Christmas Shopping.......THE END!

Fab treatment and effect. Well done.

Says it all. Great image

Love this, such a striking image from an everyday scene. Quite unique.

wow…. totally fabulous shot !!

woah ! excellent image ! very well done ;)

Superb.

This is so beautiful as usual. Must work out how to do HDR properly!

wow incredible image

so well done

wow!! incredible effect here Ben – post apocalyptic meets post Christmas (same thing?) Absolutely incredible – a FAV for sure!!

To stuff again Ben, nice work.

Brilliant work, Ben :) I bow to the master of HDR. /bow

Oh my word…that is glorious…............what an amazing, unique composition…..

Amazing, awesome detail and reflections!

way cool ben.

I was perusing the recent uploads tab…..this is a standout image, Ben! I use Lee ND grads, and very occasionally add an ND full to the mix, but that’s generally always for sunrise. I try not to shoot in the daylight hours when there’s clear skies, it’s just way too bright here!

As for long exposures, once again I have only done them seriously at sunrise. I can only offer this, you NEED a good quality tripod, a cable or wireless release, and a fair bit of practice. Just keep trying different apertures and shutter speeds, till you get the result you want. Water moves at different speeds in so many different situations, so no real formula is going to work every time, imho.

I should also point out I haven’t had much success with long exposures on waves AND HDR bracketting….the water movement just ruins the process too much. In that situation I use single file conversions…..either in photomatix or redynamix.

Bmail me if you have specific questions, I might be able to answer….or not. I seriously am still a learner…..honest!

Happy new year!

Incredible image, well seen, well executed, well processed

new to HDR love the image cool effect any help as to have never done would be great

Wow, that shopping trolley looks like a lunar lander, great image.

Beautiful. You have the touch. Keep shooting and have a Happy New Year.

great shot

Great shot. I really like this.

This is just stunningly beautiful! Fantastic image—Kudos!

Great shot

Love, love, love this!!! Excellent!!!

Congratulations on making home page…beautiful

this is one image I could stare at for a long long time/brilliant effects and looks like am amazing photographer

Totally awesome looking.
Has a kind of gothic feel, and the trolley is just icing on your cake.
Take care.

Absolutely fantastic shot, amazing effect!

Just brilliant. Such great light you’ve captured here. You must be stoked with this, it’s dead cool.

brilliant work, well done

totally awesome pic!

thats amazing!

sooo original, fantastic home choice!

So beautiful !

Wow, just amazing and so sci-fi!

Congrats on the homepage feature!

wooohaa this is the amazingst shooot i have ever seen. Soo gorgeouse..
You are a realy shoot star… where is this New year shoppin made???

Happy new year that it be better as 2008

Nicely done. Wish I could do as well. Have a great 2009 and hope you dont have the snow we have right now. Would rather have the rain.

Wow, this is fantastic!!!

congrats ben on the home page feature!!!!!!!
awesome work…. reminds me of the engineering in turkey
the underground water

♥t

This is stunning!! Amazing depth to it….........almost like an optical illusion!!
Congrats on the homepage feature!!

beautiful and unusual creation

Majestic shot! The surreal tones are just on the edge and create a tension that separates it from the crowd. Well done!

supreme work here .. amazing

Incredible HDR. Really fantastic eye.

you have managed to make something that is generally unpleasing to look at quite beautiful and serene – amazing work!!

fab treatment and great image! love the title!
congrats on homepage

mysteriously beautiful and funny.

Absolutely fantastic! :D

Ben:
I would be honored. Please send me an email describing the specifics of what you seek. Thank you for your kind words.
John

Cool effects

excellent hdr!

WONDERFUL!

Great Shot..! – love the title! – and the processing.

This is really trippy Ben…. makes me really look at it, and study it. Awesome!

You’re welcome!

... I did, thank you! =)

wow.. this is a brilliant image… well done….. bravo…........b

Great capture (or should I say captures)! Excellent composition and love the perspective and reflections. Top-notch on the HDR processing as well! Congrats on a well deserved home page feature!

Stunning work, great title! :-D

wow dude! this is awesome!

WOWee, hard to look at, at first but very cool shot… Love the title and the treatment

i wish i had shots to share of turkey
but photography wasn’t an art expression when i went in 2000
it wasn’t until mid 07 when i went without a camera for 4 months
that i realized how much photography really was a part of me
it was agonizing~ when i finally shot again it was like a reawakening of a burning passion
and i’ve been on fire since…...
i spent two days in istanbul and another day in kushadasi
during a 21 day med cruise… yalta, yugoslavia, fort dubrovnik, santorini, corfu
to name a few… i wish i ended my trip in istanbul because the shopping there was incredible
and the prices – unbelievable… a wonderful experience
if i ever get out the shots they will need to be scanned, i’ll let you know
♥tonja

Yes please do let me know when the shots are scanned. I havent been able to go traveling so I sometimes I just pretend im out there “Out N About” around the world with folks like Yourself.

But the next time Your in another country please dont forget to get me a shot glass? LOL! Thanks for the comments girl.

...Ben…

Every once in a while you stumble across a shot that stops you dead in your tracks. This is one of those shots. I was looking the the faves of another Bubbler and this shot just jumped off the screen. I couldn’t tell exactly what it was on the thumb, but knew I had to see it full size. And so glad I did!
Remarkable composition…spot on lighting…and just enough color to pop (and grab my attention).
BRAVO!

Fascinating!

Fantastic image….. amazing creation!

Ben this is pure excellence. Very dramatic and striking. Supurb work on all aspects. Brilliant work once more!!!

Superb work!

another excellent result, :D

The photograph is superb! I like the conceptual idea you have behind this picture as well. Absolutely remarkable!

you have an eye and the technical competence

anyone there would be lucky, but, only someone with the “eye” and capture it the way you did, and competence to process it as you did … enough with your humility … you are simply “good”

Alright Mr Ben…I decided I had to come over and see what else you had in your port! I must say its pretty damn spectacular, I am much impressed!
This is crazy. I don’t know if I hate or I love it! Love hate relationships never work! LOL But with that said. The depth on this is surreal and I am not sure how you did it. But well its crazy good or bad! HAHAH! I really think its growing on me! Hmmm

Wow.

Wow, this is amazing…so surreal!!

Stunning image

Absolutely gorgeous shot, superb.

i am a big fan of HDR , what to say, fabulous, well done….come and see what my work please , i ve just started but it s always good to get some feed back, keep the good work, dav.

awesome;

Great shot.

wow….usually I’m not a fan of the HDR look, but it works with this scene…...gives the refelctions a real metallic sort of feel. nicely done.

Wow, what a capture!

Congrats on the Top10

Here Ben
Time to reflect

big wow factor on this one Ben!

Beautiful & brilliant image, Ben! Superb work!