Landscape Image of the Week for the week ending Apr. 4th, 2014: Andres Leon - Blowing Rocks Blend

[Daniel Cadieux]

Congratulations Andres!

Hi everyone. Been missing for some time but have tried to make comments every once in a while

This image was taken at Blowing Rocks Preserve in Jupiter, Florida. It's a blend of two different images using Photoshop. I'm trying to use layers and masks to increase the overall dynamic range of an image to make more natural looking HDRs. I'd like your opinion and feedback on this attempt.

Canon 1D-X with a 16-35mm lens at 29mm
ISO 100

Light Exposure:
5.5 sec exposure at f/14

Dark Exposure:
5 sec exposure at f/20

EDIT: also used high-pass filter to sharpen a bit and Topaz Denoise 5 to remove noise a little. Not sure if I like Topaz over Niks Defin 2. What do you all think?

[andresleon]

Thank you very much for the honor, Daniel.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Beautiful image, congratulation, good job on making it less HDRish.

[Diane Miller]

Beautiful! Congratulations!