Outstanding

I like it too......doesn´t matter how it´s done.

i love it, too

Very nice shot, Dave.
Tons of details and colors to keep the eye wondering.

Cheers,

What can I say?

Wish I'd done it!

Thats great! Where is the river Wyre? Which country?

What a gorgeous old wreck. Superb colour too.

What a great shot again, I'm really a big fan op your HDR images, I love the fairy tale like colors. I'll hope you put up more ship pixtures.

Brilliant brilliant shot

wow, HDR has worked very well on this one - excellent.

Wonderful image. It is nice to see people like yourself not shy away from HDR images because of the many that have "exploited" it in the not too distant past. The dynamic range really brings out the detail in the grime. Fantastic.

this is beautiful

Just by seeing the thumbnail in my RSS feeds I knew I would like this. It's a classic chromasia portfolio image; very satisfying in subject, colour and composition. As someone else said - it doesn't matter how it was done, just be glad you did it.

Been lurking for a few months now, but as a fellow Fylde fellow I've been wondering when you'd discover the wonders of the River Wyre :-) Looking forward to seeing some more photos from here, and will keep an eye out for you on your travels!

Awesome. Beautiful color and depth.

Terrific colours and textures in the grass and on the boat timbers. Perhaps the sky could be a tad lighter? Great image as always.

I'm going to have to be a party pooper here and say that I actively dislike this shot. While there's no doubt that the use of HDR is technically very good here, it doesn't hide the fact that it's *reeeally* HDR. It screams it from the moment you see it and it has that bluey-grey, splodgy look. You know when kids paint, and the water they wash the brushes in goes grey with a slight hint of blue? HDR photos look like they've had a cup of that water knocked over them by accident and it's left a thin, uneven film of that nondescript colour over the shot and this has that in spades, it seems to me.

Sorry to spend so long waxing lyrical when I'm being negative. It's partly in my own head, trying to analyse exactly why I don't like a lot of HDR (not all - I do like some stuff) and get it straight so I understand it myself.

The colour in this is beautiful - very HDR.

Love it! I love the textures in the wood. I think the HDR is done well, personally; it is obviously HDR, but it's not over-done slodgy. I think the composition is so-so; Reckon it could have been more interesting if the boat wasn't so plop dead-centre.

Heh... "Plop dead-centre" is a great phrase. I'm gonna steal that.

Very nice indeed.

I really like this one too - and it so obviously isn't one of my accidental shots! :-)

looks like a still from the movie 'what dreams may come.'
great shot, dave.

I really like this shot, although I think that it's the HDR processing that makes it. Obviously the subject matter is interesting as well, but had you posted a straight, unprocessed shot the immediate impact would be gone.

I think that anyone who doesn't like HDR has to realize that an image like this crosses over from photography into art. This isn't photojournalism, but the artist's vision of what the photo should look like given all the tools available.

Really great work, djn.

You can argue that those posters of aliens smoking spliffs that students have on their walls are art as well. But we all know they look a bit tacky. I find HDR produces similar emotions most of the time.

hehe, after reading your description, I confirmed my 1st reaction to this photo, it's too crazy to throw this huge piece on the beach of backpool.

I love this and don't get why some people keep ranting negatively about HDR. Photomatix is just one way of post-processing an image. Nobody ever mentiones that you overdid it in Photoshop. Fact is that the human eye can see more contrast than a camera and Photomatix is just a way of fixing that. It does look like you satuated the colours quite a lot but that has nothing to do with HDR. The only thing that one should really rant about, is the fact that you and other native English speakers write "an HDR". "An" should only be used if the following word starts with a vowel. "H" is not a vowel (to the best of my knowledge) so it really should be "a HDR". Now, that's real ranting :D - correct me if I'm wrong...

Hi Pixel - the letter 'H' I believe is spelt 'aitch' - which is why. :-)

Pixel Viking, I know Vikings speak rather good English but with respect you are not quite correct in your grammatical correction. In addition to preceeding a vowel "an" may also preceed the letter H as in; an hotel or an HDR.

As I was there when David took this photograph today. I have to say that dispite the use of HDR to creat the image the end result is not a million miles away fron the actual scene. It was a very dull day with light rain but there was a luminosity in the sky., the HDR image recreates the scene extreamly well.

Well done David an interesting contrast with my effort.

Ok, I need to draw a distinction here between HDR as a tool and HDR as an adjective to describe images that look blatantly like they've been produced using HDR techniques. I have nothing against HDR as a tool, provided that it makes the image look better (very subjective here, and I realise I'm in the minority with this particular shot) but a lot of the time they don't bring out more contrast, they just make the image look flat, grey and patchy.

I don't think this shot looks contrasty at all, I think it looks dull and lifeless. A simple mono conversion of the original with a bit of an s-curve would have a zillion times more soul and feeling than this version has... For me.

Apologies I will post that again with the spellin corrected!!!!! People in glass houses......

Pixel Viking, I know Vikings speak rather good English but with respect you are not quite correct in your grammatical correction. In addition to preceding a vowel "an" may also proceed the letter H as in; an hotel or an HDR.

As I was there when David took this photograph today. I have to say that despite the use of HDR to create the image the end result is not a million miles away from the actual scene. It was a very dull day with light rain but there was a luminosity in the sky., the HDR image recreates the scene extremely well.

Well done David an interesting contrast with my effort.

I like the subject and the composition of this shot, but the HDR haloing around the ship body is just too strong (unless this is a result from burn/dodge on the clouds). I would have to agree with some of the other commenters and say that this looks 'too' HDR, a little shadow/contrast now and then never hurts.

