I'm not a big fan of HDR for landscapes when they have the HDR look. Images tend to have all mid tones and lack Dmax blacks, not that is right or wrong is just a mater of taste.
This morning I was doing sunrises but nature did not cooperate and had no color so I shifted to the other side and try for a sunrise over the trees. Basic image was made up form five exposures one stop apart. Normally just set the sequence in camera and use a remote trigger.
Image was processed in PhotoMatix Pro then PS4. Did the normal enhancement of levels, curves, density gradiant and then played with plug-in filters. OnOne PhotoTools was neat Have lots of different effect particularly the presets. Might want to give them a try.
like the sunrise! i like what you did by adding the density to the sky considering it was fairly blank. is there a color cast on the foreground shoreline? there's something in the water and on the log that doesnt look exactly right. maybe like an oily sheen?
Really nice Alfred. A nice range of tones, from bblacks or near blacks to the hot sun. Nice position for the sun. I really get attracted to the nice soggy, loggy, reedy foreground so my preference would be to take a bit off the top and draw more attention into the fore ground. Good one,
Dave
Harold I played around so much with the image is hard to tell what is there. At some point I used the density brushes in LR2 but backed away and went to the gradient tool, that might be it.
... but the most exciting was the OnOne software !!! ... Like the idea Dave !!!
Excellent composition, image and capture Maestro...It looks like a painting...congrates...I like the tone and hues of the sky and the water...very nice...:cool:
Long Pine Key ENP HDR
