Cap Le Moine + Repost

Dare I say, without stirring controversy...... this is a three image HDR processed in Photomatix. Well it is. I posted a more anemic version earlier but took it down after 3 hours of no comments (+3 stop reverse ND grad, single exposure, LR and CS4 processing only). Even a +4-stop reverse ND grad in combination with the polarizer could not remedy the scene without turning the sky deep purple. All day, I was thinking about posting this first but chickened out and posted the anemic version which is now history.

Cap Le Moine is about an hour's drive north of my favorite beach in Inverness and maybe 20 minutes south of Cape Breton Highlands National Park, another favorite place of mine. We were on our way to a Celtic Colours concert when I saw this scene, so I stopped and shot a few.... a few more.... and then some making us late for the concert......

Thanks for looking and for any comments, critiques or beatings you wish to leave. All appreciated. I know many don't like HDR here on NPN (and probably some use it but don't say) but I thought I would give it a try for something a little different from me anyway. Could not get the sky right even with +3 and +4 reverse gradients so thought I would try and process the image with the HDR software I have. In addition, there was a stiff wind blowing so I hope the movement of the grass is not a distraction. I tried to correct for ghosting,and background movements but even the single exposures were not immume to movement caused by the strong wind.

Canon 40D
Canon EF-S 1-22mm at 15mm
ISO200 f/18 0.5, 0.8, and 1.3 sec
SR Warming Polarizer + 3-Stop Reverse Gradient ND

BTW - That little bump on the horizon close to the center is the little island some of you may have noticed in many of my Inverness Beach images.

SEE REPOST BELOW.