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On Wednesday night I joined a Mikkyo zen mediation class at the Lower House at Hakone Gardens in Saratoga, California. After the class we stayed a bit longer to take some night shots. The garden is usually closed at night, so this was a real treat.

I processed an enhanced and a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, merged them selectively, and carefully adjusted the curves and color balance to pop the scene.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC3121_hdr1enh2pai1d

Update 2017-04-08: Fixed the light in the sky, it had too much gradient due to HDR processing.

Update 2017-04-10: Fixed the lighting a bit on the right.

Update 2017-04-15: Carefully adjusted the light in a sky.

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Taken in: United States / California / Santa Clara (show map)

Taken on: April 5, 2017

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Camera: Sony NEX-6, f/3.5, 25 sec, 16mm (=24mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony NEX-6
Lens:	Sony E PZ 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	25
Focal Length:	16mm (35mm equivalent: 24mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	+1.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Pixelmator 3.6
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