A try at the Moon and an even exposure in the Garden
Posted by Art Escobado on October 16, 2011 at 10:12 PM
I like the second image better. Though the first image works too. Maybe the second shot is a bit underexposed or over-polarized. And I wouldn't think HDR on the first image until you mentioned it. The logo could be less intrusive.
Posted by Stan Rose on October 16, 2011 at 10:13 PM
Hopefully you would never use PS for HDR merging--its abysmal! The exposures in these two look pretty good, but the colors are a bit off--the blue looks a bit too gray in #1 and a bit too blue in #2. I like the comps though. You missed a few dust spots
The yellow clouds are a bit distracting in the first and you have some weird color cast going on in the second which might be collateral damage from HDR. Also, I don't really understand why you felt the need to use HDR on these? The exposure looks relatively even. I think the composition in the first one doesn't do much for me, it feels split up and my eye just wonders around a big boulder and gets distracted by trees and yellow clouds. If you moved just a little to the left to eliminated the trees and just keep it simple to clouds and rock outcrop it might have been more successful (IMO).
Posted by David Kingham on October 17, 2011 at 9:20 PM
The highlights on the first one look very hdr'y, they have that funky over-saturated orange color that gives them away. I'm with Stan, photoshop is awful at hdr. I highly recommend http://www.sns-hdr.com/ I've tried a lot of different programs and this gives by far the most natural results (just turn off microcontrast and microdetails
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