Here comes the Sun

[Alpha_7]

Do dee do doo!

From this mornings North Beaches, here is my first offering, continuing my current interest in morning silhouettes. Please let me know what you think....

[wendellt]

wow, now that's very Givenchy
Next time craig you need to organize a sunrise shot with a lovely lady

[blinkblink]

He's wearing a skirt, is that close enough?

[BBJ]

Graig, mate very very nice pic mate love it.

[Alex]

Well done, Craig. This is a great photo. I like it a lot.

Alex

[stubbsy]

Craig

That's an exceptional image. Very impressive.

[avkomp]

I am a sucker for silhouettes and this is a good one.

my only nits though would be the darker section in the middle that does weaken the overall effect in my opinion.
Perhaps shooting from a lower angle, but then you lose the golden reflection.

lovely image.

Steve

[Alpha_7]

I am a sucker for silhouettes and this is a good one.

my only nits though would be the darker section in the middle that does weaken the overall effect in my opinion.
Perhaps shooting from a lower angle, but then you lose the golden reflection.

lovely image.

Steve

Steve,

Can you elaborate on how you'd like this improved ? There is a lot of detail I decided to hide to get a simple silhouette, perhaps I can bring some of the detail back to improve it in your eyes ?

[avkomp]

I love the silhouette
is very powerful at the top with his head/shoulders

and I love the bottom bit with the strong silhouette but just the middly scction particularly the rocks dont seem to help seeing the full person.

perhaps a little more gold on the water also
or if you could coax a little gold backlights on the edge of the loins like where there is a hind of it at the lower right where the water ends and the rock starts?

regardless this is a great shot, just wondering if more may be milked from it

Steve

[SteveGriffin]

Craig,
beautiful silhouette! When I first saw it though I inital impression was that the guy is eating a pie and now that is stuck in my head.

[Geoff]

Craig - this is a really beautiful silouette!! You are producing some fine 'work' lately!! Thanx for sharing.

[LostDingo]

Nice silhouette craig, good work!

[the foto fanatic]

Very nice image, Craig.

[Glen]

I like it Craig

[Poon]

Craig,
Very beautiful.
I like this kind of shots.
But not easy to control.
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Rgds
Poon

[JED]

Great strong image. Very well done, Craig.

Cheers, John

[Oneputt]

Very nice Craig. It is indeed a very strong image.Well done.

[Greg B]

Excellent shot Craig, well done

[sirhc55]

This shot would have been ideal for HD layering to give definition in the middle section of the body which has become totally integrated with the land mass. Although I like the shot in principle, the disembodiment just appears to be unnatural

[Sheila Smart]

Excellent work, Craig. Its one of those images which is ambiguous in that studying it, I am unsure if it was taken with the person looking towards you or towards the sun.

Cheers
Sheila

[Willigan]

Great shot Craig - makes getting up at that the ungodly hour worthwhile. & I know what Shiela is saying - I've changed my mind a couple of times about which way he's facing

[big pix]

Nice capture....... very raiders of the lost ark, by the sea..........

[Michael]

Did you use a orange filter by any chance to get that effect?

[Alpha_7]

Thanks for all the comments, I'll try to answer a few questions...

Firstly the subject is a fellow DSLR user, can you guess who ?

He was facing the water, and wasn't eating a pie, infact I am pretty sure he was taking a photo.

Craig - Well worth getting up early, love the morning light, it at night shots are currently my favourite shooting conditions

Michael - No orange filters used, this was pretty much the colour I saw when shooting perhaps it was a little bit more yellow.



Finally, I'll try another PP'ed version with more detail in it, for those that are interested, I'd also like to point out, that I blew alittle of the sun out (dead centre to had to use PP to retrieve it) I was sure someone would notice or comment, but I'm happy to say no one did so my PP skills must be improving!