My first attempts at HDR. C&C Please!

[CodeiJ94]

My first try at HDR. Nothing serious, just wanted to give it a shot. I have a few others, but sadly they were a little too large.

Critique?

Here's a link to another one.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/84837845@N08/7762932484/in/photostream

 

[Heitz]

Too cartoony! Back off on it a bit

 

[480sparky48 48]

Stick a fork in it.... it's DONE. Overdone. Burnt to a crisp.

 

[CodeiJ94]

Thank y'all for the critiques! Do I just need to lower the contrast? Or the highlights? What exactly can I do to make it look less cartoony and more...just better in general?

 

[AaronLLockhart]

This doesn't look much like an overcooked HDR to me. Overcooked would show large amounts of detail in the reflections. This looks like a severe case of Chromatic Aberration. Such that could be fixed using software such as Photomatix.

 

[CodeiJ94]

I have been creating the HDR photos with Corel Paintshop Pro X4, do you think I would be able to fix it using that?

 

[AaronLLockhart]

I have been creating the HDR photos with Corel Paintshop Pro X4, do you think I would be able to fix it using that?

I am not fluent with PSPs HDR ability. however, i want to say yes. i think youre better off using software built for HDR