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<\/a><\/p>\nThe next shot is one of Malta\u2019s trademark dghajsas. Literally translated dghajsa means boat in Maltese but it usually refers to the traditional narrow rowing boats that can still be seen in the Grand Harbour. Dghajsa\u2019s are rowed standing up with the oarsman(men) facing the direction of travel. On the 31st of March each year (Freedom Day), a regatta is held with boats from the Three Cities and other towns competing \u00a0against each other. This boat was photographed in Dockyard Creek as the the limestone buildings turned gold in the setting sun<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n One of the problems with\u00a0combining several photos together is that you have to keep the camera AND the subject still. A tripod is very useful but not always essential as\u00a0most software packages try to align the images. In this\u00a0shot, taking in the evening in Kalkara,\u00a0the water was calm but not 100% still so\u00a0the boats did move a little between shots. I had to tidy it up a little in Photoshop to remove blurred edges and the like.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The sun had just disappeared over the hill behind Mgarr church when I took this picture from the deck of the Gozo ferry. I didn\u2019t have my tripod handy but was able to\u00a0balance the camera on one of the ships deck rails.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Dingli cliffs are a fantastic place to sit and watch the sun go down. Take your tripod and make sure you dont go too close to the edge<\/p>\n One of my favourite parts of Malta is the wild section of coastline between Migra iL Ferha and Ras id Dawwara. Here are a couple of winter sunsets taken a couple of years apart but within a few hundred meters of each other.<\/p>\n \n \n \n <\/p>\n This tiny chapel and cemetary stands close to the entrance to the Mediterranean Film Studios. The remains of Cholera victims from nearby Kalkara were interred here. Nowadays it stands mostly forgotton between Fort Ricasoli and Fort Rinella (home of the Armstrong 100 ton gun).<\/p>\n Over the last year or so, I have been seeing increasing numbers of HDR (High Dynamic Range) images on blogs and photo sharing sites. HDR images are made by using special software to\u00a0 merging several \u00a0differently exposed images together into a single image. On recent trips to Malta I have been trying my hand at … Continue reading HDR Photography – an interesting way to spice up your travel pictures.<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"