I promised to today’s guests, Fernando and Gilles, to give some more detail about a couple of really good spots with view for their evening walk. Here they are:
1/ Parliament classic view, photo taken by one of my former guests:
Itinéraire: Metro M2 from Deák tér to Batthyány tér (2 stops). Then don’t follow lazy tourists strolling up along the stone balustrade but go downstairs to the riverside and look for the central view front-wise the building.
Your camera settings (if you found a steady place for your camera on a tripod, or on the ground if you don’t have one ): ISO 100, aperture f/8 and to get the water as smooth as on this picture, the best choice is between 6 and 8 seconds. Don’t forget to use the delayed exposure, i.e. timer 2 sec on the DSLR and 3 sec on the smartphone to avoid camera shake. When the weather is nicer than today, you also have to wait a lot for a clean picture without boats and cruises. And unlike the picture above, take care of a horizontal line… OK, you can correct it later, on the computer but it’s easy to have a proper exposure, too.
2/ For this kind of photo with moving cars and light trails, something like this, photo of one of my former guests:
The location is on Buda side, up on top of the tunnel, see the picture below:
Walking through the Chain Bridge from Pest to Buda side, you will easily recognise this tunnel. On the right side of the tunnel, you find the stairs leading to the top of it. A bit further, above the funicular, there is another spot for this view but you’d better use this only in the winter. After the spring vegetation, trees will hide most part of the roundabout.
On Google maps: https://www.google.hu/maps/search/Budapest,+Alagút/@47.4979596,19.0378633,17z
Settings: ISO 100 or lower, aperture f/16, shutter speed somewhere between 15 and 25 seconds. It also depends on the actual light conditions. Go there first after dark so as to have enough cars. Later, when the traffic is calm, you need more chance to have a decent amount of cars, especially to the direction of Pest. Red lights are always weaker.
Well, the professional technique, actually, would be to have more than one exposure then make a composite picture on the computer. It’s faisable but only with a cable release, or a wireless control to avoid any camera shake. You know, some more developed smartphones can achieve this with your ear plug, too! Give it a try! Up there, you will certainly need a tripod, or a gorilla pod to keep your camera in fixed position.
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