Haida Picture Appreciation | July 2024

This month's photography theme is "Unique Beauty", let's appreciate some amazing photos taken by our excellent official Haida Ambassadors with Haida filters!

My favorite photo from Tenerife. These wonderful weather conditions found me in the town of Garachico in the north of the island. I used a Red-Diamond Soft 0.9 filter to balance the light.

f13 | 22mm | 1.5 sec | ISO 100

Holder Haida M15 System

Haida Red-Diamond Soft 0.9-3 Stops

The photo is a panorama of 9 vertical frames, I took this photo during the photography workshops I was running. I took the photo in Cantabria, in a very famous place called Urros de Liencres. The photo is titled “Beautiful World” because this place is magical and I recommend it to everyone to visit it.

Nikon Z7 II

Nikkor 14-30mm

f/11 | 16mm | 2 sec | ISO 64

Holder Haida M10-II System

Haida Red Diamond ND1.8 Filter

Haida Red Diamond Soft Grad GND 0.9 Filter

The photo depicts Kirkjufellsfoss Waterfall in the glow of the rising spring sun, with Kirkjufell Mountain in the background.

Sony A7RIII

Sigma 12-24mm f/4 DG HSM ART

f/16 | 8 sec | ISO 50

Holder Haida M15 System

Haida Red-Diamond ND1.8 Filter

Haida Red- Diamond Soft GND 0.9 Filter

At Montforts Beach, after a day of miserable weather, the rain cleared just as the sun began setting. The sky lit up with vibrant colours, transforming the scene into a breathtaking display of nature’s beauty. It's moments like these which remind me why I love being a landscape photographer.

Sony Alpha 7RV

Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM

f/8 | 25mm | 1/13 sec | ISO 100

Haida M10-II CPL Filter

The best time to enjoy Rialto, the oldest and also the most crowded area in Venice, is early in the morning. Even quieter it is on a sunday morning. Before thousands of tourists start to do their thing in the city, it´s hard to imagine how busy, loud and stressful the streets around the most beautiful bridge in Venice, Ponte di Rialto, can be.
Luckily “la serenissima” is big enough to spend the rest of the day in the quiet and less crowded parts. Though I am not a big fan of too many people next to me, I have to jump into the crowds sometimes, to shoot some typical, famous buildings. Rialto-Bridge is too beautiful to ignore it permanently, so I challenge myself from time to time and take some photos of it from one of the countless, different angles, the bridge can get portrayed. 
This perspective was still missing on my portfolio, so it was time to take a new version of it. And I am sure, I will come back to optimize the photo one day.
Because of the busy atmosphere I wanted to expose the photo with a minimum of 5 minutes, so boat traffic on the busy Canal Grande disappears as well as the masses of people who pass the bridge and the surrounded area all day long. because of this long exposure time every moving element is not visible anymore on the final picture. The ND 4.5 (15 Stops) is strong and dark enough to reach those longer times easily, so I chose this filter in combination with a Graduated Filter 0.9 soft. To create a balanced and perfect exposed photo the graduated filter (GND) darkens the bright sky very effective by putting it in front of the lense. Another great effect of a long exposure photography is the smooth water and the soft clouds which creates the unique look and this special minimalist effect.

Sony a7r IV

Sony SEL 16-35mm f/2.8 GM

f/13 | 16 mm | 320 sec | ISO 100

Holder Haida M10-II System

Haida ND 4.5 Drop-In Filter
Haida Red-Diamond Soft GND 0.9 Filter