Definitely good! I like the pinkish colors and the movement of the waves makes it soft and peaceful.

Good work and good experimentation David. I like it ;-)

This doesn't do much for me. It just looks washed out (no pun intended) and blah. I wish we could see more of your street photography rather than oceanography, but I understand that you're busy and have limited time to shoot.

I like it.

I'm going to get some prices on going to Dubai for this summer,

Great photos, hope your trip is going well

Hi, I like it very much, what kind (strength) of filter(at the camera) did you used? I'm actually learning using a gray filter and I really need some hints...
Best regards

Dubai right now is nice - in summer it's ***** hot !!

The photo is nice, and different from usual, but, and I mean this with respect, it seems that these recent shots are more about Photoshop than photography. I prefer the babies:-)

Like the color palette - very warm and soft but think that maybe you could have had the horizon (by the Burj) on the top third. Just my opinion...

You know now I can't really tell what your style is. When I see this shot it still says Chromasia on it. Sorry David but I guess I was expecting a bit more. Please don't get me wrong it's a great shot but I don't see that much different from your other stuff.

Looking forward to tomorrows'

dave... try that iso 50 sometime on that 5d.

Not sure about the blur : tones are cool. You should check out Mal's (www.mal.shutterchance.com) long exposure shots: definitive stuff!

Pretty, but, Why would you center the horizon... whyyyyy... and you're building (subject?) isn't really set on 1/3 either.

Wonderful evening mood and tones, a different style but still nice.

I'm very happy that your trying new things, it inspires me to try new things too, but I honestly don't find thins photo moving at all :(
Its quite bland.
Sorry.

Love the tones and the movement in the water - but guess I find Dubai a little boring - bring on Blackpool !!

Excellent colours.

I should say I expected a more "extreme" change in your post-processing after you mentioned that yesterday. Although I like many of your photos, I hope that some day you'll photograph other sceneries than beaches and "stuff".

Go inland, go to the forests or the mountains... I'm sure you'll get great shots! And I'm sure we all gonna love them! =)

Wow.................

This is a very different color palette for you, but I like it. I think overall I would've liked the shot a little more if the horizon wasn't right in the middle (just a personal preference of mine), but it's still a nice shot. Looking forward to seeing the next few shots. Keep up the great work!

Nice shot. I like the ipnkish tone of this image

I am new to this Blog and feel a little hesitant to pass comment, seeing that I was one of David's students here in Dubai only just over a week ago. However, I will give it a go anyhow... I can most definitely see the change in the post processing and I do love the colours too! Living in Dubai, I love the fact that the Burj Al Arab as well as the Jumeirah Beach Hotel to its left are quite prominent, however, with that in mind I would have cloned out the darker details of the Palm construction to the right of the frame and possibly the boat close to the Burj. I know that rules are there to be broken but I struggle with the horizon cutting the frame in half as I don't feel that the sky is dramatic enough to warrant that much space. Nice to meet you all and I look forward to seeing the next three photographs!

Thanks all.

Max: yep, time is one thing I don't seem to have a great deal of at the moment.

Tibs: I've been back for a week now, but it did go well.

stefan: I didn't use a filter for this one, just a small aperture.

Jeremy: some shots I've put up recently have ended up being more about Photoshop than the content of the image, but, personally, I don't think that that's the case with this one.

Mohamed: I did think about cropping this one to move the horizon up, but decided that the clouds, such as they were, mirrored the shape of the blurred wave.

Jide: perhaps I over-emphasised the difference between this one and my usual work ;-)

Steve: good point. I keep forgetting that I've got ISO 50 on this one.

Dave: yep, Mal's long exposures are good.

Nicolas: I'm not convinced that the rules of composition need to be followed religiously, but it does seem as though the ways in which I broke them with this shot weren't entirely successful ;-)

Jennifer: don't worry, I don't have too many left.

jkm: I'm always happy to receive comments - positive or otherwise. I've mentioned the sky, but could say that I did think about cloning some of the items out, but as a visitor to Dubai I guess I saw them as part of the scene rather than a distraction. Also, in the high res' version, the boat looks a lot more interesting. At this size it's more of a distraction than a feature.

Its so amazingly flat. I am now even more convinced that nuking the region would be a good thing - minimal environmental damage as its already flat (maybe some sand would turn to glass), and the population reduction would make the civilized world a much safer place.