Uploads from Philipp Klinger Photography, tagged car

Skyline Panorama

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sun, 06 May 2012 09:45:00 -0700

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Panorama stitched with PTGui from 5 vertical shots. I had to use PTGui here, as my usual Photoshop-Panorama-Workflow did not work here. I don't have a panorama adapter and this was handheld anyway, so all those lines in front were completely out of control in Photoshop.

Using manual control points in PTGui it worked.

Hotel Paříž

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:47:00 -0800

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Hotel Paris is a 5-stars luxury Art Nouveau hotel in Prague, Czech Republic. It is located in the centre of Prague in Old Town. It was built in 1904. In 1984 it was declared as a historical monument.

Hot & Cold

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:38:00 -0800

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Radnické schody is a stairway in Hradčany, connecting Nerudova street below with Loretánská street above. The name means The Town Hall Stairway and it's derived from the former town hall of Hradčany (before merging the four towns of prague into a single city). The stairway is approximately 100 metres long and 127 steps and a height of 30 metres.

It is quite a pictoresque nook, because the stairway winds between old buildings and is even bridged over by one. At the lower end of the stairway there are statues of Saint Joseph with baby Jesus and Saint John of Nepomuk.

It's in fact a street, accessible only for pedestrians due to the steps. Radnické schody were built in 1663 to replace former steep road. The place was sometimes called also "Butchers' Hill" or "Meat shops hill" because there were several butcheries on the stairway.

Today, instead of butcheries, you'll find a pleasant café there.

Arc de Triomphe II

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 08:36:00 -0700

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Blade Runner

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:22:00 -0700

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Looks much better on black.

Please press 'L'

Wish you a nice weekend!

Arc de Triomphe

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:23:00 -0700

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Nearly got run over by a car for this shot... ;-)

Only On

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:37:00 -0700

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Yup, another one from NYC :)

Handheld @ 1/15s, no HDR just one shot.

Woolworth Building

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:10:00 -0700

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Something from the archives again. The Woolworth Building after a thunder storm.

No perspective correction here, as it looked really strange when fixed...

Info

The Woolworth Building, at 57 stories, is one of the oldest—and one of the most famous—skyscrapers in New York City. More than 95 years after its construction, it is still one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States as well as one of the twenty tallest buildings in New York City. The building is a National Historic Landmark, having been listed in 1966.

The Woolworth Building was constructed in neo-Gothic style by architect Cass Gilbert, who was commissioned by Frank Woolworth in 1910 to design the new corporate headquarters on Broadway, between Park Place and Barclay Street in Lower Manhattan, opposite City Hall. Originally planned to be 625 feet (190.5 m) high, in accordance with the area's zoning laws, the building was eventually elevated to 792 feet (241 m). The construction cost was $13,500,000 and Woolworth paid all of it in cash. On completion, the Woolworth building overtook the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower as the world's tallest building; it opened on April 24, 1913.

With splendor and a resemblance to European Gothic cathedrals, the structure was labeled the Cathedral of Commerce by the Reverend S. Parkes Cadman during the opening ceremony. It remained the tallest building in the world until the construction of 40 Wall Street and the Chrysler Building in 1930; an observation deck on the 57th floor attracted visitors until 1945.

The building's tower, flush with the main frontage on Broadway, is raised on a block base with a narrow interior court for light. The exterior decoration was cast in limestone-colored, glazed architectural terra-cotta panels. Strongly articulated piers, carried—without interrupting cornices—right to the pyramidal cap, give the building its upward thrust. The Gothic detailing concentrated at the highly visible top is massively scaled, able to be read from the street level several hundred feet below. The ornate, cruciform lobby has a vaulted ceiling, mosaics, and sculpted caricatures that include Gilbert and Woolworth. Woolworth's private office, revetted in marble in French Empire style, is preserved.

Engineers Gunvald Aus and Kort Berle designed the steel frame, supported on massive caissons that penetrate to the bedrock. The high-speed elevators were innovative, and the building's high office-to-elevator ratio made the structure profitable.

Tenants included the Irving Trust bank and Columbia Records. Columbia Records had moved into the building in 1913 and housed a recording studio in it. In 1917, Columbia made a recording of a dixieland band, the Original Dixieland Jass Band in this studio.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworth_Building

Garage Hélicoïdal II

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:30:00 -0700

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Garage Hélicoïdal I

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 10:06:00 -0700

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An accidental find, while walking through Grenoble...

Really cool place!

BMW World III

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:38:00 -0800

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New York Times Square Traffic II

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:23:00 -0700

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Just found another shot from NYC i had waiting on my harddisk for quite a while.

DRI cross processed.

Reality behind the shop window

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:44:14 -0700

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Bridges Over The Vltava

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:58:00 -0700

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View On Black - Highly recommended! :)

Info

The Vltava (German: Moldau) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, running north from its source in Šumava through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, and Prague (Praha), merging with the Elbe (Labe) at Mělník. It is 430 km long and drains about 28,090 km2; at their confluence the Vltava actually has more water than the Elbe, but joins the Elbe at a right angle to its flow so that it appears a mere tributary. The river is crossed by 18 bridges and runs through Prague over 31 km. Several dams were built on it in the 1950s, the biggest being Lipno Dam in Šumava.

In August 2002 a flood of the Vltava killed several people and caused massive damage and disruption along its length.

