taken in Dresden, Germany
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I'm really happy with this shot because the conditions were really not optimal. After three hours of sleep (caused by our neighboors who thougt a loud party till 04:30 am is a must on a thursday night) my girlfriend and me were really really tired. But we had to get up at 06:30am and went to Halle/S. for an appointment with one of her diploma-professors just to speed to the next appointment 150km away in Dresden at 01:00 pm. There she had a job interview. In the meantime I tried to catch some sleep in the cold car...for nothing. An hour later (the interview was hugely satisfying) we went to the city center and explored the area for about two hours. After we were chilled to the bones we went in one among a thousand cafés and took a warm drink.
Then (after sunset) we went back to the car and I got my equipment (I aimed for nightshots this time). We went back to the spots we scouted in the afternoon and I took my shots while it was biting cold and we were still totally overtired... After one hour we just wanted to get back to the car and get warm and home On our way back home all the 200km it was snowing and the autobahn was getting into a heavy snowstorm but then at one time or another we were finally back home - special thanks to my brand new navigation system

I casually photograph with bad conditions but this time I thought - why not sharing
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- Nikon D80
- Sigma 10mm
- cable release + tripod
- patience
- HDR (3 exposures (-2,0,+2ev), photomatix)
- photoshop (slightly -> curves, noise, resize + sharpening)
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