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Thread: boat land

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    Junior Member Jaffar's Avatar
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    boat land


    pornic is in the pays de la loire, France's western coast. this HDR.
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    Re: boat land

    Jaffar, I don't know enough about HDR to comment, but the composition looks pretty good. Too bad those boats are out of water.
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    Re: boat land

    I love it composition wise. but the sky is very flat and dull. I think some luminosity tweaks in photomatix would really help. Some light smoothing would also cut down on the halo effect too.
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    Re: boat land

    I think the composition is very good here. The building has a lot of appeal and the boats being out of the water is different but I like it. I think this would be much better if it were a more classic shot without it being an HDR. The haloing effect is a bit much for my personal taste. I think that I would lean towards giving this a more painting type look.
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    Re: boat land

    I think reprocessing with different settings could cut out or down the haloing which really distracts form the landscape.
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    Re: boat land

    Thanks for the inputs, here is the painted version.
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