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Alviso is a small Silicon Valley town, located at the San Francisco Bay in California. I went there for sunset and to take photos of the seven planets that lined up for a rare "planetary parade" on Friday. It was too cloudy to see the planets, but we got nice backlit clouds after sunset.
I processed a balanced, a paintery, and a photographic HDR photo 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/7.1, 16 mm, 1/25, 1/100, 1/400 sec, ISO 400, Sony A6400, SEL-P1650, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC0111_2_3_hdr3bal1pai5pho1h.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © 2025 Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
We had foodie friends over for pizza dinner. My son cooks excellent pizza, and he offers some unusual creations, such as steak pizza, Chinese style duck pizza, Doppio Zero pizza with arugula and prosciutto di Parma, and a desert pizza with espresso. Since we have these dinners I don't feel like going to local pizza restaurants.
I processed a balanced and a realistic HDR photo from a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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-- ƒ/2.0, 50 mm, 1/2000 sec, ISO 400, Sony A7 II, Canon 50mm f0.95 "Dream Lens", HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC7699_hdr1bal1rea1f.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
On Saturdays I join a Zen meditation class at Hakone Gardens, a Japanese garden in Saratoga, California. Well, the class is currently suspended until the shelter in place order is lifted. I took this photo at the lower house with a 210° angle fisheye lens.
I processed a paintery and a balanced HDR photo from three RAW exposures, blended them selectively, carefully adjusted the color balance and curves, desaturated the image, and added a Silver Efex Pro 2 filter for a classic look. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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-- ƒ/4.0, 4 mm, 1/15 sec, ISO 400, Sony A6000, Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC9782_3_4_hdr3pai5bal1j.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
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The Mt. Hamilton Grandview restaurant located in the East Foothills has amazing views overlooking the Silicon Valley. This is the view towards South San Jose. The low fog/smog last night contributed to an eery mystical scene. I processed this single shot into a soft HDR photo.
HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC4499_hdr1sof1f
Located in Silicon Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, Draper University of Heroes is the brainchild of American venture capital investor Timothy Cook Draper (1958- ). Draper University, also known as "Draper University of Heroes" is a private, for-profit school located in downtown San Mateo, California.
In addition to the University's program, Draper includes a co-working business incubator space called "Hero City" that is centered directly across the street (3rd Street) from the newly renovated Hotel Benjamin Franklin building (now the main building of Draper University), which had first opened in 1927 as the Levy Brothers Department Store. The Benjamin Franklin is nine stories high.
Taken during my evening hike at Rancho San Antonio Open Reserve tonight.
Photograph Details -
Nexus 6 - Awesome camera with excellent details in shadow areas. Tends to overexpose. However, if you meter for the highlights (in other words - touch the bright areas in the frame..for example around the sun here)..it does an excellent job.
Post Processing - I used Snapseed 2.0. Lifted Shadows, adjusted ambiance, saturation, selective saturation burn, contrast, and sharpness. All on my mobile device (Nexus 6).
I am really impressed with how tools for photography have become completely mobile. It is scary enough for me to start thinking that DSLR will become obsolete for 80% of my use cases and 100% of a casual photographers use case!
I am planning to do an instructional video for editing using Snapseed.
A Ferrari F430 at Ferrari Maserati of Silicon Valley
Winner of Fast-Autos.net weekly Automotive Photo Competition #18
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Fast Company Contributor E.B. "Liza" Boyd about Internet policy - during a swing through Silicon Valley - during the Virtuous Circle Conference on October 10, 2016, at the Rosewood Sandhill Hotel in Menlo Park, California. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
Google's cafeteria is inside this building. I can't reveal what they served as I signed a non-disclosure agreement to get in...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Fast Company Contributor E.B. "Liza" Boyd about Internet policy - during a swing through Silicon Valley - during the Virtuous Circle Conference on October 10, 2016, at the Rosewood Sandhill Hotel in Menlo Park, California. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
It was pretty windy so unfortunately I got a bit of tripod shake so the 3 exposures didn't align perfectly.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Fast Company Contributor E.B. "Liza" Boyd about Internet policy - during a swing through Silicon Valley - during the Virtuous Circle Conference on October 10, 2016, at the Rosewood Sandhill Hotel in Menlo Park, California. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Fast Company Contributor E.B. "Liza" Boyd about Internet policy - during a swing through Silicon Valley - during the Virtuous Circle Conference on October 10, 2016, at the Rosewood Sandhill Hotel in Menlo Park, California. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Fast Company Contributor E.B. "Liza" Boyd about Internet policy - during a swing through Silicon Valley - during the Virtuous Circle Conference on October 10, 2016, at the Rosewood Sandhill Hotel in Menlo Park, California. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
View from Page Mill Road above Palo Alto along my temporary commute route (while my usual route is being cleared of a huge rockslide from the recent rains.) The cluster of tall buildings at the right is downtown San Jose; the white dots at the horizon are Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in the Diablo Range.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets members of Silicon Valley's clean energy community before a roundtable discussion on October 10, 2016, at the Four Seasons Silicon Valley Hotel in East Palo Alto, California. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with members of Silicon Valley's clean energy community and his State Department staff at the outset of a roundtable discussion on October 10, 2016, at the Four Seasons Silicon Valley Hotel in East Palo Alto, California. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]