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I set off early this morning to catch a sunrise (5.40am) and I knew it was going to take me about 50-60minutes to get to my destination. I managed to get there as the big ball of fire was about to come over the horizon. This one was taken with it below the horizon and I've got about another 2 that have the sun in the frame. Now the question big question is. Do you think I should try and remove the blown highlight that the sun is causing in the middle or does it add to the scene?

ISO: 640 (accidently left it there from lastnight)
Metering: Matrix
Shutter: 1/50
Apperture: F/8
Focal Length: 18mm
WB: Auto
Lens: 18-70MM DX
Filter: CPL

Adjust levels, contrast. Also used shadow/highlight to bring out some of the shadow detail in the foreground. Then applied a velvia action.

Wow. Wow. Err.....Wow.

Stunning stuff Darryl. Well worth the early rise.
I'm in two minds about the highlight and would like to see how your remedial efforts turn out before passing judgement.

In a sinister twist, it could be rather reminiscent of a Cold War "accident".

Darryl

Excellent shot, but I'd try to fix the blown highlight (but only a little)

Looks like a scene from Neville Shute's, 'On The Beach'. Appropriately taken near Melbourne too.

Absolutely beautiful Kipper! The slight blown highlight doesn't bother me one bit.

Blown highlight is fine and like Killa it reminds me of ”On the Beach” - I wonder how it would look in B&W

Yeah, this was just a quick pano. I think I'll have to spend some time with it to get a good result. The horizon is slightly out of whack on most of the shots. Not sure what happened as I levelled the tripod and thought the horizon looked fairly level with the grid lines.

Thanks for all the comments.

as I levelled the tripod and thought the horizon looked fairly level with the grid lines.

That's because Westernport Bay is bent

Hehe. There is some good spots down there to photograph. When I was down there last year I saw this lovelly big tree that sat on a hill that I wanted to capture. I then later saw it in a book on Mornington Penninsula. Went down there today to capture it and the lovely old thing is no longer there. Given the amount of trees chopped up on the side of the road, I gather it was blown down during a storm

kipper:

i think the blown out highlights from the sun are natural looking, and its simply perfect as is!

on antoher note, how many shots is this, and do u simply use PS to stitch? have you heard of panoramic factory?

Kipper, great shot mate, leave it as it is, some years ago i had the ''pleasure''??? of going for a trip in one of the Oberon class
Subs,an interesting experience ,and the ''smells'' are not something easily forgotten, i love pics of Subs and have a lot on film,but very few on digital,
must buy a scanner !, sunrises are fantastic i wish i could find the motivation to photograph more of them.

Dee, I use Pano Factory. It was my first pano shot taken with my G1325 and M-20. The shot was taken using 14 shots in portrait orientation. The final crop was about 50% of what it initially was. Due to too much difference in exposure (how I don't know) and some really bad seams (guess I didn't have the tripod base or head that level).