3-image stitched panorama of downtown Seattle from atop the Union St. observation deck. Note: the double-decker highway is no longer in existence. Demolished and replaced by a tunnel.

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One morning I got up very early in my hometown Schuders in the Swiss Alps, and hiked up the mountain. The sun rose behind the Sulzfluh when I was half way up.

in summer of 2021. On the way home I passed by nearby Grüsch, which has neatly arranged barns in a field.

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-- ƒ/22, 20 mm, 1/13, 1/50, 1/200 sec, ISO 400, Sony A6000, SEL-P1650, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC0531_2_3_hdr3bal1pai5pho1j.jpg

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Happy Truck Thursday! - A wonderful old Chevy seen at the September 2019 Morris Il Crruise Night. Three exposure HDR processed with Nik HDR Efex Pro 2

Happy Slider Sunday - Autumn Color on Display in Morris Illinois - Three exposure HDR processed with Nik HDR Efex

Pro 2 Just some sliding today 😊

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

Nearly at the summit. Looking towards the Olympic mountain range.

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Photographing a needle, with its thread, using the extension tubes, using a light blue background, to further highlight the object.

Fotografiando una aguja, con su hilo, usando los tubos de extensión, utilizando un fondo azul claro, para destacar más el objeto.

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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Una fotografía, del interior de la catedral de María Inmaculada de Vitoria, la luz que entraba, por las vidrieras y iluminaba el interior, era muy atractiva.

Está catedral, conocida también como la catedral nueva, se empezó a construir a principios del siglo XX, sin embargo tuvo muchas interrupciones y no se inauguró hasta los años 60.

A photograph, from inside the Cathedral of María Inmaculada de Vitoria, the light that entered, through the stained glass windows and illuminated the interior, was very attractive.

This cathedral, also known as the new cathedral, began to be built in the early twentieth century, however it had many interruptions and it didn't open until the 1960s.

A6000 + SELP 16-50 mm, main levée AF-C.

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Two weeks ago we went hiking along the coast of Santa Cruz, California. I caught these waves shortly after sunset.

I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, then adjusted the color balance to get this complementing color look.

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Jet lagged, I woke up early, and started an early hike up the mountain from my hometown Schuders, located in the Swiss Alps near the Austrian border. I reached the top of the mountain ridge shortly after sunrise. Behind the rocky mountain range in the back is Austria.

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-- ƒ/10, 16 mm, 1/125, 1/500, 1/2000 sec, ISO 200, Sony A6000, SEL-P1650, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC0588_9_0_hdr3rea1pho1pai5o.jpg

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The Sangdo Palri Temple, in the final phase of construction, sits high above the San Luis Valley and the town of Crestone in southern Colorado.

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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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Foto de una de las calles de Getaria, con la iglesia de San salvador al fondo de la imagen. En esta localidad pesquera, nació el marinero Juan Sebastián Elcano o el diseñador Cristóbal Balenciaga. La iglesia, de estilo gótico data del siglo XIV, pero gran parte de ella, se construyo en el siglo XVI y XVIII.

Para la toma, realicé, tres fotografías, con diferentes exposiciones, para que el cielo no saliera quemado, ni los edificios muy oscuros. Posteriormente, las junte en edición.

Picture of one of the streets of Getaria, with the church of San Salvador in the background of the image. In this fishing village, the sailor Juan Sebastián Elcano or the designer Cristóbal Balenciaga were born. The Gothic church dates from the 14th century, but a large part of it was built in the 16th and 18th centuries.

For the shot, I took three photographs, with different exhibitions, so that the sky would not be burned out, nor the very dark buildings. Later, I put them together as an edition.

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

Two-image vertical stitch.

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A6000 + SELP16-50 OSS, main levée AF-C.

He estado probando los tubos de extensión, es una toalla vista desde cerca.

Un macro, de estas dos hormigas , que estaban encima de una flor de hinojo. Lo realice, con el objetivo del kit y una edición, en blanco y negro que creo que ha quedado bien.

A macro, of these two ants, that were on top of a fennel flower. I did it, with the aim of the kit and an edition, in black and white that I think has been good.

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

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May

This was the furthest thing from a formal shoot! I was riding my bicycle one evening north of Boulder, Colorado, just past the Boulder Reservoir on a dirt road, and came upon the Eagle Trailhead. I was, as usual, carrying my a6000 stashed in the back pocket of my cycling jersey. Particularly in the fall, I love to range around the endless backroads along the Colorado Front Range near my hometown exploring for interesting evening photo ops.

As I ventured on my road bike down this flat, well-groomed trail that was completely new to me, I was excited when I came over a small rise to suddenly be perched above a spectacular hidden valley, with beautiful long evening shadows reaching out from the trees. Not only that, but there was also a small lake near the trail in the valley, where I spotted a horse and couple people chatting nearby. With the sun to soon drop behind the ridgeline, I quickly forgot all other thoughts of less interesting subjects and decended the steep section of trail to introduce myself to this wonderful woman, Marianne, the owner of Starbuck, who happens herself to be a professional portrait photographer. Much to my delight, she graciously agreed to pose with Starbuck for a few shots, while her friend and Spaniel waited nearby. Besides being a gorgeous horse, sweet Starbuck also shakes and hugs on command!

