Holy Jim Falls

[Brian Kersey]

I took this HDR of Holy Jim Falls yesterday, Its a blend of 5 exposures in CS4. Its only like my 2nd attempt at Non-Wildlife Serious shots. Taken with Nikon D300 and Tokina 12-24. Thanks for the help :). Also, if someone can help me in doing manual exposure blending, I would appreciate it (I have heard its better than HDR).

[Brian Kersey]

And here's an uncropped version...

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Brian,
First.....I like your cropped version compositionally....nice flow and lines......big issue here....even with the HDR is the light....you are asking a lot from our technology ....even today, to be able to blend all those highlights to shadow area....if you have the oppotunity........try this same comp on an overcast day........even with the same HDR......I will bet that it will be much stronger tonally.