Sevilla's Plaza de España HDR

Eduard

Eduard

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I was moving some images around between computers, and found an HDR that I never processed from our trip to Spain. We were there in the middle of the day and I wanted to try to capture the detail in the tile. I don't normally go for such a strong HDR effect but I think it works on this image. Is it too strong? Comments welcome.

EXIF: D300, Sigma 10-20 @ 14mm, ISO 200, Aperture Priority f/9.0, 9 bracket exposure, handheld, processed in Photomatix Pro, border created on export from LR4

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Marcel

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I don't think it is too strong. The processing does a good job of featuring the scene.
 
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Rick M

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I like the look, but I'd back off enough to get a more natural looking sky around the trees. I think that "halo?" effect is the hardest thing to deal with in HDR. I really like the perspective and colors!
 
Eduard

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Rick M said:
I like the look, but I'd back off enough to get a more natural looking sky around the trees. I think that "halo?" effect is the hardest thing to deal with in HDR. I really like the perspective and colors!
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Great feedback. . . I'll play around with it later while watching the Blackhawks game!!
 
Eduard

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Rick M said:
I like the look, but I'd back off enough to get a more natural looking sky around the trees. I think that "halo?" effect is the hardest thing to deal with in HDR. I really like the perspective and colors!
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Eduard said:
Great feedback. . . I'll play around with it later while watching the Blackhawks game!!
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Decided not to wait. . . rather than running it through Photomatix again, I thought I would take the center image and see what Topaz Adjust could do. I go for a while without using it and then, wow!

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Eduard

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Rick M said:
I like the look, but I'd back off enough to get a more natural looking sky around the trees. I think that "halo?" effect is the hardest thing to deal with in HDR. I really like the perspective and colors!
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I reworked it with Photomatix. . . still a little bit of halo effect but I'm very happy with the result.

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Eduard said:
I was moving some images around between computers, and found an HDR that I never processed from our trip to Spain. We were there in the middle of the day and I wanted to try to capture the detail in the tile. I don't normally go for such a strong HDR effect but I think it works on this image. Is it too strong? Comments welcome.

EXIF: D300, Sigma 10-20 @ 14mm, ISO 200, Aperture Priority f/9.0, 9 bracket exposure, handheld, processed in Photomatix Pro, border created on export from LR4

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There is no doubt about it, HDR, when done right, can take an ordinary scene and make it extraordinary!
 
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