Yet another first timer. CC welcome

[Buter]

This ain't normally my kinda thing but I'm getting more interested photography outside my mountain biking stuff. The pic is decidedly meh..., looking for crit regarding the processing.

7 shots, handheld.

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[bs0604]

beautiful. maybe the grass is a bit too green?

 

[Buter]

Thanks.

Possibly. Something doesn't seem quite right about it, but that can be said of most HDR's simply because our brains know that when we look at a picture it's not meant to have that much dynamic range.

Sitting in a hotel, waiting to go to work so I had a play with another one. Taken same day. Just having a play with photomatix and photoshop - both seem to have waaayyy too many buttons!



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Buter

 

[manaheim]

Thanks.

Possibly. Something doesn't seem quite right about it, but that can be said of most HDR's simply because our brains know that when we look at a picture it's not meant to have that much dynamic range.
Buter

My first advice to you as a new person here is: don't argue (even mildly) with someone who takes the time to give you feedback. My second bit of advice is: don't assume the person you're talking to doesn't know what X or Y concept is. They may know full well what HDR is.

Anyway... the first one does seem to have a little bit of a color cast to it... I saw more warmth than green, but then warmth would make the greens glow, so that might make sense. That said, I think you'd probably want a touch more warmth as it brings out that sky, and the scene may well have been a touch warm anyway. Even with all that said, I think it was a veeeeeeeeeeery slight overbalance, and I think it works out fine.

Nice HDR treatments overall. Not perfect, but quite good IMO.

 

[Buter]

No argument intended nor any assumptions made.

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Buter

 

[dmunsie]

What arguments or assumptions? :scratch: The photos came out very nice!! I like the way you were able to remove most of the noise in the clouds, that seems to be something alot of noob hdr's have a hard time grasping. I personally love the greens in the 1st image. Compliments the background colors well imo. The sand / rocks in the 2nd photo look a bit dull. The 2nd image might actually work better in b/w.

btw..that lighthouse or whatever it is in the background, looks like a prime subject for a close up / sun set shot.