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The vignetting effect is not necessary, it ruined the picture.

Carl, the horizon is not straight. Btw, found this on the Internet:

http://www.trekkingchile.com/EN/photos-patagonia.htm

Thanks. Actually, it's merged from 3 different shots, here is the original.

Thank you for your time and comments.

You are absolutely right! Thanks for the kind words.

Thank you for your time and comments.

"This couldn't be HDR. HDR is a blend of several exposures taken from several shots."

Photomatix can blend few different conversions from the same picture, either RAW or exposure adjustment in Photoshop.

"there is no trickery or photoshop manipulation and the old man is somehow representing a time lost."

I think this B&W is converted from a HDR with tone mapping applied.

A wider view will make this picture more powerful, maybe a fisheye will keep you on the boat. :)

The 6 "auto focus points" are quite interesting.

Thanks for the comments. This is a lucky shot, 10 minutes walk to get that close. It was a cloudy and overcast day, not too much reflections, so I can get more saturated green. Flash extender has been used. Just bought a pair of Speedo water shoes, I am waiting for them to come back.

After reading a "Master Photoshop in 3 Days" type of book, most people can cover the flaws on a not too good HDR image. I might be wrong, please let me know if there are some special techniques have been used. Nice try, but this is not a once in a life time capture, not even close.

"I personally don't like this photo (because I have many like this and I don't even want to show to my friends).."

Blurring and panning are totally different. It's judged by the number of legs. Can you make a cat shot with 8 legs? :)

Hi Phil, nice capture. I can see the noise problem. Fill flash with flash extender will help.

Nice HDR, but I prefer the building can be slightly darker.

Maybe portrait mode is better than landscape, and unfortunately, your lens can't zoom. :) Impressive.

Hi Carl, I will buy the original, it's not only a picture, but also a puzzle, shadow on the left is the hint.

It could be blinking light, maybe a broken blinking light.

I think the photographer is in the shot. How about a polarizer filter?

Thank Rafik, Photoshop is an amazing tool.

Thank you for your time and comments.

Hi Kent, maybe the polarizer filter should be used.

It's over exposed, there are no details on the feather.

Hi Peter, here is what I did during the RAW convertion in Photoshop.

 

Temperature: 3000

Tint: -15

Exposure: +0.50

Shadows: 0

Brightness: 50

Contrast: +50

Saturation: +100

 

Shadow Tint: 0

Red Hue: 0

Red Saturation: 0

Green Hue: 0

Green Saturation: +100

Blue Hue: 0

Blue Saturation: +100

The uneven light could be the shadow of the clouds.