Another Night Shot in Munich

Mercedes-Benz Munich
Photo © 2007 by Mark Zanzig/zettpress

After the exciting photos of the nightly Allianz Arena in Munich, I had immediately another shot in mind that I wanted to do for a long time: the Mercedes-Benz Dealer in Munich (Arnulfstr. 91), seen from Nymphenburger Str. towards South - for your reference, here is a Google Map of the camera position.

The location is just around the corner of our home, so I packed my tripod (again) at 5.30 pm, and walked up there. And after a few boring shots that were still too bright, the magical moment happened at 6.45pm. I used the 1ds mark II with the EF 70-200 2.8L at 200 mm. ISO 100, f32, 25 seconds, and voila - a very good shot, with breathtaking sharpness in the building and trees. The traffic, however, was completely blurred as numerous cars rushed by during the 25 seconds.

As I switched to pure RAW shooting a few weeks ago, I could easily develop the already very good shot into a perfect photo using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (Exposure -1/3, Color Temp 2700K, Vibrance +10, Saturation +20).

I like the shot. How about you?

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