Jupiter Island Sunrise

[Harold Davis]

Taken this morning standing on the side of the road. Can you tell it's HDR?

Six images taken 1-stop apart from +2 to -3EV. Loaded into Photomatix and tonemapped in Photomatix. Further tweaking done in Capture NX2 with color control points to work slight adjustments in areas to blend in light and color.

D300, 18-200VR at 18mm, f/7.1, ISO 200. exposures ranged from 30s to 1/3s.

thanks for looking and comments and critiques are appreciated.

[denise ippolito]

Harold, I always go to Jupiter Island for photos-never saw that shot. Looks fantastic! Doesn't look like HDR-you are getting really good at these!

[Katie Rupp]

Harold, this is beautiful; I love the sunset colors and IMO it doesn't have an HDR look at all. Neat!

[Gus Cobos]

A very good feel to this one Doctor...well composed and executed...the colors are superb...:cool:

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Love it Harold. Beautiful colours and I love the framing! I'm coming down right now!!

[Alfred Forns]

Neat looking and natural Harold !!! Would check the light smoothing I see a halo around the palm trees? I like this look for the HDRs I think obtaining a full tonal range like you have here is the key !!! Big Congrats !!!

[joel quenneville]

I love the palm tree silhouette. Great clouds around the horizon. I agree with Al on the light smoothing. Cropping some of the bottom might improve the composition. Good job, I like this one:).

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice photo Harold. Very nice. Dave

[Harold Davis]

thanks everyone. i had light smoothing on max. i usually use next to max, but it showed more of a halo at that setting. i will try working on it some more. thanks for the suggestions!!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great composition H. I could not tell this was HDR. None the less I like the differnt tones you've captured.