Here comes the sun

Simply stunning Mel – and it’s great in black and white!

fantastic in black and white!

What a mood…luv it

Amazing. What a perfectly captured shot. Lots of mood and mono is stunning.

Gorgeous Mel… love the movement and the composition…Great conversion too…
Top job!
x Sam

Oh yeah, the b&w works so well, really emphasises the light and the movement of the water. Stunning image!

Oooooo … yes, yes, yes … great catch. This one’s the duck’s nuts.

This is STUNNING!!!

Looks great…nicely composed and the sky matches the mood of the ocean…

Heavenly Mel!!! You are the Queen of Landscapes :)

Stunningly beautiful!

very nice!! i love the water. did you use a longer shutter speed?

Wow! This is stunning, very moody!

What a stunning black and white!

Great shot Mel!

”...do-un-do-do, and I say, it’s all right!” Thanks for the beautiful photo…and the song, Mel!

So moody – you can feel the power. Nice choice of B&W :-)

Love it Mel, That “Texturous” and layered feel that comes from a beautiful black & white image! Cannot get enough of this!! :D

.......... (Speechless again!) – Fantastic

Stunning Mel!!! =)

Thanks so much everyone, for your lovely comments!

Mel,

Love this, it’s great in b&w , love your work!

This is awesome Mel… looking forward to seeing your Abbey Shots too

WOW, what the rest of them said, just stunning.

Great very impressive

The richness of the greyscale lends itself to add extra depths … great job Mel (As always :)

Stunning.

I concur with all the above.

Thanks so much everyone!

I shall also concur! 10/10.

Fantastic time effect… I love it!!!

this is a very good shot, Mel, very good tones!!

Wow ! I reckon this is one of the best I’ve seen of yours Mel (haven’t gone through them all yet), but this is a ripper.

This is an incredible work Mel… Well done and keep up the good work! :)

Thanks guys, much appreciated!

wow !!!! love the movement in the water…

Bingo! Great one! M:>

Thanks Phil and Michael.

Great pic Mel, two of my favourite things, water and a moody sky, did you us HDR or is it a straight photo?

Great pic this is awesome love the grey and wow just beautiful

Thanks Tony and VJ. I used two ND grey grads +9 and +6 for the sky, with tripod and cable release, as well as shot bracketed exposures, Tony. Despite that, I then chose the normally exposed shot to process as a single raw file in photomatix, and then processed in photoshop to convert to monochrome, adding a split tone curves layer at the end.

Great mood to this one Mel :)

WOW! what is more powerful the water or the sky? It is absolutely gorgeous :]

This sure does it for me Mel,love it!!!

Thanks Lee, Funkyface and Lance!

As a beginner all I can say is WOW!!!!!!

S E N S A T I O N A L – what an amazing mood and feeling in this image. Wonderful work Mel!

If you decide to take the photo in mono you can also use orange/red filters which will just darken the blues in the sky, makes the white clouds more contrasty against their background.

Thanks Christina, Paul and Tony. There’s no way in the world I’d be that well organised, Tony, that would imply an orderly and disciplined mind…..

wow!! thats all i can say! im speachless! its beautiful!!

Fantastic!

i have still to perfect this technique, off to the beach today to give it another go :)

Thanks melissa, Jarko and Theia. Good luck Theia!

Really Beautiful

I love time shots and B/W to top it of you have really done a nice job. What sort of settings and Camerea do you use.

Thanks magic1gal and Matthew. I used a Canon 5D for this, with a 16-35mm lens at 16mm. f/22 and 1/5second, ISO 50

I love the mood of this shot. The flowing water over the rocks makes lines in the water that are duplicated in the sunrays. Gret composition and black and white tones. well done.

IS this an IR photo too. Excellent slow shutter technique. Like the composition here.

Thanks Dot and Marie. Not IR this time, just used a split tone curve layer to add a little colour to the monochrome.

An extremely beautiful shot. I even love the name you gave it. Composition is breathtaking.

EGADS!!!! That is awesome!!!

awsome, awsome,awsome….

Thanks so much Jeff, Charles and Herman!

If ever I was to choose who I would want to spend time with to learn seascapes Mel, it would be you. Your images of water are stunning.

Well thank you fracturedfotos! I’ve had a wonderful teacher, and we are very much still learning how to get it right.

OH, MEL… THIS IS ONE CLASSY BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE!!!

do YOU USE A PLUG-IN FOR B&W CONVERSION, OR STANDARD PHOTOSHOP TECHNIQUES?

CHEERS

LOUISE

So much has been said about this amazing image….and I agree…awesome!

Wow nice capture!! This image works very well in B&W!

gorgeous shot

Thanks so much Louise, Mugsy, EOS20 and Calcvictim!

Another stunning image Mel!

OMG it’s beautiful, even in BW. You should be very proud of this image it’s conveys a sunrise without needing the colours.

Thanks so much, Roddy and nsoup. I’m seriously reconsidering showing the coloured version, thats for sure! lol!

Awesome, I love this photo! Wel done.

Thank you Thunderchild!

Absoluuuutely beauuuutiful!!

Absolutely STUNNING.

Thanks Caroline and Serenityone!

I must agree with everyone else:

This is tremendous, great use of wide angle & a delecate post production job.

Thanks so much Rob!

stunning!

Thanks very much to the lovely person who bought this as a card!!!

GLORIOUS

I love it. The bw strikes me more than the colour. It’s so dynamic!

I’m not a black and white person – BUT I think I like the b/w pic better! The water looks stronger; more powerful in this one. Strange…..

Thanks Steve, lightsmith and lareejc.

This is such a great image! WOW! I love it! I think I like it even better in the B/W, it is just such a strong composition!

love it. outstanding.

Very cool! Stunnning!

THIS IS AN AMAZING PIC IT IS ACTUALLY A MEANINGFUL PICTURE U CAN SEE THE EMOTION IN THE PICTURE AND HOW U WERE FEALING

i love this photo very awesome

This is a wonderful image!

Absolutely breathtaking

Beautiful!

i think the shear volume of comments emphasises what a great piece this is!

great photo, great title. hopefully going to buy it this summer.

Unbelievable that this is not HDR.

What a fantastic and beautiful image..

beautiful shot. great exposure

awesome beauty!!! love the mood!!!!

This is sensational!

Took me an hour to scroll way down here, you deserve it all . Its a marvelous work, love it!

This IS an excellent image. Works really well in b&w.
Thanks for the tip on the add a comment link. Only took me 45 minutes to get to the bottom. Must be easier on the northern hemisphere. I think Adrian has to scroll up (harder to do. lol).

Thanks for the instruction Mel!!! I am not really as thick as I sound haha! I didnt know about that, thanks!

Absolutely SUPERB !!! I cant stop staring at it.. It takes my eyes EVERYWHERE