Boulder County, Colorado

A farmland golden hour scene I came across on a bike ride east of town while toting my a6000 in my jersey.

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Occasionally, it's worth waking up a little bit earlier than necessary

A blue pic for the Dyxum July Colour Festival

El Matador State Beach, near Malibu, California

Verschiedene Zwiebelsorten

View over the frozen river Havel towards Berlin.

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The Eastern span of the old San Fran/Oakland Bay Bridge dismantled in 2014.

[updated] 5-image stitched panorama @ 16mm (24mm FOV).

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multi-image stitched pano at 50mm. B&W conversion.

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Foto del atardecer, de esta misma tarde, a medida que iba atardeciendo las nubes, empezaron a teñirse de colores amarillos dorados, hubiesen faltado algunos tonos rojizos para darle aún más color, pero hoy era el día, esperaremos al próximo, atardecer o amanecer.

Photo of the sunset, from this very afternoon, as the clouds grew, began to be dyed golden yellow, it would have taken some reddish tones to give it even more color, but today was the day, we will wait for the next sunset or sunrise.

Tenía pensada esta foto desde antes de hacerla. También, tenia pensado el encuadre y la edición de la imagen. El día, se había despertado, con un cielo lleno de nubes amenazantes y un aire frío, típico del invierno. Era justo, lo que esperaba un cielo lleno de nubes, quería darle fuerza a la imagen, con ese cielo y editándola en blanco y negro. Por otro lado, quería transmitir el momento, un día gris, frío , la plaza vacía prácticamente, pocos eran los valientes que salían a la calle. Yo era uno de ellos, salí precisamente para capturar, la imagen que tenía en mi cabeza y este es el resultado. Que os parece?.

I had this picture in mind since before I took it. Also, I was thinking about framing and editing the image. The day, he had woken up, with a sky full of menacing clouds and a cold air, typical of winter. It was fair, what i expected a sky full of clouds, I wanted to give strength to the image, with that sky and editing it in black and white. On the other hand, I wanted to convey the moment, a gray, cold day, the empty square practically, few were the brave ones who went out on the street. I was one of them, I went out precisely to capture, the image I had in my head and this is the result. What do you think?.

A different view of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, standing at the shore of Yerba Buena Island below the bridge. A steep footpath leads down to the shore, sometimes just over rocks. I did not have the right shoes for this, but I was determined to get a shot of the San Francisco skyline from this vantage point. It was worth while. I used an ND filter to get washed out waves at night.

I processed a balanced HDR photo from a long exposure in RAW format.

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-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC3594_hdr1bal1i

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Pelicans flying south along the Pacific coast.

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Foto de una de las calles de Hondarribia, esta localidad esconde pequeños rincones y calles, por las que no pasa el tiempo, con casas tradicionales y balcones llenos de flores, combinando con ventanas coloridas, lo que hace que perderse por sus calles sea una maravilla.

Don't think sorry's easily said

Don't try turning tables instead

You've taken lots of chances before

But I ain't gonna give anymore

Don't ask me

That's how it goes

'Cause part of me knows what you're thinking

Don't say words you're gonna regret

Don't let the fire rush to your head

I've heard the accusation before

And I ain't gonna take any more

Believe me

The sun in your eyes

Made some of the lies worth believing

I am the eye in the sky

Looking at you

I can read your mind

I am the maker of rules

Dealing with fools

I can cheat you blind

And I don't need to see any more to know that

I can read your mind

Don't leave false illusions behind

Don't cry cause I ain't changing my mind

So find another fool like before

Cause I ain't gonna live anymore believing

Some of the lies while all of the signs are deceiving

I am the eye in the sky

Looking at you

I can read your mind

I am the maker of rules

Dealing with fools

I can cheat you blind

And I don't need to see any more to know that

I can read your mind

Hurricane Ridge ascent, Olympic National Park, Washington.

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Oregon Coast, south of Port Orford.

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Views from my ascent of Hurricane Ridge Road to the summit, in the Olympic National Park, Washington.

Looking towards the Olympic mountain range. And what's left of the receding glaciers.

From the summit visitors center.

Multi-image stitched panorama at 50mm.

