"Winter Day in the Park"

One of my more challenging images, mainly because of the the lighting variables. I basically collected image data from 4 main portions of the scene: the sky, the sunlit granite, half dome in shade and the foreground and trees in shade. Because of this, the image may have more of an HDR appearance. Still, viewed Larger, it has all the qualities of the original scene as I remembered them. Thanks for your opinions, as this one almost went onto the backup disk without getting processed. I'm happy with it, but I am interested in hearing from my viewers!

superb HDR..just like I was there..great job

Mark, this image is well balanced with the processing you have used. For me I am not so concerned about processing technique . For me it is more about what I see. I love the way the trees interplay with the drarkness in the rock in the background. It appears as if the trees are bending. The colour pallete in the image is also quite striking. I also love the progressive drama of the clouds as they come down the image. I think you have framed the image very well and also presented it perfectly.

Cheers Richard

What Richard said to the max. rek.

Mark, I like this processing technique very much. It retains the natural appearance of scene and details are very good. It looks much better than hdr tools can do. I have so many interesting hdr sets that never saw light of the day because they don't look good after processing. I am assuming you just stack images in photoshop and paint over the mask to expose certain areas. Opacity provides fine control over exposure. 

Best wishes... Sandeep

Splendid winter scene,excellent point of view.

Another outstanding image, Mark.  My only reservation is with the sunlit trees on the left side... there is not enough of that element there for me relative to the rest of the line of cooler light trees and are a bit of a distraction from the primary elements of the photo.  Other folks may certainly disagree.  What a great day to be there!