As Steven Spielberg calls it "God Light" :-)

Again. beautiful.
A good week.

holy cow dave - this took my breath away. i love the colors, and the bright line of the horizon adds a special magic. i like the crop too - it's simply stunning. fantastic job!

I like how the horizon is illuminated by the sun to create that soft thin line.

Hands down BEST PHOTO of the day...I've visited about 30plus photoblogs 2day...hands down...the BEST one...just Breathtaking...I'm speechless !

_wonderfull!!

Wow that is a beautiful shot. I do have a question about your processing though. You said that you generated an HDR image from a single RAW file? I've just started doing my own HDR images, but the reading that I've done implied that you didn't really gain much by altering the exposures of a RAW file in software and then generating a HDR from these images. Do you find you can get more depth in your images with this process?

Excellent! There's really not much to say. I'm amazed. It's a simple scene that we could see everyday but not that easy to capture in photograph. If it could have been more dramatic, I'm sure it would end up in your portfolio.

Really terrific shot and an excellent HDR image.

Very peaceful picture...thanks for sharing.

very nice photo Dave. I love the bright horizon line. It would have been nice to have a little more color in the scene, maybe some yellow or a touch of red inthe sky, but great nonetheless.

I haven't commented in a while, but just wanted to let you know how much you inspire me. I have only been shooting for a few months with my new konica minolta 5D, and whenever I am lacking the urge to shoot something, your site gets me going again. Thanks for sharing all your work.

Lovely shot!

This is one nice shot! The light is really awesome!

Great. Not sure about that bright horizon, seems to terminate the beams.

Mhhh, I´m not sure if I like this shot so much. For my taste there is to less contrast. Do you tried b/w or multiplying layers?

Really cool image. I love the thin light just over the water and the sun tring to come through the clouds. Great work!

Impressive

Fabulous image! I've tried HDR a couple times using Photoshop and seemed to fall flat on my face. Your images are inspirational.

I've visited Chromasia daily for a few months now and resisted the urge to comment - on this one I couldn't hold it in.

Wow!

Very powerful scene. The rays cutting down and the range of blues make for a great shot!

Fantastic. *This* is how HDR should be used -- much more natural looking than most attempts. Now, if only there was a tiny boat there on the horizon... ;-)

Another beautifully executed image to add to the growing 'Chromasia classic collection' in my view.
If you still have your copy of 'Elmet' and it's a first edition be aware that it is now much sought after. Not so much for Fay Godwin's pictures (although that will surely be a factor in its increasing value now that she has left us) but because of Ted Hughes' poems. Both are equally important of course, contributing to the magic of the book as a whole.

I darn well hope you're pleased. It's simple, but beautiful. I'm amazed at how well defined the sunbeams are, and how they merge into the glowing light above the ocean.

It's a beautiful image, and the title is quite appropriate. I find the lit horizon very appealing.

This is a great capture. The noise in the clouds reminds me of some shots i did this week when i tried to darken the sky....
Like the framing and the colour in here :-)

uuuu.. i love those moments of life :)

Spectacular!

would have liked to see how this might look with a longer shutter speed. but the horizon definitely makes the photo.

Beautiful. You're great.

Stunning capture. Love sun-ray shots. Almost expect to see an angel hovering somewhere in those clouds... Beautiful!

Beautiful!

Stunning.

nice one

great drama.

lovely. simple and elegant. chromasia on form.

What a great photo for my birthday. Were the sunbeams dodged in? or what what was your method of extracting them so elegantly..

-Mitch

makes me want to be a believer...

simply breathtaking. i love it!

Beautiful shot.

PLEASE PLEASE explain how to combine the different exposures...I cant do it! *cries* I even read the tutorial...

Beautiful shot Dave, and as soon as I saw it I thought of "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" by Moby...

I've noticed that your recent HDR shots have all been push/pulled exposures from a single RAW file. Is that because you haven't had a tripod and didn't want to worry about alignment issues with three separate exposures, or is it because the results are indistinguishable from three separate exposures?

very nice.

I'm awestruck by how you brilliantly turn conventional tactics inside out. Here's a rather undersaturated shot that evokes such joy... while your oversaturated "What goes up" (April 6) evokes such despair. I'm guessing you have some training in psychology ? ;-)

Great photograph. I think this is one of best ever. You could wait a long time to see those conditions again. Way to go!

Great shot & processing.

georgeous, sooo jealous. this is what i keep coming back for...

that looks awesome... i want to be under those rays. :)

Amazing, the second image made by you that will be listed to my personal top ten digital images of 2006 :-)

Wow. I haven't read a single comment above, but with 50 others before me, I'm sure I can't add anything meaningful... but that didn't stop me from posting, did it?

Nice shot.

FINALLY you have somthing nice here. :)

Beautiful! Truly.

Very good

Nice simple shot, i like it.

not that its a bad image! I'm just not sure of the use of HDR with this one...
I think I'd have preferred a darker image with the light beams is all
sorry :S
Nice colours tho

This is great! I'm not sure if it's just me but it makes me a little dizzy. I want to look up at the clouds but the rays of light automatically lead my eyes back down to the water. It's a struggle but a very nice photo.

Wud look wonderful on the cover of a novel!

I am not really sure of the process. Seems alot of work for the outcome which could have easily been just one shot. What is the main merit of HDR? I like the overall light and tones to this image. Perhaps a little more of a focal point may have assisted this image in terms of visual interest. Perhaps the HDR has prevented the clouds from looking too flat.

absolutely awesome! breathtaking shot! the tones are great and the horizon is stunning.

Classic Chromasia shot. I love it!

Tus fotografiás son para mi una inspiración

Thanks everyone. And my apologies for not picking up the questions on this entry, but I've run out of time today. I'll try and catch up over the weekend.

you are a real artist, congratulations and continue please :)

Ricardo

I love the subtlety of this photo. Excellent.

There are so many more things i need to learn about photography. This is simply outstanding.

Beautifull seascape, great moment. :D

Was the light difficult to capture - and hard to pronouce?

I favor the water - it looks very inky, expressing the polluntants people are dumping into nature. The clouds seem so low - was it before a storm or after a storm?

Are you willing to give up your technique for 'HDR from one RAW file'? Everything I read about this tells me it isn't possible. Are you using a manual process, or Photoshop's 'Merge to HDR' function?

I tried playing with this in Photoshop over the weekend and kept being told my pictures don't have enough range to work with. I guess the question is, how does one create multiple 'exposures' from one RAW file?

the choice of hues, the subject, the framing, the lighting, all perfectly complimenting each other. wow.

yum

Amazing, amazing and amazing!!!! I'm never tired to see this photo more and more and more!!!!

Like Giancarlo said earlier, u can always look and say Amazing!

Really nice shot!

Love it. Will buy one when I next get paid.