The best-known of the classical Czech composer Bedřich Smetana's set of six symphonic poems Má vlast ("My Fatherland") is called Vltava (or The Moldau), and is a musical depiction of the river's course through Bohemia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vltava

Technique/Processing

Surprise! Seems i got the right timing here - the exposure of the sky, the river and the lights was already like this in my -0,3EV shot, so no DRI or HDR needed this time. Just slightly more contrast, using an S-Curve.

For a change, I used a Tele Lens here (yup, my Sigma 12-24mm is NOT glued to my Cam!!!), the Nikon 70-300mm VR

Dancing House

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:59:02 -0700

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I'm back from Prague since Wednesday, but i didn't even have time to log on to flickr...

We were at the dancing house a bit too late, hence the dark sky (But i made a nice blue hour panorama of the hradcany before this one - one can't have everything)

Info

The Dancing House (Czech: Tančící dům) is the nickname given to the Nationale-Nederlanden building in downtown Prague, Czech Republic at Rašínovo nábřeží 80, 120 00 Praha 2. It was designed by Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunić in co-operation with Canadian architect Frank Gehry on a vacant riverfront plot (where the previous building had been destroyed during the Bombing of Prague in 1945). The building was designed in 1992 and completed in 1996.
side view

The very non-traditional design was controversial at the time. Czech president Václav Havel, who lived for decades next to the site, had supported it, hoping that the building would become a center of cultural activity.

Originally named Fred and Ginger (after Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - the house resembles a pair of dancers) the house stands out among the Baroque, Gothic and Art Nouveau buildings for which Prague is famous. Others have nicknamed it "Drunk House".

On the roof is a French restaurant with magnificent views of the city. The building's other tenants include several multinational firms.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_House

Technique/Processing

Developed from RAW twice, once with -2EV and once with 0EV and then i replaced the brightest parts of the 0EV photo with those from the underexposed one - some of them are still to bright, but it's better.
I also had to clone out some electrical wires and lens flares (pretty bad ones, i should've used another lens, than the Sigma 12-24mm, with it's huge front glass)

Central Café, Pershing Square, New York City

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:07:22 -0700

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Cross processed in Photoshop. Had to clone 3 people out. If you look closely, you'll maybe find a ghost ;)

Stormy Flatiron

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:52:19 -0800

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Technique/Processing

This was a very hard shot to process, as i had to work with two photos (I'll post a link to them later) taken at 12mm and stitch them manually (no Panorama program could stitch them right). The upper part of the Flatiron is of course distorted, but there was no other way to get the whole building into the frame, than to make a vertorama.

After that some texture has been applied, a ND gradient to make the sky darker and cross processing for the lower part of the image. At the end i applied a bit of vignetting to make it look more dramatic

Times Square Traffic

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:22:37 -0800

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Technique/Processing

HDR-like processing in Photoshop using only one exposure (you can notice that some ads are a bit too bright - but i was looking for this overbright atmosphere at night).

It's handheld (And i drank some beers before!) :-)

New York City - Flatiron Building

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:38:11 -0700

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A rather classic view of the Flatiron Building, combining it with a typical New York City Cab.

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The Flatiron Building, or Fuller Building as it was originally called, is located at 175 Fifth Avenue in the borough of Manhattan, and is considered to be one of the first skyscrapers ever built. Upon completion in 1902 it was one of the tallest buildings in New York City. The building sits on a triangular island block at 23rd Street, Fifth Avenue, and Broadway, anchoring the south (downtown) end of Madison Square.

The neighborhood around the building is called the Flatiron District after its signature building.

The Flatiron Building was designed by Chicago's Daniel Burnham in the Beaux-Arts style. Like a classical Greek column, its limestone and glazed terra-cotta façade is divided into a base, shaft and capital. Early sketches by Daniel Burnham show a design with an (unexecuted) clockface and a far more elaborate crown than in the actual building. Since it employed a steel skeleton, building to 22 stories was relatively simple and it was a technique familiar to the Fuller Company, a contracting firm with considerable expertise in building such tall structures. At the vertex, the triangular tower is only 6.5 feet (2 m) wide; viewed from above, this ‘pointy’ end of the structure describes an acute angle of about 25 degrees. The strong downdrafts in this area were reputed to raise women's skirts as they passed. New York's Flatiron Building was not the first building of its type: prominent examples include both the Gooderham Building of Toronto, built in 1892, and the 1897 English-American Building in Atlanta predate it, although the earlier buildings are smaller than their New York counterpart.

The building, which took its name from the triangular lot on which it was built – the Flatiron block, so called because it was shaped like a clothing iron – was officially named the Fuller Building after George A. Fuller, founder of the company that financed its construction two years after his death. Locals took an immediate interest in the building, placing bets on how far the debris would spread when the wind knocked it down. This presumed susceptibility to damage also gave it the nickname Burnham's Folley. The building is also said to have helped coin the phrase "23 skidoo", from what cops would shout at men who tried to get glimpses of women's dresses being blown up by the winds swirling around the building due to the strong downdrafts.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatiron_Building

Sunset Road

nobody@flickr.com (Philipp Klinger Photography) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:39:27 -0700

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Have a great weekend my friends!

Technique/Processing

One shot at 6 seconds taken from a bridge railing. Almost no color processing (It's october :=))- Just 'dimmed' the headlights a bit and added some contrast using an S-Curve. No HDR