Start the new year with a clean slate

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On Saturdays I like to go for a meditation session at the Upper House at Hakone Gardens, a Japanese garden in Saratoga, California. After our last session of the year we cleaned the house - floor, walls, windows, now shiny as new.

It's good to let go of the old year and start fresh. My e-mail inbox is by no mean clean, but the mind, surroundings and camera gear certainly are.

I processed a balanced and a paintery HDR photo from a RAW exposure, merged them selectively, and carefully adjusted the curves and color balance. I welcome and appreciate your critical feedback.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, Sony A7 II, _DSC6060_hdr1bal1pho1pai1d.jpg

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Taken in: United States / California / Saratoga (show map)

Taken on: December 23, 2017

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7M2, f/0, 1/10 sec, 0mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7M2
Lens:	Sony 0mm F0.0
Aperture:	f/0
Exposure Time:	0.1 sec (1/10)
Focal Length:	0mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 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 3.7
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