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Inception at the sea

On the first day of the new year I went to Santa Cruz, California, for sunset at the Twin Lakes State Beach. After sunset I relocated to the Natural Bridges State Beach for some long exposure shots at night. I was pretty dark when I took this shot.

 

I processed a realistic and a photographic HDR photo from a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, carefully adjusted the color balance and curves, and desaturated the image. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

 

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-- ƒ/4.0, 50 mm, 30 sec, ISO 500, Sony A7 II, Canon 50mm f0.95, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC2872_hdr1rea1pho1h.jpg

-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2023 Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography

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Uploaded on December 8, 2023
Taken on January 1, 2023