Photography: Sunrise

Took a trip to the beach this morning to shoot the sunrise. This was my first sunrise shoot. I found that HDR was perfect for this situation!

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Mattias Nilsson

Wow! Absolutely stunning!I really have to get myself to go up early some day soon, so I won’t sleep away the golden hour like i currently do..
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  @Mattias Nilsson It’s definitely worth it!
Hrvoje17zg

Awesome!!! HDR, isn’t it?
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  @Hrvoje17zg Sure is!
JoycevanDenzen

Well worth the early rise!
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  @JoycevanDenzen Definitely!
MarcKramer

what’s wrong with these picture’s they look so magical :p

no seriously what have you done? it looks so nice.

btw sorry for my bad language
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  @MarcKramer It’s HDR. Multiple exposures combined into one image.
NisheedJagadish

awesome…..which software have u used for it ? Photomatix?
Thomas Hammond

Wow! Really nice shots ! I can only ever get one good shot when I go to the beach :/
Stany Anthony Furtado

awesome pics!
Tom Jakob Brablec

I think I’d prefer it without HDR. The shots are great and interesting, but the HDR just makes it very unrealistic. I don’t know what the original shots looked like, but I’m guessing high contrast, some added clarity and some tweaking of tone curves could have looked better. It’s still very interesting, though. That’s just my opinion.
James Tanner

Where is this beach I wish the beaches here looked like that and werent full of tourist
Fabian Frenzel

Dude, this is amazing!
Jafar Qasimov

AVVESOME
Brian Brannan

Awesome! May I ask what camera and lens you used?
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Tom – I tried without HDR first. They didn’t really give me the colors I was after.
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Brian – Canon 7D, Tokina 11-16mm.
Tom Jakob Brablec

Oh, I see. Then it makes sense. It’s all about what you personally prefer. I hope to see some more interesting shots.
Milan Stojevski

What you edit on this pictures in PS? It looks amaizing good job dude
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Milan – I used Nik Software’s HDR Efex Pro to stitch together 5 images.
Marios Basileiou

WOOOOWWWW!!!!!!!
Brian Brannan

Canon 7D ? That is the camera I have been looking to purchase.
Awesome!
John P. Rosenskjold

Omg very nice pictures.
Ryan Getchell

Great Shots, Next time your doing Sunset photos on the beach, try it with Multiple Exposures, So do the water at a High Ap, with a Long Shutter to get the nice wispy effect of the waves, and then For the sunset do what you did, it looks amazing. I love wispy waves, they look so graceful, and peaceful
Carly Watts

Just wow
Rdee Hauhnar

Nice capture and good processing…one thing i find disturbing in HDR is Halo that form in those high contrast area, like around the tower, around big dark clouds and around the lady. But that’s just me.
Scott Serafin

Wow,, gorgeous
Niki Valentin Wacherhausen

Oh my god, that is amazing
Carlos Reyes

Great photos i’m a fan of your tutorials they have helped me a lot.
And HDR it’s great in my opinion because it makes you aprreciate a lot more details in the photo than just a single shot
max121

could you do a short tutorial on one of these? I think those pictures look amazing, but i don’t understand how you combined the pictures, for there must me a lot of movement in the waves and stuff, so how did you get multiple shots of those in different exposures?
Karlis Libietis

Those are some AMAZING shots man!
iZeeno

What Beach is it?And Where is it from?
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  @iZeeno South Beach in Miami.
IceflowStudios

I’ve done a few tutorials on HDR photography. Check out my YouTube channel.
http://www.dsrephotos.com/ Don

Did you mask in the waves from a single frame? I don’t see any evidence of ghosting.
Dmitrijus Grigorjevas

awesome!!
Andrew Hampshire

Wow, thats pretty incredible. Great photos, sir.
freedommcflyy

Good job! Makes me want to recycle!
Amintha Coonghe

amazing details…. nice.
Grifs99

Very nice photo.
Grifs99

Very nice photos.
Dean Pearson

Really wish i could pop down to that beach in the morning!!
LaverneRueda

is that your Girlfriend? can i ask someting about managing the colors on the first image?
MarkTimothyLevander

Can you give u specifics about how the shots were taken?? 3, 5 or 7 images and +1, +2, what exposures were used? These are freaking amazing. What post processing did you use to convert them to HDR? Thanks in advance and keep up the great work!
kaloian

Cool photos What camera did you use? I’m going to bye a camera, but not decided which one yet. And one more question. Can you get this hdr effect with photoshop if the camera doesn’t have hdr mode. Thanks

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