Another JPEG from the camera now in contrast monochrome.

Strada Vicinale della Rocca, Porto Ercole, Monte Argentario (GR), Toscana, Italia

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We have a three hour layover at Detroit airport. Having fun with long time exposure riding the terminal express train.

I processed a single RAW image into a balanced HDR photo.

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Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, Colorado

We spent an extended weekend in the Eastern Sierra mountains to see the fall colors. On the first day we went to see the tufa at Mono Lake - no fall colors there, nevertheless an interesting spectacle of nature in the late afternoon and after sunset. I took out my crystal ball and placed it on a tripod. Focusing on the scene in the crystal ball was a bit of a challenge.

Tufa are limestone towers, formed when carbonate minerals precipitate out of underground spring water entering the very salty water of Mono Lake. The lake level dropped, therefore we can see now the tufa above the lake.

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-- ƒ/6.3, 50 mm, 1/15 sec, ISO 400, Sony A6000, SEL-P1650, HDR, 2 RAW exposures, _DSC1515_6_hdr1bal1pho1g.jpg

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Alpine mountain lake Engeratsgundsee seen from above. The grass-covered mountain range on the right is called Laufbichelkirche. In the background you can find the distinctive summit of 2592 m high Hochvogel.

Forlí, August 2019.

Sony a7m2 with selp1650. Edit in Adobe Lightroom and Gimp.

#milkyway #star #night #dark #dark #silhouette #galaxy #astronomy #astrophoto #blue #univers #space

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Who would like to join our meditation class at Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, California? We practice zazen (座禅, Japanese for "seated meditation") on Saturday mornings. When I meditate regularly I find that I am more balanced, and that I can't get stressed easily. Info and RSVP at the Eimei University Meetup group.

I processed an enhanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and added some sepia to give the scene an old-style look.

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We payed the parking fee after visiting Hollywood. The symmetries and the parabolic lines of the lights caught my eyes. I discovered the headbang afterwards.

I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, SEL-P1650, _DSC0486_hdr1bal1e

In this hole, there was a house, maybe? Now is a beautiful, meeting point for the Light.

During my visit to this town in Castilla la Mancha,.. I found many interesting corners and empty spaces, but at the same time, full of visual content for me...

On Sunday I gave a photo class in the Golden Gate Park of San Francisco for Match .com on behalf of the Digital Photo Academy. We started and ended the composition in the field class at the de Young Museum, which is currently closed due to the Covid-19 situation. This student captured reflections of a big poster of Frida Kahlo. The exhibition "Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving" was previously scheduled to open on March 21, and is delayed in opening until it is safe to gather indoors.

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-- ƒ/8.0, 16 mm, 1/30, 1/125, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, Sony A6000, SEL-P1650, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC2670_1_2_hdr3bal1pai5pho1e.jpg

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Today we are staying at Tonopah, Nevada. North-west of the town is a 110 megawatt solar thermal power plant called Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project. It will start operating later this year. The anticipated to cost is a bit less than $1 billion.

This solar power plant can operate 24/7 - hot salt in a big tank stores energy for use at night. A truly large-scale project. An overview video explains it.

The title is a play on a tail. The fossil fuel industry is riding on government subsidies and misses the boat. The renewable energy industry is smart and leaping ahead.

I climbed up a big sand dune to get a good vantage point. Walking barefoot was the easiest to get up on the dune. You see my steps at the crest.

I processed a balanced and a paintery HDR photo from two RAW exposures, then merged them by blending 80% of the paintery version into the lower part of the scene.

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In April we spend a few days in Boulder, Colorado. Boulder is a beautiful college town. One day I drove into the mountains and followed a dirt road for quite some time, mainly through forest. I stopped at an open meadow that had a shallow pond, suspecting nice reflections at sunset. I took this shot shorty after sunset.

Does anybody recognize the title? Hint: Rock title.

I processed a balanced HDR photo from three RAW exposures, and played with the color balance to make the scene pop.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, NEX-6, _DSC6529_0_1_hdr3bal1c

I saw many places around the world and I left a piece of my heart in each of them. But the biggest one is always here. For me, the best place in the world.

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After going to an entrepreneurship event in San Francisco I went to nearby Mission Creek. There are houseboats since the sixties, now surrounded by new development. This is the view from the houseboat area towards AT&T Park.

I processed a balanced HDR photo from two RAW exposures, pulled the curves for mid tones, and desaturated the image.

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The circle is round and nature can start with her rebirth.

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We spend a few days in Boulder, Colorado. Boulder is a beautiful college town. Yesterday I drove into the mountains. I followed a dirt road for quite some time, mainly through forest. I stopped at an open meadow that had a shallow pond, and waited for sunset. This shot I took shorty after sunset was the best.

Does anybody recognize the title? Hint: Rock title.

I processed a balanced HDR photo from three RAW exposures, and played with the color balance to make the scene pop.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, NEX-6, _DSC6523_4_5_hdr3bal1c

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Last summer we walked through the upper Antelope Canyon, near Page, Arizona. Our tour guide threw some sand into the air to make the beam of light more visible.

I processed a creative paintery HDR photo from a single exposure, and converted it into a monochrome photo.

Last week a paintery-looking monochrome photo of the upper Antelope Canyon, not unlike this one, was sold in Las Vegas. A collector bought Peter Lit's photo called "Phantom" for $6.5M, the highest price ever paid for a photography. Info: This is what a 6.5 Million Dollar photograph looks like.

I'd be happy to get 0.1% of that for this one.

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In November I experienced a beautiful sea of fog in Schuders, Switzerland. The sunset was incredible, and at night we could see the fog illuminated from below. Down at the bottom of the valley is Schiers. The small town has a hockey field that is brightly lit.

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