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Cool photo spots at the "blue hour"

By Jürgen Tenckhoff, 6 April, 2019
Project Photography
Blue - and golden hour
High Dynamic Range
Photospot in Hamburg: "Castle in the warehouse district" in the blue hour
Nikon D850
Nikkor 20 mm | f/1.8
ET 30,0 Sec.
AP f/5,6
FL 20 mm
ISO 100

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  • Harbor
  • Elbe
  • Warehouse district
  • Crane
  • Elbe Philharmonic Hall
  • Elphie
  • Boat
  • Ship
  • Little Castle

In every major city there are special places from which special photos can be taken. We visited some of these well-known photo spots in Hambug. Known as highly photogenic is e.g. the castle in the warehouse district.

The blue hour is ideal for photographs, since the light sources around the motif shine predominantly orange, which gives a very nice color contrast to the increasingly dark blue of the sky. However, you only have a small time window of maybe 15 minutes, so you have to plan in advance the day from which location the most beautiful pictures could be taken. Then you have to be there in time, because at such spots you are not alone at the blue hour.

The loud music of the excursion boats circling the castle was surprising (see video). With long exposure, however, this pulls beautiful colorful stripes of the boat lamps over the water surface. With the rapidly growing dynamic range of current sensors in high-quality cameras, it is increasingly rare that exposure series with multiple photos are required in order to create HDR* images that show structures in both dark and light areas. However, suitable presets of appropriate software can be used to generate images from the photos with different exposures, which give the scenery a special look. We have added some images created in this way to this post.

Of course, night shots of Hamburg's landing bridges from the other bank of the Elbe are just as important as shots of the "Elphi", as the Hamburgers call their esteemed and impressive Elbphilharmonie.

*HDR => High Dynamic Range

 

Photospot "Castle in the warehouse district" in the blue hour
Picture 1: Photospot "Castle in the warehouse district" in the blue hour
Hamburg on the Elbe at night
Picture 2: Hamburg on the Elbe at night
The publishing house of the "Spiegel" as HDR
Picture 3: The publishing house of the "Spiegel" as HDR
Ship in the port as HDR
Picture 4: Ship in the port as HDR
Cranes in the port
Picture 5: Cranes in the port
The Elphi next to the sports harbor
Picture 6: The Elphi next to the sports harbor
Elphi behind ship as HDR
Picture 7: Elphi behind ship as HDR
Older ship in a side arm of the Elbe as HDR
Bild 8: Älteres Schiff in einem Seitenarm der Elbe als HDR
Video: Excursion boat circles the castle in Hamburg's warehouse district
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