Patrick:

I like your landscapes. I always like long exposures.

On the last one you have an HDR picture. I am not real versed in HDR... so take my comment as one from someone with no relevant knowledge. If you have 7 shots with 2 EV spacing between shots, that would give you a total of 12 EV spread. I did not think you could have that kind of spread without the two extremes being all black and all white. My understanding is an EV is basically one stop on your camera, and each EV (at the same aperture) would double your exposure time. That just seems like a very large spread. I guess my question is... do you get that kind of range because you are looking directly into the sun? And how do you get all the detail and waves without ghosting or artifacts?

Again, I enjoyed all your shots - I hope you continue to post.

Pat