Blood red skies

[negative]

Took some shots of the war memorial in Ottawa today. The weather was very dreary and the sky was low. The spotlights which illuminate the monument actually created a shadow on the clouds which i thought was pretty neat. These pictures are another attempt at HDR. I raised the black clip significantly to give the sky a reddish hue, however, it came out kinda blotchy. Any advice on how to fix that or other criticism is welcome.

 

[negative]

50 views and not a single reply... Perhaps this needs to be moved to general gallery?

 

[skoundrel]

On lens filter?
or increase film speed? then the red would be picked up easier???... but then again also more noise or grain... just a suggestion so its not just 50 views

 

[negative]

I'm bumping this for more feedback. Comments please!

 

[Sw1tchFX]

I wasn't quite sure what I was looking at on the first one untill i scrolled down to the 2nd.

 

[skoundrel]

did you mess around with saturation in photoshop? This reminds me of the Richards Red commercial when the bartender is pouring the beer...

 

[negative]

These pictures are an attempt at HDR. I raised the black clip significantly to give the sky a reddish hue

 

[Sir Peechizworth]

I know nothing of backclips. I do know that the first one is pretty boss, and the sky looks like it has a studio background because of a Silhouette of the statue on the sky.

2 is kinda blurry and a little composition confused. And they both seem to have some really grainy spots on the sky.