Floating Castle

Floating Castle was captured in Bled, Slovenia. I remember driving from Hallstatt, Austria to Bled and staying a total of 18 hours in the city of Bled. We started taking photos as soon as we arrived as we had exactly 4 hours from the time of arrival until we lost day light. Within that 4 hour period, I captured 2 of my favorite photographs ever. Floating Castle is one of those photographs, and it is the last image I took that day. A lot of artists prefer Golden Hour whilst creating images like these, but not me. From a purely aesthetic standpoint, I like the subtleness of lights you get from buildings during Blue Hour, not just because they symbolize the end of a long day for a lot of people, but also the natural blue tint that arises from long exposure images during Blue Hour is not reproducible in post processing. From a technical standpoint, the pressure reaches a crescendo during Blue Hour that tests preparedness and intent in a way that requires a complete redo with the slightest mistake. The ability to reproduce exactly what you see and how you see it, is how "Floating Castle" was created.