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Winter night at Stralsund harbour

Winter night at Stralsund harbour



cameraNIKON D700

settings Aperture f/4 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/10 Focal Length 350/10 

locationStralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, DE

upload_dateOct, 2018

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8 Comments | Report
pixelmac PRO+
 
pixelmac Jan 31
Cool, I just saw that I'm the winner of the "Foggy Moody Photo Contest"...
Thore_Rehbach PRO+
Thore_Rehbach Feb 01
Congratulations, it's well deserved, a fantastic picture!😀
chayachitrakara PRO+
 
chayachitrakara Feb 01
Congrats !! Awesome capture.
MRueffer PRO+
 
MRueffer Feb 01
Congratulations! It’s beautiful
madda Platinum
 
madda Feb 01
Congratulations, great photo.
juliannaszula Platinum
 
juliannaszula Feb 01
Congratulations. Amazing picture.
terrilprugh PRO
 
terrilprugh Feb 02
Very interesting place,. Looks like a prison or a fortress.
pixelmac PRO+
 
pixelmac Feb 02
Thanks everyone for the congratulations. @terrilprugh. It is a former pilot station and is now used as port authority building.
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Rmay1 Feb 06
Congratulations on your foggy contest win.

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Tags

#Stralsund #architecture #flood light #night #snow #winter #fog
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Behind The Lens

Location
This shot was taken in Stralsund, Germany near the island of Rügen where we stayed for a vacation. We just had visited the Ozeaneum (one of Europes biggest public aquariums) and were heading back to our car near the harbour in the foggy night, when I saw the building.
Time
It was late afternoon in the middle of winter (on Dec 28th 2010 at 5:26pm to be exact) when I walked by this building. I walked around it to find the best position to also get some snow in the foreground.
Lighting
The fog just gave this scene some strange and otherworldy feeling. I just used the available light to not destroy that impression (and I didn't have a flash with me anyway).
Equipment
I used a Nikon D700 with a Nikkor 16-35mm/f4 at 35mm. No flash, no tripod or any other accessories.
Inspiration
When I was walking with my wife and some friends back to our car, we came buy this building. The fog gave this scene a strange feeling, so I just had to grab my camera and take a picture.
Editing
Compared to the original RAW file, I just changed the white balance a bit to blue, to get a bit colder feeling
In my camera bag
At that time I had a Nikon D700 full frame camera with the 16-35/f4, the 24-85/f3.5-4.5 and the 70-200/2.8 VR as main lenses. As full frame lenses got bigger and heavier, I switch to the micro four thirds system. Nowadays I use a OM Systems OM-1. I like the versatility of the system and have lenses for all kinds of purposes. E.g. when I go light, I take one of the small f/1.8 primes or a pan cake zoom. My most used standard lens is the 12-40mm/2.8, but I also have lenses with a range from 7mm to 1400mm, so I have to chose, which lenses I take with me depending on the occasion.
Feedback
The most important part is having a camera with you. I didn't plan to take this picture, I was lucky to have my gear with me as we just had visited a public aquarium. Also, the worse the weather, the more interesting and unique pictures you might get. Everybody takes pictures in nice weather, but fewer do it when the weather gets colder and more wet...

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