Alley @ night

[Santa Cruiser]

An old little street in my hometown Cologne.

HDR from 5 RAW-pics.

*click for large view*

[SmartWombat]

Interesting effect, it looks almost like a painting.
Quite a nice mix of light sources and colours.
I think I'd like to see a little more night sky.

[jkriminger]

I saw this in the "night project" section...its great in the larger format. You should post it in the critique section of the gallery for increased size. Its pretty amazing.

[Greg McCary]

Nice work. The HDR created a great effect this time. I didn't know you could combine RAW files? Did you do it in CS2?
Greg

[Santa Cruiser]

I think I'd like to see a little more night sky.

There's quite an ugly neon glow lamp hangig above the street, that's why I cut it at the top.

I didn't know you could combine RAW files? Did you do it in CS2?

The HDR was created with Photomatix.

[gahspidy]

Welcome to the forum. This is a very good composition and the two signs on the left and the motorcycle on the lower right create a very good balance. I'm not a fan of the HDR process. . . .yet. In this case, while it does take on the appearance of a painting, I feel the mood and ambience is lost due to everything being exposed. The shadows and "depth" is lost, for me.
thanks for showing, glad you found us.

[gahspidy]

btw, i just saw your reply to Greg after posting my first response. I like the vertical framing better, and also the scene has much more mood even if some of the elements are hidden away in the shadows. I agree about the distracting neon light. Perhaps you could clone it out

[SmartWombat]

I think it's worth working on that neon light and cloning it out, just to get the moon in the in the final image.