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[GB1]

dirt, trees, scrub, trail, and sky. Taken near the eastern AZ/Utah border in late December. Anything? This one's an hdr btw (5-shot).

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[armando_m]

very nicely done HDR, great colors, and it looks sharp

the branches coming in on the left , look odd

[charlotte964]

Amazing colors! I have to agree though, the branches on the left almost make this look like two different pictures. Sharp images though. Very nicely done.

[LeeIs]

Really nice and subtle HDR here. Everything looks great except the tree on the left, I wish that wasn't there. Nicely done.

[gahspidy]

Crop from the left into an 4x5 format (also eliminating the branches) and you have a gorgeous photo.
well done.

[GB1]

I think you guys are right: cropping out the left branches really makes it a lot stronger. Not sure what the image ratio is now, but it does look better.

I agree that this one hardly looks like an HDR ... but that's the way I mostly like them Thanks for commenting.

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[jetrim]

Like the crop much better, this is a very strong image. Real nice work!

[charlotte964]

Job well done ! This picture looks absolutely perfect now ! Isn't it amazing what taking one thing out can do to a photo?!?!?!?! LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture. Colors are splendid and the sharpness is perfect. Fantastic job !

[GB1]

Thanks Jet and Charlotte. Yeah, it is amazing what eliminating just one thing from a pic can do. I had no idea to do this when looking at the original; shows that it pays to post and listen.

Charlotte, I think you may love the desert

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[draymorton]

The cropped one is perfect. Awesome!

[Greg McCary]

What Dray said....

[PhilF]

I think you guys are right: cropping out the left branches really makes it a lot stronger. Not sure what the image ratio is now, but it does look better.

I agree that this one hardly looks like an HDR ... but that's the way I mostly like them Thanks for commenting.

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thats better

[GB1]

Thanks fellows. It lost a little of its sharpness in the HDR process (I still need to read VMLopes' tutorial in the PP forum - he seems to have this down pat). Otherwise, I like it now too.

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