Hopeman Bay near Elgin, Scotland - revised

@Cris: Thankyou Cris =D)

@Saeed: Thanks Saeed, I'm finally happy with this shot - it toook me forever!

@Michael Skorulski: Yeah, the sky was shot using a pretty heavy sunset filter, so it is basically monochrome (although not b&w obviously). The rocks were not and, although I have edited them to match the colour of the sky, they still have the full range of colourtones. I think the eye picks up on this discrepancy and feels a little uneasy looking at it.

@Ana Lúcia: Thanks Ana =D) I realise it will not be to everyones taste but I'm glad you liked it and chose to comment.

@Ron: Hi Ron, thanks for your input. When I boosted the white levels in the sky, to increase contrast in the shot, I lost some of the colour saturation in the sky. I might try having another fiddle to see what it would look like to add some back in =D)

@Viewfinder: You do? Interesting. It was just too fake for me. In fairness, the added lens flare is also fake but for me it just 'feels' easier to look at. Thanks for commenting, at least you like one of them lol!

@Dimitrios: Hey, thanks for the compliment Dimitrios

@Betsy Barron : www.thebetsy.com: Yes, the first image had been subtly resized for printing after adding the white border and title so the details would have degraded slightly and I didn't think to apply a little more sharpening to compensate. This image is the original dimensions so the ratio has not been altered, plus it has been made smaller, which will add to the effect.

Thanks for your comment, I'm glad you like it.

@Rhys: Thanks Rhys - I am a lot happier. And this is old school HDR, none of that automated photomatix and what-not lol!

@alla: Ha ha! Thanks Alla - with my landcapes I do try to show that bit of 'heavan on earth' =D)

@Damon Schreiber: Impressive eh? thats the 1st time anynone's used that word for one of my images lol! Thank you kindly =D)

@Jan: Low down and dirty, my favourite POV =D) Thanks!

@Alexandros: Thankyou Alexandros - I'm glad you said 'almost' lol!

@Ronnie 2¢: Yeah, I can see that =D) Maybe I should start looking for buyers amongst SF novelists lol!

Dan

@yiannis krikis: Thankyou kindly Yannis, I favour low angles but t means I have to do a lot of lying down in the mud - I need to get a decent tripod!

@Himera: Ever? Thanks! So, you wanna buy it? Lol - only kidding =D) Well, lookin at your latest image, you certainly know about colour so thanks for the compliment.

@standley: Thanks =D) I've been trying to make it less surreal but I give up lol! I like it how it is now, I'm glad you do too.

@amy: Thankyou Amy, that was a great comment. Hmmm... I've never desaturated before changing the blending. Sounds interesting, let me just give it a quick try.... .... ... ... ... ... Oh. Oh Yes. You Rock! That is perfect, thankyou soo much =D) Great technique!

@Pied Crow: Just play around with them, nobody has to see! I'm on the oppisite end of the scale; I have to discipline myself not to go overboard with the processing. I too have picked up on this odd use of the term sci-fi but thought it better not to correct people lol! I think the term 'alien' or 'fantasy' would be better but I guess thoughts of alien worlds leads to thoughts of star trek, hnece the sci-fi label I'm getting. It doesn't bother me though! =D)

Glad you liked the image, thanks for commenting.

@Stu: Wll I'm glad the 'locals' approve lol! Thanks for the compliment.

Dan

@MSD: Well, the sun does set at around this point but the shot was taken mid afternoon and a seperate sunset dropped in, so it is not quite 'real' I'm afraid but I'm glad you like it =D)

@Doug: Ha ha! It is a wilderness up there. I have some other, less doctored images, which look just as alien!

@Twelvebit: Thanks, I was originally striving for realism but have come to love it the way it is =D)