A Place in the Sun

After two hours of reading, this is a first attempt at HDR editing

and the original is attached to this. I'd appreciate any

advice/suggestions from those already using HDR. This is from a

single shot using Gamma varied copies. Thank you.

Here's the original minus the HDR editing.

I love the color and the shot as a whole...You have inspired me to look into this HDR thing..

 

Thanks,

 

David

good work and color !!!

I don't understand HDR, having never used it, but I'll chime in anyways. This is a pleasing shot, very richly saturated, and more painterly than the original. Well done.

Very nice work Doug. Great coloriage and light. Best regards

Doug, great work. Absolutely amazing image. Best Regards

Thank you one and all for you generous comments. I think HDR will be a useful addition to your tool chests.

beautiful image, nice color.... good lighting...I like the stormy clouds

Surreal, but so good...

I like the original too.

You are an artist. Now try this on a canvas. Wonderufl image.

Very good hdr work Doug.Cool composition

This is done very well. I've read about HDR and seen some brief tutorials on them but haven't had the opportunity to try it. Did you do this in Photoshop CS3 or figure it out on your own. I'm not an expert on this, but from everything I've seen and heard about HDR This is a fine example. Hope your proud of it. I know I would be. Maybe proud is the wrong word .... at the very least I hope you're satisfied with it. :)

 

Barbara

This image is why I find HDR work so appealing, it's that wonderful "painterly" quality that it lends to a composition. This is an excellent first try Doug, I would love to learn how to do this too. But even without the HDR effect this would be a great image, the palm trees really make the photo for me, there's an interesting story here I'm sure.....my kinda place in the sun.

This looks really good Doug. You turned an otherwise bland photo into a nicely textured and beautifully colored image. I would have rated higher but there is something very grainy going on in the upper half of the right edge. I hope you don't mind my saying so. Greetings from Montana.

It looks really good! I don't know how to do HDR but this looks like you pulled it off! And further.. this is a great photo - really beautifully composed!

Indeed you have here just about the best of you, this is very good on my book.

Regards and a kiss!

YEAH FOR DOUG!! :) :0 :)

Oh, Micki. Now will you paint my toenails??:)

Doug, you've sold me too! This is an absolutely unbelievable change from the original. Rich, vibrant colors. Dang, Dude, this is just fantastic. Great work! Cheers! Chris

I want so badly to be able to do this with a portrait for a wedding of a friend.

 

I am at a loss what to do for her as she just eloped. This would work SO WELL. I can send you what I have done that looks almost like HDR and I think it is similar as I have just painted back into what was there. Sharpened up there picture (it was a small pixel). It is wild.

 

I can send it to you to see what I have done so far. BUT, I would like to do this affect ;)