HDR-Impressions from CoteAzur

[Peter42]

Hello Friends
here i like to show some shots of my last visit to france.
This year i tried to find some locations, wich are nice for working with HDR.
Starting with Gourdon, a nice litlle castle in the maritime alps.
On the trip to there you can get a lot of impressible images, that i cant share additionally here.
But at the only one Road from Grasse to Gourdon is a parking lot, where you can take this Photo.

If you arrive, there are parking lots for free and you can enter the castle. and here is my first hint:
bevore entering the Castle, there is left at the portal the public WC, use it, there is no another inside the Castle.
And then and there i found a lot of interesting places to be banned on my camera:

Then we moved to St.Pauls du Vence, where i got more impressions:
Its only two hours away from Gourdon, you can plan both target for one day.

And if you be there for a visit, dont forget Grasse, Le Village de Parfume:
Have your wife or girlfriend save placed inside the parfume-museum and get for your photographics pleasure those images.

Then move to Menton, thats the city of lemons, le Village de Citrons :

Now i´m on my Limit, hope you enjoy it, if requestet, i will show some more.

greetings peter

 

[Awiserbud]

wow, those are some fantastic shots, I am drawn to HDR every time i see one but i never seem to find the time to sit down and learn the processing techniques, I really love the restaurant shot, but they are all remarkable.

 

[ronlane]

Those are very well done. This is what I think of when I read HDR. Something that is realistic and not over the top or overcooked.

 

[DannyLewis]

good HDR most are overcooked these are very nice

 

[shinycard255]

The shots looks nice... real nice. I'm glad you didn't take it to the extreme like most people like to do. The only thing bothering me with a few of these shots is the haloing that is happening in the sky against the trees, on a few of the signs (restaurant and the black flag looking one), and also along the road with the plants hanging off into it. But otherwise, very well executed.

 

[Peter42]

Thanks to all of our reflections.
Yes, im using the HDR very softly, but the Sky and clouds are problematic, im still awaiting a feature in that Programs, where i can select the region of interest.
Thanks for all positive and nagative comments.

Greetings Peter

 

[cgipson1]

Good stuff.. some slight halos on some.. but in general not bad! The restaurant shot (#3) is probably the best of the set....

 

[pic_chick]

Wants to see more please great photos

 

[jamesbjenkins]

Nice work here!

#1 and #3 are the best IMO. Most of the others suffer from lots of haloing, and that really detracts from those images.

I'm generally not a fan of the cartoony, overcooked tonemapping, but these are better than most posted here.

#1 is really really good upon second look. If you told me it was a single exposure, I'd believe you. Incredibly sharp...