Okay, learning is what I'm here for. Even if it means learning English as well :). So thank you for the correction. I'll have to dig a little deeper in my dictionaries and grammer books. As to the colours, only the photographer knows how the scene looked at the moment and I have no problem with the colours beeing right or wrong - I love it for what it is. I was purely trying to make the point that HDR doesn't add colour to the image (unless you choose to do so in Photomatix). I have no problem with people who dislike HDR, but since I use it quite a bit myself, I feel I have gotten to know the software. When I say "contrast" I mean dynamic range. Try taking a photo indoors with a window as part of the scene. Getting everything (indoors and outdoors) lit correctly is almost impossible. HDR fixes that in no-time. Photomatix is in no way perfect and merging several images may make the image grayish. Remember that foliage tends to move between HDR shots (or people for that matter). Merging images that are not 100% alike will make it look blured. I'm sure djn knows all this, I'm just trying to explain a piece of software that I personally enjoy very much.

my fav. on chromasia. No wait, second fav. most fav., I assume, is yet to come ;-)

Sorry Digiphotology, but your grammar's not accurate. "An" can be used before "H" when the word has a vowel sound (such as the long A in HDR), but "A" is used when the starting sound is a consonant, as in hotel. Your photo skills, on the other hand, are top-notch.

I like the image, but not because of the super-saturated boat. The juxtaposition of green grass and huge boat make you wonder: what caused the wreck, and who dragged it there?

i like the colors but where is the water?

Well done, David. You're one of the few who can do HDR correctly. A nice change of pace of the recent beach photos, even with a similar theme. Nice...

I know little to nothing about photography... I have no idea what HDR is... but I have been coming to your site daily for a few months now, being drawn in by the beautiful images that you create... and I must say that this is stunning.

The colors and mood remind me of the story 'Peter Pan'.... I really love the fantastical nature of this shot.

this is amazing. just makes your imagination go wild. can't wait to see the rest!

This is incredible. I like every single thing about this photograph. Fantastic!

Hi David, I'm not sure how it's possible but I just stumbled on your site today. You have an amazing eye and the continual quality of your images is quite amazing. You are an inspiration and I thank you for sharing your talents with us.

This is the most stunning photo I've seen in a long long time. The composition is perfect, the colors are amazing, and right now all I can think of is that I wish English was my native language so I could come up with more fitting adjectives :)

Whether or not hdr was used, chromasia is obviously about exploring and pushing the limits of photography. This shot certainly does both, quite well. It may not be quite the snapshot photography that some are looking for, but I think David is striving for something other than the norm. I enjoy this piece of art very much. Thanks for inspiration David!

Me like...

The HDR does make it look a little false and 2D, but the colours are worth it.

Brilliant,the HDR really brings out the colors,this one is really nice,great going David

At the risk of turning this in to a ‘grammar blog’: Robert – I believe in the ‘hotel’ instance it is usual to say ‘an otel’ (written an hotel) – very silly language English! :-)

It's Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr8

;-)

Beautiful.

Oh yes! This is one of my all time favourites, it really is amazing. Excellent colour pallette, great frmaing. The character on that boat. Just love this, love it. Perspective wise, were you crouched down for the shot?

Blimey this is lovely

Very nice!
Lovely sky and a great wreck indeed.

I'm certainly fan of this shot and must learn how to produce HDR images! The colour all round is wonderful and it's a very interesting topic

This is a very good shot and the number of comments prrov it. I also feel that this is one of your best HDRs. The way the sky and the grass have been captured is amazing. The colours are just too good.

Amazing shot. Great use of HDR.

Love the colours and the detail - great HDR shot.

great shot! how many colors!
I have one question, i hope you can help me. I want to buy a digicamera and i´m between a Canon 30D or Nikon D200, what do you think? I want to ask specially to you Dave. Thank you very much!

Wow, what a beautful shot. The light, colors and composition are amazing.

Great shot. The HDR adds a nice effect.

Great shot, I especially love the colouring. I also like Alistair's shot - good contrast. Quick question, have the colours been enhanced in any way using the Velvia plugin or is it an HDR effect? It's just that I was thinking of buying the plugin.

I really like this also. Great depth to the shot,detail, colour definition, vibrancy, all round just superb!

Thanks everyone, it's always great to put something up I'm pleased with and get a good response.

rollinger: take a look at this map. This shot, I think, was taken near to the middle of the map where you can see the word "Docks".

Pete: if you can suggest any more locations I'd be interested to hear about them.

Jamey: fair enough, it's not a technique that's to everyone's taste.

CurlyToes: yep, I ilke "plop dead-centre" too ;-)

seriocomic: there is some haloing, but it's also partly to do with the sharpening.

tom: I haven't used the D200, so can't really advise you, but I don't think you'd be dissapointed with the 30D.

Lex: the saturation in the foreground and sky was brought up, but not for the boat - that's down to the HDR.

Oh, and I'm fairly convinced it should be an HDR rather than 'a' HDR. It would be 'a' High Dynamic Range image though ;-)

i like those unexpected colours...i hope your other shots (thankfully coming later...nice to spice it up a bit and not have the same topic days over) are from different angles. While the centre placement is a classic, i'd like to see you experiment with angles too!

CrankPhoto: yep, the angles are somewhat different in the other three, though tomorrow's composition is somewhat similar to this one.

Beautiful!

wow what a boat! amazing color.

Very, very nice shot! The clouds are superb.

I like it.. very colourful and sky lends a decent background.

what can I say?!! you are a fine photographer and an artist. Great sense of color and composition. You portray all your subjects brilliantly!

Stunning, loads better than the sepia one imo.

Beautiful colors...I wonder how long that boat had been sitting there...