London HDR

[corei5]

Hello had a walk-around London earlier today and decided to make a HDR *first HDR*. I think its over-done but i'll leave the conclusion to the experts.

Comment and Suggestions please people.

[amorton1437]

It is way overdone IMO, but that could work too, just not as a photo. It looks more like a painting. Or actually it kind of looks like a colored pencil drawing to me.

[corei5]

indeed its more likely sort of painting, its my first time to use photomatix and still trying to play with the settings.

[Coastal Flyer]

Corei5,

I am not expert, having never made an HDR, but if you level (horitzon is tilted) this example you could sell it. Very, very nicely done. I have the same shot from the exact same spot, but it did not turn out like this. Congrats.

David

[GB1]

I think the effect is quite strong, but the result is very nice. Yep you need to fix the tilt, and I would also consider the composition too as the right side seems to be less important (and maybe cut off) compared to the left half. Playing w/ the composition will be a bit of a test on this one, as there's no obvious crop, but have at it

Keep experimenting with the HDRs .. I've found that there's many different ways of attacking them, all valid.

[Anbesol]

cool shot, I see a slight tilt, and the saturation looks a bit high.

[ksbryan0]

I agree with the others on the tilt, but am not so concerned about the right side. Normally I don't like overdone HDR images, but I find this one interesting. A little less saturation on the orange would be good.

[daq7]

I tend to like grunged tone maps. Agree with whomever said that backing of the saturation level is the first step. I still use photomatix on almost every final shot I do, but i have more or less given up trying to get it to give me what I want all by itself. I almost always have to blend it back in with normal exposures to get what I want.