Stephen Bay's Photography Blog

The Most Beautiful Christmas Trees in San Diego

In December, I like to photograph the various public Christmas trees in San Diego. I haven’t got around to capturing all of them yet, but here’s a short list of the ones that I think are most beautiful. 1. Liberty Station The Christmas tree at Liberty Station in Point Loma is by far my favorite tree. The tree is an 88' tall Norfolk Pine and is located in the North Promenade.

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Comet C/2020 F3 Neowise From the Heart of San Diego

For some reason I like taking photos of astro subjects from the middle of the San Diego. Usually this results in a lot of pain because the objects are so dim and the light pollution from the city tends to wash everything out. To some extent, one can bring out these subjects with post-processing but there is a limit because the data (and information contained in the data) simply isn’t there.

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