This shot is one of my favorites from this brief impromtu session. What splendid synchronicity! I hope you enjoy it!

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

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Recently I went to a networking event at Vodafone in Redwood Shores, California. After the event I stopped at the nearby Oracle headquarters. The main Oracle buildings looking like giant hard disk drives. They have the Oracle Team USA 17 boat on display, which won the 33rd America's Cup in 2010. It is a trimaran with an overall length of 113-foot (34 m).

I processed a balanced HDR photo from three RAW exposures.

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Yesterday we went to the Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur, California. We stayed late to enjoy the blue hour. I took this long exposure of the rock with keyhole one hour after sunset. I love the strong blue tones contrasting with the softer warmer tones at the horizon.

The title is old English for "from now on you will ask for the key to the kingdom."

I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, then carefully and selectively pulled the curves. The vignetting is from the cheap kit lens, I think it is fitting for this image.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC3663_hdr1bal1d

In these grey autumn days, here's a reminder of Late Summer

Boulder County, Colorado

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After dinner in Las Vegas, Nevada, I took my photo gear and walked over to the Cleveland Clinic. This building has a very unique architecture. This part of the building is a big hall. There was a party going on inside, hence the blue and purple lights.

I processed a paintery and a balanced HDR photo from two RAW exposures, then merged them selectively.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 2 RAW exposures, NEX-6, SEL-P1650, _DSC0761_2_hdr2pai1d

In 2021 we drove east on the ring road until we reached the Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, located in the south-eastern region of Iceland. The lagoon is at the foot of a giant glacier. The Glacier is constantly calving ice, and the ice leaves the lagoon in a river that ends up in the ocean. The ice gets dispersed in the sea. When the tide gets lower, some of the ice gets stranded on the aptly named Diamond Beach next to the river. The ice is melting and forms interesting sculptures. At 1 am at night I placed an LED light behind this ice rock. It never gets dark at night at that high latitude in summer.

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Mayberg Waterfall

Interior, de la iglesia de San pedro de Reus, realizada cerca de la zona de entrada, el altar, esta dedicado a San pedro, patrón de la ciudad. Hice tres tomas, con diferentes exposiciones y posteriormente unidas, para que tanto las vidrieras y la zonas mas oscuras salieran bien.

Interior, of the church of San Pedro de Reus, made near the entrance area, the altar, is dedicated to Saint Peter, patron saint of the city. I did three shots, with different exposures and then joined, so that both the stained glass and the darker areas would go well.

Schönes Wochenende!

Happy Slider Sunday! - Autumn is slowly arriving in Morris Il. The first trees have just a little color! Three exposure HDR processed with Nik HDR Efex Pro 2. Further work with Topaz Studio 2's Impressionist filter.

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A lot of traffic passes on the new bay bridge opened in September 2013, while the old iron bridge is slowly getting dismantled. The Oakland side of the bay bridge is all new, while the San Francisco side of the bridge is illuminated by beautiful LED lights since March 2013.

The 13 sec exposure makes the night sky visible, and the HDR processing enhances the micro-contrast on the bridge.

I processed a balanced HDR photo from a single RAW exposure.

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-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC7007_hdr1bal1c

Milchbar Pinguin in Leipzig

Seyðisfjörður is a remote fisherman village in the far east of Iceland. It is accessible by a mountain pass road that is open only in summer. We traveled by night to get good light for photography, and slept in the morning. We arrived at the picturesque town at around 3:30 in the early morning for sunrise. The center has a nice colorful footpath leading to the church.

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Toma de de las flores, de una planta de romero, con una pequeña protagonista, rebuscando en ellas.

Take from the flowers, from a rosemary plant, with a small protagonist, looking around.

In November 2021 I was invited to take photos of a big rocket launch by a space startup in the Mojave Desert in California. I took the opportunity to travel that region. On Sunday I drove up north on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Near Bishop is a small Alpine lake called North Lake. The trees already lost the leaves at this time of the year, so no fall colors. There was no wind, so the lake was very calm, perfect for a reflection shot.

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-- ƒ/6.3, 16 mm, 1/160, 1/640, 1/2500 sec, ISO 200, Sony A6000, SEL-P1650, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC8728_9_0_hdr3bal1pai5pho1f.jpg

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Sunset overlooking Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona.

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The Golden Gate Bridge never gets old, I could admire it for hours. I climbed up a hill on the North side to get this unique vantage point of the bridge and highway intersection.

I took a RAW long exposure, processed a paintery HDR photo, and a balanced HDR photo, then merged them. The sky is from the balanced photo, the rest is paintery.

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A different view of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, standing on Yerba Buena Island above the Highway 80 tunnel.

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

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On a night before crossing the Golden Gate bridge heading home, I headed down to the Horseshoe Bay. There is a pier where people like to party and fish at night, with a nice view of San Francisco.

Do you recognize the title?

I processed an balanced HDR photo from a RAW long exposure, and turned it into a monochrome photo to let the lights and shadows play.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC7308_hdr1bal1g