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Apologies to those that clicked, viewed or commented on Dalbeattie Forest....it just lost SO much impact on upload that I wasn't pleased.
So it's back to Southerness lighthouse and this time a HDR version using three exposures.
Let's see what you think of this one then?
Mike
| Camera: | Nikon D300  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | Sigma 10-20 EX |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Title: | Evening Glow |
| Username: | 
mikesmith |
| Uploaded: | 10 Jun 2010 - 8:24 PM |
| Tags: | Landscape / travel |
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It's not really my thing Mike - it's probably a subject that can take more processing than others, but you've gone quite a long way with it 
When you crank up the strength, you start to get halos and you've got the biggy on the horizon - you can use light smoothing on it, but it never quite sorts it out.
I've taken to using Exposure Fusion for HDR now as it seems to find that happy "almost real" look easier than tone mapping.
you using Photomatix?
download the latest version and try Exposure Fusion, it'll change your life
failing that, use Tone Compression and see the difference with that - the foreground will look better
also - do a subtle tone map, then open the middle shot in PS and place the tone map on top as a layer - change blend mode to Luminocity and fade the HDR in and out with the opacity slider - see if that's any good, most of my Leeds stuff was done that way 
what Can I say?
Beautiful scene, lovely composition, but the over cooked HDR effect knocks it back down several pegs.
I suggest you do as Ade suggests and use the exposure fusion settings on the new version of Photomatix the shot will suddenly come alive and look good and very realistic.
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