Swept Away

You can mate, it was your lens! Glad you like it, I was a little iffy about the look of the clouds and the highlights on the horizon but I dont mind it.

Cheers Derek, it’s now one of my favorite coastal areas.

Thanks again Andrew, I liked that effect too mate.

Thank you again Patricia :D

Thanks :)

Thanks once again, I’m glad you like it now ;)

Cheers mate.

Thanks again Delany, the blurred water is my favorite aspect of this shot.

Thanks Cheryl. This one wasn’t actually HDR, but a similar method involving photomatix’s exposure blending. It’s a very similar process, but instead of combining all the colors for the highest dynamic range, it focuses more on taking parts from each bracketed shot that’s needed. For example 3 shots, 1 with “normal” in camera metered exposure, one that’s underexposed to get detail out of the sky, and one overexposed to get detail out of the foreground – in this case the sand and rocks.

I find it’s handy for when you don’t want to get that overdone obviously-a-HDR effect, and just want to have a properly exposed image. Otherwise either the sky would be blown out or the foreground would be too dark.

Haha it’s only the 2nd one, and they both came today coincidentally. Thanks for the comment :D

Thanks again Dragan, used the same process as “The Calm Beyond The Storm”.

Thanks for checking out my work!

Cheers Andrew, appreciated mate. Yeah all of my shots that morning were from f11 – f22.

Thanks Dave, glad you took the time to look at my stuff :)

Nicely seen Richard, glad you like it mate thanks very much!