Ocean Sunrise

[Chris Sloan]

http://csloan.smugmug.com/photos/448813339_gQdmv-L.jpg

Canon EOS 400D
EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM lens
1/2000
f/10
ISO 400

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Chris,
Welcome to the forum! Well....this is very interesting!!!.....I don't often find myself liking images w/o a strong focal point....although some may consider the sun and god rays as such.....but the sky here is a landscapers dream!!!.....if only I could produce this on demand!!! Ideally, I would have preferred that you composed this off center....preferrably with the sun on one of the ROT lines....but I still find myself liking this very much even with some elements lacking.....because the sky is so dramatic and you have definitely conveyed the sense of being there! You have a very nice seascape/cloudscape....but I do feel you can tweak the rays a bit more to put this up a notch more. I do realize that you have lost some in compression.....but pop those rays and this will really shine!

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Liked this image for the drama in the sky and especially those burst of rays from behind the clouds.

[Kobus Tollig]

ditto Roman here. Also have a question...is the FG and Sky one shot or did you put them together....?
Well done on this and welcome to the forum. Hope to see many more from you.

[Chris Sloan]

It's all one shot, although I did increase the saturation in the sky in post. I am going to play around with it based on the feedback; this is cropped from a larger image so I have some options on how to redo it.

[denise ippolito]

Chris, Really dramatic sky, I like the blue peeking thru the clouds and the band of gold tones. I think the rays are great but they could pop more as noted. Well done.

[Chris Sloan]

So how would I go about making the rays pop more? I am going to re-process this one to address comments but that's the one that I am not quite sure how to implement.

[Kobus Tollig]

Thx for that.