This this is my favourite of the series. Great HDR work, as it does not look like one. Super cool clouds decending in the background too.

While I really liked all the ones last week - some more than others - this one is really terrific. The composition is quite nice and is greatly accentuated by the HDR I suspect. I can imagine that much detail would be lost in the foreground hulk. Superb!! I think maybe the favorite of the wrecks so far.

LOVE IT.. great framing also another approriate use of HDR

Another interesting day on the mud banks. Good to meet John today. I see he has put up an interesting variation on the wreck theme. I agree there are a hundred and one images to be had here. The hard part is sorting the wheat from the chaff. This is an angle I had not spotted. Well executed as always. It will be of most interest to those who are familiar with the location. The textures and colours are just amazing. I chickened out of competing with another wreck shot and went with a shot I took on Monday evening on Blackpools South Pier. I will be having another go at the wrecks though.

I also love this one. Although I'm very upset that your version is miles better than the one I took from the exact same spot a few days back - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatpete/222386227/ :-)

The detail and tone across the whole frame is superb.

This is my favorite of them all. I love 3 dimensional photos like this one. It's obviously HDR - the front hull would never be lighted that well with a single frame. I always have a hard time with foliage / grass but you seem to handle it very well. Do you use "magic wand" or "layer mask" when you work on the sky (and other areas)? Or will I have to wait for a tutorial to find out? :D

Aaaargghh.

How DO you get such amazing colours? I love this shot and I've loved the series.
Fantastic, as usual.

What a great shot David. I haven't visited in a while, and its good to know you haven't gotten worst! Just kidding of course.

I really like it. I've been experimenting with HDR, but haven't gotten the hang of it yet. So that's why I came to see what you had with hdr, and lucky for me, you've got some great recent examples.

For this photo, I like that while the wreck is mangled and generally feels "icky"... it all still works. Its calming and even makes me smile.

So take care,
Brian

I love this pic - the variation in colour, in depth and in the natural textures - are just brilliant.
Thx for sharing.

Personally I love these. For some reason this reminds me of a Salvador Dali painting.

What world do you live in that things like this exist?

Seriously? Can I visit?

(that means I think it's beautiful)

Is the light in the photograph natural or was this created by post processing. Great photo either way.

WOW! The HDR work in this one works so well. I was thinking the same thing as Robert; reminds me of Dali. Very surreal. What a talent you have!

Great perspective! Out of all of the photos involving these boats, this one is my favorite. Excellent work.

This is so far my favourite of your shots at this location. Like Charlie Waite said of landscape photography, it's good if textures in the foreground reflect those in the distance. And this picture of yours does exactly that. The wooden planks in the foreground give the viewers a great grasp at the texture of the boat in the distance, even though they can't see it.

And that's not even starting to compliment on the great framing and colours.

Great HDR work..... but..... :-)
the sky around the edges of the boat in the foreground seems to be lighter than the rest of the picture, i get that too in HDR pictures in high contrast areas, anybody know of a way to fix that ??

Wow this is brilliant. It is like the ship is about to be eaten. Best so far in this series.

Beautiful! I just wished that the gap between the boat and the wooden thing in left was a little bit more. great colors and texture anyway.

The composition is amazing.

Very beautiful, Dave. I also like the picture on the 19th.

Another great shot David, love it. The colours and detail are outstanding combined with such an inspirational composition.

Dave, was this all achieved in Photomatix or did you use Photoshop too?

One word: WOW

so beautiful, perhaps just a too grey sky t obe real ..?
But the texture of the boat is so amazing ... and its colours !

This works quite well. The close view of the wood reveals a great deal of detail and you get a good impression of the condition of the boats and what they look like in the background. It's almost like two pictures in one.

Oh, this is definitely my favouite. I love the way it's like a landscape shot and a close-up all in one. Really nice composition.

Yes I like this one too. Excellent colours. Great sky. I love the foreground interest the most mind you. Really wonderful detail.

sorry but if the wrecks are striking in their own right why the HDR? I like the shot and I don't mind post processing but I think this HDR thing is a bit too much, 95% of your shots are amazing and processed with great condsideration to the subject in hand but every once in a blue moon I shrink back from my screen. No doubt there will be a few folk slating this and me but I'm entitled to my opinion and you can't please all of the people all of the time....I for one would like to see the original before tweaking or the multiple brackets (just out of interest)...BTW it is a great photo just a little too HDR for my liking in this case.

well done this HDR, no forced limits, showing a grea scene.

Superb! Love how you composed this shot. Give the viewer a really good idea of just how weathered and worn those old hulls are. Tack sharp and contrasty, what's not to love?

Hmm...I don't like the overall composition of this one as well as the previous ones. I like the right side of the image--the contrast in color and texture, but for some reason the left side closeup detracts from the photo.

I like the clever composition and angles but in this instance and imho the HDR makes the nearest hull seem artificially superimposed; a combination of two photographs. I guess this is what HDR is; a blending of two or more photographs, however I personally prefer it when it achieves an *almost* real feel. and the combined images do not appear in such stark contrast. If you lessened the brightness on the nearest hull though I guess it would become a dark shape that wouldn't warrant half the frame. Having said that I'm very impressed with the effects of (and your use of) HDR and have enjoyed this series.

Interesting shot, love the vibrant greens. What I long for is some real colour from your shots, recently you have been the master of the grey sky :) I mean that in a good way, but some nice vibrant colours would be nice.

Oh, the colors... Perfect combination!

Your best image to date for me David...

BEST.

Still got to arrange a meetup with you and John over on the Fylde coast haven't we :-)

Wall-worthy.

Thanks everyone.

[ PIXEL VIKING ]: in this case I did use the magic wand to mask the sky.

Digital Photo Ted: a bit of both ;-)

bjorn: the halo around the edge of dark objects in HDR shots can be fixed, but I didn't do an especially great job of it with this one.

Ali: yes, the gap should have been bigger. Unfortunately though I couldn't position my tripod any further to the left as it would have meant submersing one leg in very soft mud.

natureboy: fair comment, obviously HDR shots aren't to everyone's taste.

RD/Lex: yes, there is a bit of a mismatch between the two halves of the image.

Sysagent: let me know when you could come over.

I'm still undecided about this HDR thing. I think it looks too false for me.

I think I'd have liked this better with less DOF - either foreground or background would do - as there seem to be two different photo ops here which don't work as one for me.

The thing about this shot is that this is how one would see it IRL. Round a corner of something one see something else..

Hi,
This is a very good example on how to use HDR the most optimal way.
I really like the framing and colours
Like a lot of other bloggers I've been shooting a lot of HDR's myself lately, and like you I've grown kind of tired of it. But this one wouldn't have worked this well as a single exposure.
- Martin

Great work. luv it.

The gran on the wood in the forground is amazing.

Shall I try that again? Here goes.

The GRAIN of the wood in the forground is amazing.

That's better.

this is awsome shot!I like the tone !!and brilliant green grass!!

You have my awe. It's there. Right there in your hand. It's pulsing slightly and sighing, "wow."