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I took this image last year and thought I would have a bash at giving it the HDR treatment, and this is the result. V2 is a mono conversion of this tone mapped image.
A huge thank you to all those who have clicked and commented on my last couple of mouse uploads, your support is really appreciated.
M@rk
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 500D |
| Lens: | Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 1 Oct 2012 - 7:56 AM |
| Focal Length: | 23mm |
| Aperture: | f/18.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/30sec |
| ISO: | 125 |
| Title: | Among the fields of gold... |
| Username: | 
marktc |
| Uploaded: | 6 Jan 2012 - 4:22 PM |
| Tags: | Digitally manipulated, Landscape / travel, Wildlife / nature |
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| Votes: | 16 |
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IMO HDR is better suited to interiors. The problem here is that the tone-mapping has sucked a lot of contrast out of the sky and introduced halo artifacts around the tree branches. Landscapes for me are better done with ND grads or by merging two exposures, one for sky and one for land.
Dave as said it all in regard to the HDR effect here - although I would add that I have used HDR very well within landscapes. The key is a subtle effect - as soon as the halo comes in you've lost it. Adding contrast after the image has been tone mapped helps. However, the composition has promise. I do wonder if a square format may be better - crop the rag caught on the barbed wire from the right, and the tree from the left.
Adam
Quote: IMO HDR is better suited to interiors. The problem here is that the tone-mapping has sucked a lot of contrast out of the sky and introduced halo artifacts around the tree branches. Landscapes for me are better done with ND grads or by merging two exposures, one for sky and one for land.
Thanks for your comments Dave, I'll give it a try next time round.
Quote: Dave as said it all in regard to the HDR effect here - although I would add that I have used HDR very well within landscapes. The key is a subtle effect - as soon as the halo comes in you've lost it. Adding contrast after the image has been tone mapped helps. However, the composition has promise. I do wonder if a square format may be better - crop the rag caught on the barbed wire from the right, and the tree from the left.
Adam
Thanks Adam, I'll give it a try with the original image and post sometime in due course.
Quote: Hope you didn't think my comment too negative Mark. I do like the golden foreground and misty middle ground. Just I don't think the HDR processing has done the sky any favours.
No not at all... I had noticed the halo and wasn't really sure how to get rid of it, I have just been playing with the image and will upload another couple of versions, if you would so kind as to comment that would be great. Thanks for your help
Nice to see the other versions Mark. Lol but you'll be getting pissed off with all my comments so I'll make this the last.
Perfection for me would be something mid-way between V3 and V5. Both of them have the sky nicely sorted but for me the colours in V3 are too saturated and those in V5 not saturated enough as you've lost that lovely golden colour in the field. Which just goes to prove that you can please some of the people some of the time but you'll never ever please a DaveU. Lol 
v4 and v5 work best for me - you obviously had some wonderful light to work with
Helen
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