Last of Pawleys Island Beach the colorful sunrise from the ocean

[Don Ferguson Jr.]

Right under the cloud is where the sun appeared and I was happy to see some color that nice morning.
Don

[fahim mohammed]

Don, what a wonderful sunset!! Serene, magical, powerful and soothing.

I have not looked at the entire series but I must.

Thanks for sharing.

[Asher Kelman]

Originally Posted by Don Ferguson Jr.

Right under the cloud is where the sun appeared and I was happy to see some color that nice morning.
Don

Don,

Splendid sunset in the last image!

It's so hard to score well in a test like this and make a picture that stands out from all the myriads of sunsets we've seen. This, I must admit is exceptional. I'd offer that it's one of them most outstanding and creative examples I've seen as of yet! It's not merely a sunset, but also has compositional interest in the layerings of the foreground.

Asher

[Don Ferguson Jr.]

Originally Posted by Asher Kelman

Don,

Splendid sunset in the last image!

It's so hard to score well in a test like this and make a picture that stands out from all the myriads of sunsets we've seen. This, I must admit is exceptional. I'd offer that it's one of them most outstanding and creative examples I've seen as of yet! It's not merely a sunset, but also has compositional interest in the layerings of the foreground.

Asher

Thanks, Asher it is a sunrise so I sure hope all that you said still applies ;) Do I need to open it up more ? The one above it was taken at 6:10 am and the orange golden ball at 6 :16 only about 6 minutes later . Amazing morning.
Don

[Don Ferguson Jr.]

Originally Posted by fahim mohammed

Don, what a wonderful sunset!! Serene, magical, powerful and soothing.

I have not looked at the entire series but I must.

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, Fahim and glad to see you on the forum and even better you can see my photos ;)
This is a sunrise so I still hope you and Asher like it :)
Don

[Asher Kelman]

Originally Posted by Don Ferguson Jr.

Thanks, Asher it is a sunrise so I sure hope all that you said still applies ;) Do I need to open it up more ? The one above it was taken at 6:10 am and the orange golden ball at 6 :16 only about 6 minutes later . Amazing morning.
Don

This is as good as it gets! Any better and the aliens would invade! For my own taste, just fort that, no changes should be made from now on except when printing, unless you are only showing it on the web and then one can experiment. For me it's already painfully rich and so beautiful. It's now enjoyable. You might make 100 variants and they's be great too. I would just print it and work on getting the best performance of the image in daylight and in tungsten light. Printing is the key to a picture like this. The paper and lighting will all make a big difference.

Asher

[Maggie Terlecki]

I agree with Asher that the last one is exceptional. It's hard to believe it's a morning sun! I love the composition and how textural the water seems; feels like you could practically walk on it!

:-) wonderful
Maggie

[Don Ferguson Jr.]

Maggie, I appreciate it.
Don