Savegra River, Costa Rica, HDR

[Dan Brown]

5 image HDR produced using Photomatix. Cropped a bit and adjusted in CS3, sharpened with Intellisharpen II.

Camera Model: NIKON D300, tripos mounted
Aperture: 11
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 400
Lens: 24-120mm f/3.5-5.6D
Focal length: 24mm
Focal length: 36mm (in 35mm film)
AF mode: AF-C

[Katie Rupp]

Hi Dan,
I love the dramatic colors and the slow shutter speed effect on the water. Looks dreamy to me.
Katie

[David Thomasson]

A great location and beautiful colors. Nice work with merging the images.

This is entirely subjective, so I don't offer this as a "correction" but merely as an alternative. Many might prefer the cool tones as you have them.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Hey Dan!

You have to teach me how to do this! (if you want!)
Lovely presentation of this beautiful, cold river.
Nothing to add except that both pictures work for me.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Dan,
Very nice job on the HDR and I will profess that I like Davids warmer tones re-post better (even though I generally prefer the cooler tones)......only recommendation now is to crop off the bottom in either case......the strong light and shadow of the LL rock is distracting......cropping above the shadow....eliminating the central rocks.....would further strengthen the com IMO...and you can check it with a browser crop......burning that corner is also a possibility and may prove as effective.

[gary rouleau]

Dan great job on this one. I prefer your version, sorry David. Yours make the river feel colder and the colours more real. My two colones -worth about 1/100th of a cent.

cheers
gary