Birmingham Pano

Birmingham Pano, originally uploaded by Bexley98.

Spent last week on the road and was fortunate enough to spend a night in the Hyatt in Birmingham city centre. I’ve stayed plenty of times in the past but have either not had my camera or not been on a high enough floor to get a decent view of the surrounding area.

Finally the gods of hotel booking smiled on me and I got a room on the 19th floor and had my camera so I could get some half decent photos. I didn’t have a tripod so had to improvise with various bits of furniture/cushions and pillows.

The above shot is actually two photos stitched together using the excellent ‘Photomerge’ feature in Photoshop. I think these shots had an exposure time in the region of 20 seconds. This was enough to capture the detail in the clouds and blur the cars headlights a little. Annoyingly, there is a slight reflection of the hotel rooms curtain on the left hand side of the shot. I’m sure there’s a way that I could photoshop it out, but I didn’t think the shot was worth the effort.

Not a lot else to report really, it’s been another busy work week…and this week is shaping up to be just as bad. Hopefully I’ll get out and about at the weekend.