Alien invasion
Tonight, we hosted a big fondue event with the Peninsula Swiss Club in Silicon Valley, California. With 120 attendees, it was a major effort to prepare all the fondue and bread. After the event, I headed to nearby Castro Street in Mountain View for some night photography with my favorite Dream Lens. Closed to cars since COVID, the street’s outdoor dining and warm lights create a European ambiance. Though many restaurants had already closed, I found a table covered with a plastic sheet, its water puddle perfectly reflecting the bokeh of the streetlights.
Maybe it's just my imagination running wild, but when I look at the picture, it feels like being on a boat in the middle of a lake, gazing back at a city's skyline—while countless round alien ships hover mysteriously in the night sky.
I processed a balanced, a photographic, and a paintery HDR photos from three RAW exposures, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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-- ƒ/0.95, 50 mm, 1/60, 1/250, 1/1000 sec, ISO 800, Sony A7 II, Canon 50mm f0.95, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC6842_3_4_hdr3bal1pho1pai5g.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
Alien invasion
Tonight, we hosted a big fondue event with the Peninsula Swiss Club in Silicon Valley, California. With 120 attendees, it was a major effort to prepare all the fondue and bread. After the event, I headed to nearby Castro Street in Mountain View for some night photography with my favorite Dream Lens. Closed to cars since COVID, the street’s outdoor dining and warm lights create a European ambiance. Though many restaurants had already closed, I found a table covered with a plastic sheet, its water puddle perfectly reflecting the bokeh of the streetlights.
Maybe it's just my imagination running wild, but when I look at the picture, it feels like being on a boat in the middle of a lake, gazing back at a city's skyline—while countless round alien ships hover mysteriously in the night sky.
I processed a balanced, a photographic, and a paintery HDR photos from three RAW exposures, 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/0.95, 50 mm, 1/60, 1/250, 1/1000 sec, ISO 800, Sony A7 II, Canon 50mm f0.95, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC6842_3_4_hdr3bal1pho1pai5g.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography