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The sun is rising over the San Francisco Bay Area illuminating the Richardson Bay Bridge. Stitched from 7 images taken with Canon 5D and 24-105 f4L.
Looking out on Stinson Beach from Mount Tamalpais State Park
Marin County, California
Two-image exposure blend (1/100 and 1/25 sec).
Looking out on Stinson Beach from Mount Tamalpais State Park
(3 of 3)
Marin County, California
Three-image panoramic stitch, each image is a blend of two exposures (4 sec and 15 sec).
The other two pictures in this set are here:
For a high-resolution view, see: kuriyan.prodibi.com/a/rd5geqrygo9k8mq/i/o5169w2y04y70g1
Looking out on Stinson Beach from Mount Tamalpais State Park
Marin County, California
Twenty-image stack, mean.
A female bufflehead at the local inlet ✔️
Ducks have 360 degree vision. I sat on my behind and every time this female dove, I robbed closer and closer until it finally resurfaced very close to me and I could capture this full-size image.
Looking out on Stinson Beach from Mount Tamalpais State Park
Marin County, California
Two-image exposure blend. The shorter exposure is the median of a stack of 5 1 sec exposures. The longer exposure is the median of a stack of 20 4 sec exposures.
For Fenced Friday, this is a close up of the fence post I posted to the group a few weeks ago, showing the lichen in more detail.
OTD post from 2021: Strolling through the beautiful Redwoods in Muir Woods, just north of San Francisco - HTMT!
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Summer is fog season here in the San Francisco area. Odd as it seems, it's colder, damper and more overcast during the summer months than it is the rest of the year. But there are a few spots that are elevated enough to get you above the fog, where it's sunnier, warmer and not-overcast. My favorite place to get above the fog these past few years has been Mount Tamalpais (a.k.a. Mt Tam), in Marin County, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. In fact, my friend and fellow fogaholic Larry Nienkark and I have been up on Mt Tam more often than we care to admit. But let's just say that in August we've only missed going up the mountain 1 or 2 days each. Yes, it's an obsession, but a healthy one, I think. The trips have been very rewarding socially (I've met many other fog addicts), physically (lots of hiking) and photographically (I now have an even more enormous catalog of fog photos). All in all it's been a most excellent and productive season.
I'm a very slow publisher, so you'll be seeing my fog photos for several months...well beyond the end of fog season. I hope you enjoy them. In the meantime, if you want to follow along on my foggy adventures, feel free to find me on Instagram, where I've been using the "Stories" feature to post live photos and video from the locations where I've been shooting. The photos and videos in the Stories section only last 24 hours (like Snapchat, if you're familiar with that), but it's a fun way to see the more "real life" side of the folks you follow. If you're on Instagram, you can find me here.
Happy Sunday/Monday, friends! I'm off to shoot more fog tonight....
-Lorenzo
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On August 19 we headed to beautiful Mt. Tamalpais near Mill Valley, north of San Francisco, with the goal to shoot the Milky Way. The park was unexpectedly closed due to nearby wildfires. We parked at a camp site, and hiked up the mountain. Waiting for sunset I took this sunburst photo using a high f/22. Can you spot the people on the ridge?
Do you recognize the title? From one of my favorite songs.
I processed a balanced, a paintery, and a photographic HDR photo from three RAW exposures, blended them, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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-- ƒ/22, 28 mm, 1/60, 1/250, 1/1000 sec, ISO 200, Sony A7 II, FE 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 OSS, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC6818_9_0_hdr3bal1pai5pho1d.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
On Sunday we went hiking in the Tennessee Valley near Mill Valley north of the Golden Gate Bridge in Northern California. It's much cooler at the coast, nice for hiking. A couple had fun at the beach. I sent them the photos.
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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-- ƒ/5.6, 127 mm, 1/1000 sec, ISO 125, Sony A6000, SEL-55210, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC2775_hdr1bal1d.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
Mill Valley, CA
1906: opened as " The Brown Jug"
1940: renamed the "2AM Club"
(fyi, 2 a.m. is the required bar closing time in California)