PP: (Fooled with this off and on for most of the month. In the end, not precisely certain what this particular result entailed, but here's a best guess) HDR of 6 raw images using Photomatix, levels, curves, hue/saturation, noise reduction of sky, crop, dodge&burn, resize, selective usm, selective multiply layer
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I think this is beautiful! I am imagining how awesome it must have been to be there at sunrise -- so quiet and peaceful. I am not a morning person, so it is really hard for me to get places by sunrise - but every time I do it, I am SO THANKFUL that I did, and I always say a prayer that something about my body clock will change and I will do it more often.
Thanks for the response (lucky I looked in on this (wish 'they' would implement an indicator on responses to comments) --- I got the point whilst voting and I studied this a 'while' (couple of minutes?) - just a difference of 'vision' and interpretation I guess - after reading the title I wanted to see something with more 'light', more 'ethereal', especially with a scene like this.. I made a judgment at the time that you had applied a grunge type process in pp, but in retrospect, and with the benefit of your notes, it seems you only used HDR... so apologies if I am wrong there.
I really love the scene and the attention to detail but the over saturated colors just look so unnatural to me. I bet this is really killer in black and white too. :~)