The City Of Arts And Sciences (Valencian: Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Spanish: Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias) is an amazing architectural complex designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela and it is THE thing to see if you ever get to Valencia Spain.

We took a trek out to the complex on our visit two years ago and I got some pretty good photos so I was keen to give it another whirl with my new gear and my (hopefully) improved photographic skills.

This time I decided to get there before sunset and shoot during what is known as the “golden hour of photography” which is that time between when the sun goes down and it gets fully dark. I think the results are pretty good overall.

This first shot is straight out of the camera with no post processing

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The reset of these were done using HDR processing where I combined three separate exposures and combined them using tone-mapping software.

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Valencia – The City Of Arts And Sciences
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One thought on “Valencia – The City Of Arts And Sciences

  • April 12, 2011 at 2:06 pm
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    ooh, ahhhh, wow! Love these shots and the ones in the Barcelona post!

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