z.B. im Winter. Deshalb hab ich immer alles bereit auf dem Stativ und sobald die Belichtungszeiten im Bereich zwischen 15 und 30 sekunden bei f/9.5 liegen ist für mich meist der optimale Zeitpunkt. Es gibt Situationen, da muss man länger warten, wenn z.B. nicht so viele Lichter in der Stadt sind, oder Situationen wo man früher das optimale Foto machen kann (bei sehr hellen Lichtquellen). Also am besten immer früh da sein und auch gleich noch den Sonnenuntergang mitnehmen. Und ja ein weiteres Tutorial ist in Planung, ich muss nur noch die Zeit finden. Momentan liegt der Fokus erstmal auf KZbin, weil ich gerade noch einiges an Material rumliegen hab. Aber zum Winter hin gibts wahrscheinlich ein neues Tutorial und das Thema wird evtl. in die Richtung mystische Stimmungen erzeugen gehen. Also Techniken die ich beim Wasserfallfoto angewendet habe. Greez

[@davyscales7732]

Where did you get that umbrella adaptor?

[@mibreit-photo]

Please check the description below the video. All links are there :-)

[@allandavies1187]

At present watching your review of your backpack. I trust your judgement.

[@mibreit-photo]

Unfortunately F-Stop no longer produces the Satori :-( I have two of them though. The newer line is slightly different. Still good packs I think, but there have been alterations to the different pockets in and on the pack. Some of those I don't like. One big dissadvantage of the newer F-Stop packs is that they removed the mesh pockets on the outside, in my opinion one of the worst decisions they could have made. Instead they now have huge side pockets but they are not as good, if you just want to pack a large bottle of water or similar stuff. So you should be aware of this. On the other hand I think they improved the material, making the pack even more water proof. And they also improved the comfort when wearing it. But I would have liked if they had kept more of the features of the original Satori.

[@allandavies1187]

Oh dear! What a shame. When you have perfection they should just leave it alone. Thank you for letting know Michael...

[@mibreit-photo]

Maybe there will be another update to the line of packs in the future which reintroduces some of the old pockets. But as I said, they are still good backpacks. But I wouldn't trade my Satori against one of the new packs. It's just my favourit pack