Well... the road getting there may have had some detours, but I am glad that you took the journey... I don't know anything about digital processing, but both the original and this one are why I love the shore where you live. Beautiful.

sorry for being so repetitive, but as always, this picture is simply amazing, i love beach/sea/sunset pictures, and you really know how to make the best shots combinging them :)

Some great contrasts in this shot. I also like the way the sea waves complement the 'cloud waves'.

I rather like this. It has so much in the way of brooding presence and such a spectrum of colour.

Wow!

Emil Nolde , a less than well known 19th /20th german painter, did some stuff as good as this . richard

amazing post processing work

Your sunset photo whether by accident or not is outstanding. The color array is spectacular. I did view the original shot which was captioned as "afternoon" and while it may have been, it could have passed for morning with rising up of the sun. Please note that I viewed previous photos of yours and found them all to be quite impressive. Amstel Adams was a wonderfully talented black and white photographer. I find that you have the same qualities in your B&W photos as well. There is a clarity about B&W photos due to clarity and contrast that makes them highly unique as opposed to color photos/prints. It was by pure happenstance that when I changed "My Yahoo" the "Chromasia.com" came up as an add-on, thus giving me first-hand exposure to your work. I hope you'll continue to produce such quality work for your fans to view.

Wow, great shot, Love the color depth.

wo nelly and wow. You never cease to amaze me. This is powerfully beautiful!!!

Wow, outstanding work! Love your creative processing. Bravo!

Very nice, I love the processing. It makes a dreary overcast day look very magical.

Love seeing your before shots.. Don't know how you do it :) This is beautiful considering what you started with!

I really like the contrast

Beautiful colors !

A great dramatic scene

Hallucinante photo !!, les couleurs sont merveilleuses, BRAVO !

Wonderful colors, I wish that i was there!

Realy like this Dave,always enjoy looking at your work but this just is wonderful

As already mentioned, this is very reminiscent of the expressive works of Emile Nolde. I know there are certain people who don't approve of all the post production work but I think this is a perfect example of the importance of letting the image itself dictate the direction you take it.

What's amazing is how dramatic the changes are yet it is still completely convincing. The vignette works very well here.

The colors are indeed rich, deep, and beautiful.

Very intense! Great colours.

This must have been quite the experience in real life!

"Well... the road getting there may have had some detours, but I am glad that you took the journey... I don't know anything about digital processing, but both the original and this one are why I love the shore where you live. Beautiful."

Spot on. The doctored version is beautifully done. Lovely work.

wish I was there. :)

I don't know Dave... I may be the one to be hit with the tomatoes, but I just don't think this is your style. Sure, the post processing is impressive in color, but I think the saturation is too much compared to your previous posts of this type.
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Really hits you when the page loads. I think the killer is not really the sky but the stunning reflections and tones on the waves and the intensity given by the edge burning/darkening.

OMG! what a transformation from the original image! it's almost unbelievable even even to someone having a basic knowledge of photoshop. It's amazing how a few relatively simple steps applied to the right image can produce such dramatic and interesting results. This is good inspiration for the rest of us Dave, great work.

just amazing. i love the colors but also the movement both actual and in theory. just wow.

Hi David, the 'processed' version looks very nice, but I'm always nervous about such radical Photoshop work in that it begins to mislead the viewer. Purely personal opinion of course.

David, I don't comment very often (about Twice a year on average) and it's always negative. I think this is because your shots are so good I don't need to say anything. However, for once I'm going to say how much I love this. You've stepped outside the box.

Oh and love the tutorials.

Beautiful colorus and tones you made in this image. Nice work.

Thanks everyone :-)

I do find the colors striking but up at top the light blue just appears over saturated and unnatural. The post work may just be too much. One of the things I like most about your photographs is the natural looking ones. I think I like the original of this more.

but, good work though as always.

David, again such a dramatic difference from a standard, flat original. I love the way that you take one, add one, and make three. Great.

Stunning. Subscribed!

This is what is so great about post processing. Perfect example.