Crepuscular Rays with 50% horiz. compression

all I can say is WOW

This is like no other skyscape I have ever seen, it is in a league of its own, fantastic.

Very eye catching image, there is one thing which bothers me which is a white outline around some trees etc...Still good. Regards pK.

Interesting how the horizontal compression effects the light and rays. It must have something to do with the white traces too. Interesting idea.

Great capture - timing is sometimes everything. An amazing display of sky, color and shape. Well done!

I am not sure what it is but it is so beautiful!

Wonderful photo!

"50% horizontal compression" ?!? I'm just wondering if what you mean is that this picture was twice that large... Is that it...? The shapes look a bit strange here, is that why...? If so, could we see the "uncompressed" shot ? Amazing image anyway... Just waiting for your answer before rating it - 6s or 7s obviously, no less. Very spectacular picture. Best regards.

I would imagine that the First Sunrise looked something like this. Stunning.

Basically I simply reduced the width of the original by 50% while leaving the height alone. I also cropped a bit to get a "standard" print size of 5x7 inches.

 

See original image below...

Superb! it looks like a nuclear explosion.

A very nifty effect! A fun experiment, very speccy.

Thanks for your reply, Dave. After seeing the original, I must say you've had a great idea to compress. I wonder how it would look if slightly less compressed though. There is probably a point where it looks at the same time spectacular AND natural, or real. I guess that would be the point of balance I would personally be looking for - if I had had the idea of compressing at all...:-) From today onwards, I suspect I will be trying this method on a few shots - just curious... Thanks for the inspiration. Never heard of this technique before. Regards.

Other than the great idea to compress the width, the oversharpening works fantastic here and was another great idea. I've used both techniques before, but never to this extent and never to this good of a result.

WOW

Beautiful!!!

It's absolutely beautiful. It's like a heavenly painting.

Very creative to crunch her up like this. Looks like you are in heaven itself. Awe inspiring!!

Fantasy

An original ( that 50% thing) and very beautiful image.

Great folder and a visual rebuttal for all the medicore sunset pictures we see on photo.net. You're really on to something.

amazing, amazing, amazing!

this is different than anything I have seen before ... Breath taking !

yiiiiiiiiiiihaaaa! that is SOME sky!

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