POTW 04.03.08

[Geoff]

This week, I have chosen Quang's image of the sunrise down at Bateman's Bay. Despite it not being a 'spectacular' sunrise, and the lack of a prominent sun, his use of HDR and processing have really made this photo somewhat mysterious and eery, not often a result of a 'common' sunrise image.

The contrasting colours, grey/blue, green, orange and brown merge to make this easy to look at, almost wanting more. I'd like to see this on canvas! The silky appearance as a result of the long exposure is also appealing. Well done Quang.

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Original thread here

[Glen]

Well done Quang

[Alpha_7]

Well done mate, first post, and a POTW.

[Cre8tivepixels]

Great image :) well done

[Killakoala]

I agree. This is a very appealing image to the eye. Well done Quang.

[Greg B]

Great shot and treatment Quang, the HDR is a very interesting business.

Congratulations on PotW.

Good selection Geoff.

[libertyterran]

OMG!!!! This gotta be the best news in my photography "career" so far!!!! Thank you soooo much OMG OMG ... *jumping*

[robert]

Missed this,

What a great shot- not overly done and nice and smooth-

Robert

[sirhc55]

Surreal and deserving

[the foto fanatic]

Yes, it's a very good image. Quite a 3D feel to it. I think you need to see the larger image to fully appreciate how good it is.

Congrats to our new member Quang, and a great pick from Geoff.

[johnd]

HDRs can look great when they're done really well, if not....
This is done really well.
Definately a great image. Congratulations Quang and well chosen Geoff.

Cheres
John

[Old Bob]

Beautiful shot, Quang. Congratulations on POTO.

[phoenix]

Yeah i said in the original thread that i wasn't a big fan of HDR. But this one is really well done. I hate the almost comic look of most HDR. Especially with something like this shot. But you've done really well. Congrats.

Well done again!

[obzelite]

love hdr images, and this is the reason when they are done right.

[zafra52]

Superb image! Just what dreams or nightmares are made off - a see of clouds or melting lead.

[stubbsy]

Quang - congratulations. As I said in the original thread this is an HDR image thar works and doesn't look to OTT

[colin_12]

Congrats Quang. Nice pic too.
Regards Colin

[Matt. K]

Good choice and congratulations to the photographer for a stunner of an image.

[digifrog]

very nice pic !

[digifrog]

Stunning, well done

[Glen]

Digifrog, what happened between your comment on March 19th of 'very nice pic' and April 15th of 'stunning well done'. A cynical person could say that you don't even read the comments above, not even when they are your own. Please stop these wasteful posts.

[Alex]

A beautiful image! HDR really worked here and the range of colours and tones is superb. Well done and great choice!

Alex

[skumar25]

HDR can sometimes be overdone... you've used it just right here. Well done.