Technician at the control panel of the refracting telescope
We went to the legendary Lick Observatory located on Mt. Hamilton high above the Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. It was a special night for photographers. Once the telescope was in place, the lights went out, and all that was left was dark glowing red. Eyes adapt well to darkness, which takes about 10 minutes. A dark red light is used so that the human eyes can retain night vision. This is a 210º fisheye lens shot pointed straight up. At the bottom you see the technician in front of the control panel. In the center is the refracting telescope and the opened dome.
I processed a balanced and a soft HDR photo from a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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-- ƒ/4.0, 4 mm, 3.2 sec, ISO 3200, Sony A6000, Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC1821_hdr1bal1sof1m.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2023 Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
Technician at the control panel of the refracting telescope
We went to the legendary Lick Observatory located on Mt. Hamilton high above the Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. It was a special night for photographers. Once the telescope was in place, the lights went out, and all that was left was dark glowing red. Eyes adapt well to darkness, which takes about 10 minutes. A dark red light is used so that the human eyes can retain night vision. This is a 210º fisheye lens shot pointed straight up. At the bottom you see the technician in front of the control panel. In the center is the refracting telescope and the opened dome.
I processed a balanced and a soft HDR photo from a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
Thank you for visiting - ♡ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, like the Facebook page, order beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.
-- ƒ/4.0, 4 mm, 3.2 sec, ISO 3200, Sony A6000, Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC1821_hdr1bal1sof1m.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2023 Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography