Uppsala Photowalk
I’ve been waiting for a free day to go out and do some photography…and finally… this was a pretty great saturday. It’s been a couple of years since I’ve been there although it’s only a 40 min train ride from Stockholm. Uppsala has more of that central european feeling, it feels way more relaxed than Stockholm. There’s a few great parks, a small river, a botanical garden, a really stunning cathedral and a castle, which like most casles in Sweden doesn’t actually look like a castle. It’s predominantly a university town which is very noticeable in the warmer half of the year. All this lends itself for a whole lot of photography.
As I didn’t have the time to wait for magic hour I thought that HDR could save some of those high contrast mid-day shots. What I’ve done is bracketing, trying to expose the darkest bracket as close as possible to what would be right for the shadows, the highlights were already high enough so if I exposed them any more they’d be completely blown out. To add some contrast where necessary I’ve added a b&w layer and then lowered the opacity. One annoying thing though… the sun just sets in the wrong place to get a good silhouette of a building against a golden sunset. The best you’ll get is low light against warm colored buildings by the river.
Here are a few shots:
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