______________________________________________________________________ Explore the world of HDR with me at farbspiel-photo.com - View. Learn. Connect. ______________________________________________________________________ About | HDR Cookbook | Before-and-After | Making-of | Pics to play with ______________________________________________________________________ (Hit 'f' to fave this image) "Ulm Minster (German: Ulmer Münster, literally: minster) is a Lutheran church located in Ulm, Germany; it is the tallest church in the world, with a steeple measuring 161.53 m (530 ft) and containing 768 steps." [Wikipedia] It is a really tight stair case. And when I was finally up there I had to catch my breath to keep the camera steady. Shooting upwards did not help either. This shot was not easy and I am surprised it came out this good. Take a look at my "HDR Cookbook"! It contains some more information on my techniques. HDR made of three exposures (-2/0/+2), handheld Tonemapped with Photomatix Post-Processing: GIMP (levels, saturation - all, yellows, reds), denoise, unsharp mask