Awesome waves '
Brighton has it all, sun, sea and seagulls. I'm crazy about the 1st two, not so much about the last one. To get the above photo was taking a bit of a risk, that I wouldn't be swept away by the amazing waves. And I can tell you they came damm close. This is a image of the west pier that was destroyed by fire some years ago and was left to nature to decide its fate. Every storm takes a tiny bit back with it, slowly but steady. I decided not to do the HDR in camera by taking several exposures and layering them in a application, instead doing a lot of the dramatisation in Camera RAW. For a conversion program, its surprisingly versatile and there is a lot of tools to fool around with. Since its a non-destructive process, you only need to remember that it hold a file beside the original file as to any changes you make. The original remains exactly as out of camera. I would however leave the fine tuning items such as sharpening to photoshop as that's where