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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blacktop" data-source="post: 445856" data-attributes="member: 22693">Pulled over on the way home to take this shot. Who wouldn't?<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />I took 5 exposures knowing that I was going to play with the LR merge function when I got home.I used 3 of the 5 shots. 0, -2 and +2. I did a little more extensive editing after the merge than last time. I'm starting to warm up to not actually using a dedicated HDR program like Photomatix to create natural looking high dynamic images.As much as I like Photomatix for the "HDR" look, it is not easy to get a high dynamic range natural looking shot with it. It creates a lot of artifacts, which is ok if you're going for that look, but with just a straight merge I can get more natural looking images.After merging and making a few adjustments in LR, I exported it to PS where after looking at it for a while, I did nothing, except export it to NIK Color efex pro. Applied some pro contrast, and some selective glamour glow, and took it back to PS where I applied a mild selective unsharp mask to the foreground grass area and in the middle where the trees are.. That's it.Saved it back to LR, where I cropped some of the edge off, and smoothed out the sky some more. I hate overly clarified skies! Nothing worse then a beautiful sunset/sunrise ruined by over saturating and over "clarifying" the sky...BTW, the colors pretty much match the original colors of the sky. I may have pulled back on the orange a touch as it was overwhelming that side of the image.Oh yea! Since the Camera model still won't show up here. D300[ATTACH=full]153358[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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