Inside the modern art museum "Pinakothek der Moderne" in Munich

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The Pinakothek der Moderne is a modern art museum, situated in the city centre of Munich, Germany. Together with the Alte Pinakothek, the Neue Pinakothek and Museum Brandhorst it is part of Munich's "Kunstareal" (the "art district").

The building

Designed by the German Architect Stephan Braunfels, the Pinakothek der Moderne was inaugurated in September 2002 after seven years of construction. The rectilinear facade, dominated by white and grey concrete, is interrupted by large windows and highrising columns, the latter supporting the extensive canopied roof. Each of the four corners of the building, connected by a central rotunda, is dedicated to a special collection. The Museum is thus divided into Art (Kunst), Architecture (Architektur), Design (Design) and Works on Paper (Graphik).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinakothek_der_Moderne

Technique/Processing

Developed from a single RAW photo. I had to lighten the walls by about 2.5 stops and manually adjust the white balance, to get the bright look. Just a bit of straightening was needed and i corrected the distortion with PTLens (always recommended for architectural shots), eventhough i used the Sigma 12-24mm, which produces only a very small amount of distortion, even at 12mm

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Let's move from Prague to Munich :)
After Prague we went to Munich on short notice


Station Georg-Brauchle-Ring of the U1 line.

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Georg-Brauchle-Ring is an U-Bahn station in Munich on the U1. It is located below the Georg-Brauchle-Ring, part of Munich's Mittlerer Ring ring road system. It opened on 18 October 2003. Artist Franz Ackermann produced two coloured walls for the station entitled The Great Journey and consisting of 400 panels, each wall weighing 30 tons


Technique/Processing

Handheld - only 1/15s this time - so no problem at ISO 1000 - i really love the ISO Auto function of the D700 - you can concentrate on the subject instead of having to adjust your exposure/ISO every time.

Developed from RAW in Photoshop - one exposure for the lights (especially the clocks - they were completely white out of cam) and one for the rest and then combined them by layer masking.

A little contrast added, by applying a slight S-curve.

After that i added some 'glamour glow' to the lights on the ceiling and their reflections to make them look softer.

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View On Black - Attention, you might get sucked into your display ;-)

Metro Station "Marienplatz" in Munich.

Mirrored in Photoshop


The D700 was really great-to-have in the metro stations - i only had to use ISO 900 here, but in other stations i even had to crank it up to 12800. No way i could have gotten all those shots handheld with another camera.

If you wonder, why most of my metro photos have an exposure time of 1/15sec - it's the time I've set as a minimum for the auto ISO function.



Have a nice weekend!

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Spiral staircase leading to the 'Café Glockenspiel' in Munich.

I took several shots of this staircase from different angles, but this one is my favorite, because of the bit of wall which is still visible on the right side (looked strange when i cut it off a few shots earlier) and because of the intersecting railings.

Technique/Processing

I took 2 shots, 2EV apart from each other. The first one already had dialed in an exposure correction of +1EV, because i wanted to retain the bright walls. The upper part of the staircase had to be replaced (manual blending) with the one from the -2EV exposure, because it was completely white.

I did NOT use a tripod, but hand held it again, having to use ISO 7200 (!!!) to get the bright look. I was really excited, that the lavender wall color came out so nicely at this high ISO setting

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View On Black

Info

BMW Welt (English - BMW World), is a multi-functional customer experience and exhibition facility of the BMW AG, located in Munich, Germany. In direct proximity to the BMW Headquarters and the Olympiapark, it is designed to present the current products of BMW, be a distribution center for BMW cars, and offer an event forum and a conference center.

Designed by architects Coop Himmelb(l)au for BMW Group, the facility was constructed from August 2003 through Summer 2007. Originally conceived to be open and ready for World Cup 2006, it eventually opened on October 17, 2007 and deliveries commenced on October 23, 2007. The first customer to take delivery of a new BMW at the Welt was Jonathan Spira.

Designed with an 800 kilowatt solar plant on its roof, "the building does not have the boredom of a hall, it is not only a temple, but also a market place and a communication center and meeting place for knowledge transfer", said architect Prix at the opening ceremony.

Technique/Processing

DRI made from 2 exposures - one for the sky, one for the building. Colors are not processed - the building changes it's colors every 15 seconds

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