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We spent a few days in Colorado. Today we did some sightseeing in Georgetown and Silver Plume, both historical towns in the Rocky Mountains, West of Denver. Silver Plume is a former silver mining camp; the "living ghost town" currently has 200 souls. We went to an abandoned silver mine just above the town. The mine entrance was easy to recognize, just follow the rusty rails. I could crawl into the mine a few meters until it was blocked with a metal mesh. The mine is filled with water, the ceiling is reflecting in the water. One rail can be seen in the water. It was a fun experience.

I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW long exposure. I had difficulty to focus in the darkness, so I set the aperture to 8 and shot in manual mode with time delay to increase the odds of a sharp photo.

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-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC6894_hdr1bal1c

Die Feuerdorne (Pyracantha) sind eine Gattung immergrüner Sträucher

Schönes Wochenende!

2-image stitched panorama at 16mm. Looking south along the northern California coastline from Point Arena Lighthouse.

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Mission Beach, San Diego, CA

Two years ago we went to the Upper Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona. It's a very unique slot canyon, definitely something I recommend anyone to have on the bucket list. The canyon is in a Navajo Indian reservation - you have to take a guided tour to see it. We took a tour at around noon, at that time you get these nice beams shining straight down the narrow canyon.

I had the camera on automatic when I took three exposures holding the camera against the wall. The ISO was high, so I used the JPG files instead of the RAW ones for HDR processing because Sony has very good in-camera noise reduction. The natural HDR processing brings out the micro-contrast, while retaining natural colors and tones.

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-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 3 exposures, NEX-6, DSC04760_1_2_hdr3nat1c

Leipzig Gohlis GeyserHaus

My 7yo son and my 2.5yo niece are running away for exploring San Gimignano.

My sister in law (her mother, on the right) is chasing them... mission impossible! 😅

The blurry image is an experiment... it should enhance the idea of motion, by also communicating the anxiety of us parents. 😅😅😅

I hope that you will like the result, dear friends. 🙋‍♂️

This particular hotel's hallway, close to Tokyo station in Tokyo, is just down right long, dark and narrow. You couldn't help but thinking something creepy is waiting at the other end.

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2-image stitched panorama. Southern end of Bandon Beach.

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Nice ropeway in Grenoble, France

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The San Francisco Bay Bridge is not as famous as the Golden Gate Bridge, nevertheless it is a very pretty structure.

Today I gave a "composition in the field" class to students of the Digital Photo Academy. We learned about ND (neutral density) filters in broad daylight. For this photo I stacked two ND8 filters, set the ISO to 100 and aperture to f22 to get an exposure time of 4 seconds. This smoothes out the waves nicely. The ND filters also change the colors a bit, e.g. they are not totally neutral. We get these beautiful turquoise tones because of it.

I processed a balanced HDR photo from a long exposure RAW image.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC8704_hdr1bal1d

Views from my ascent of Hurricane Ridge Road to the summit, in the Olympic National Park, Washington.

About another mile of ascending until I broke through the clouds.

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Last month I joined a fun a photowalk on beautiful Mt. Tamalpais near Mill Valley, north of San Francisco. This is near he top where we parked. I like this S-curvy road.

I processed a balanced HDR photo from three RAW exposures.

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-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, NEX-6, _DSC7160_1_2_hdr3bal1g

Schwung und Schwebe in Leipzig

Esta plaza, se encuentra en la parte vieja de San Sebastián, se construyó en 1817, pocos años después del devastador incendió, que sufrió la ciudad. En las ventanas, de las viviendas, que miran a la plaza, se pueden ver una serie de números, en referencia a los palcos que antiguamente, eran esas ventanas y que daban a la plaza de toros de la ciudad.

This square, located in the old part of San Sebastian, was built in 1817, a few years after the devastating fire, which suffered the city. In the windows, of the houses, which look at the square, you can see a series of numbers, in reference to the boxes that formerly, were those windows and they gave to the bullring of the city.

Foto de las primeras flores, de un cactus de navidad, el cuál florece a medida que se acercan las fechas navideñas. La foto esta tomada durante la hora dorada, con el objetivo del kit a 50mm.

Photo the first flowers, of a Christmas cactus, which blooms as the Christmas dates approach. The photo is taken during golden hour, with the kit lens at 50mm.

Views from my ascent of Hurricane Ridge Road to the summit, in the Olympic National Park, Washington.

Looking towards the Olympic mountain range.

From the summit visitors center.

Two-image stitched panorama at 50mm.

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