Theme: Sweet Dawn Light

[Brendan Dozier]

Took this down at the local park just before sunrise. Flipped it, ACR, PP, softened edges in Topaz Detail, and mild color boost in Topaz Adjust.

[Cheryl Flory]

i really like your work here, but the bright white in the center is distracting to me. It doesn't seem to fit with all those rich reds and blues. I like the composition too.

[Brendan Dozier]

Thanks Cheryl, and I agree with you about the white. It was in the original shot, I started to work on ways to fill it out, but it wasn't looking right, so decided to post it as is. Think I'll work on it later.

[denise ippolito]

Very vibrant colors and I like the feel. The only part I'm not crazy about id the saturation in and around the white area. I love that thin palm tree and wish it were placed in a stronger compositional spot, still a very neat image.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Brendan, I like how you flipped it and sky is very cool. Agree on the white area - if you have Nik's Viveza you could try putting a control point on the white area and then try adjusting the warmth slider for more blue or more yellowish tone to the white area. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Nice work!

[Kerry Perkins]

Brendan, I'm loving the colors of the sky and the flip treatment. I would love to see this image rotated 90˚ CCW.

[Brendan Dozier]

Here's one repost with white part filled in:

Brendan, I'm loving the colors of the sky and the flip treatment. I would love to see this image rotated 90˚ CCW.

Kerry, that is so funny, I actually was originally thinking of posting it 90%, because it almost looked two like two planets.

I'll do that next. Denise, I see what you mean, do you think it should be dead center?

[Brendan Dozier]

Here's the 90 degrees CCW

Thanks for the feedback Andrew, Denise, & Kerry

Let me know what you think

[Kerry Perkins]

Brendan, I like this! I think it makes a fantastic abstract this way. Thanks for humoring me!

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent composition, Brendan. I like the colors a lot. The rotated abstract is very interesting. It looks like a space station rotating on its axle. Nice processing.

[Brendan Dozier]

Thanks, Indranil, Kerry - It does seem to be a more interesting image with the rotation.