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04/25/2011 12:47:57 PM |
Greetings from the Critique Club:
Well, you certainly made an impact with this one and actually I think the overall scene you shot was a good choice for this challenge. I can even buy the centred composition with the trees eclipsing the setting sunlight.
However, your processing is a different matter entirely - sure it's obvious that this must've been the look you were going for but that doesn't explain the choice - the end result is ugly and more than slightly ruinous of your nice scene. I think people have little tolerance for seeing good shots ruined.
Your other comments are right, halos and fringing are pretty much pathognomonic of badly applied HDR. Having made that choice, you're living with the results.
Of course, if you like the look then carry on but if you want higher scores you'll need to accept that your images have an audience other than yourself and unlike you they do get to vote on your images.
Now, there is a whole subculture on DPC of supporting alternative and disruptive images and playing to that crowd can be fun but even there, with this shot - you'll struggle to win admirers.
However, as I said before - if you're just shooting for yourself then carry on, that's admirable in itself and after all, it is your image.
Paul |
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04/21/2011 10:28:17 PM |
| This is almost 3-D! I like HDR, but they don't always go over well here unless they are more photo-realistic. It really is the purple fringing and and halos around the palm trees that are objectionable. Maybe back off a hair to avoid these issues, but I think this was quite good for your first entry. |
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04/20/2011 02:02:39 PM |
| If you like, that's all that matters. |
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04/19/2011 05:38:31 PM |
| Really, really bad HDR artifacting here: bad noise, bad color fringing, bad haloing around the trees. It's just out of control... |
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04/17/2011 01:10:09 PM |
| I'm not digging the wierd neon-colored edges on everything. I like the way the sky looks really close to the sun though. |
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04/16/2011 12:20:04 PM |
| Too overly processed for me. Nice composition. |
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04/16/2011 11:42:41 AM |
| A gorgeous scene with great light and a cool composition. But the extreme over-processed look doesn't do this photo justice at all. |
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04/15/2011 12:21:44 AM |
| too over-edited in my opinion, 5 |
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04/14/2011 07:22:18 PM |
| Too overprocessed for my taste. |
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04/14/2011 05:02:39 AM |
| Over processing and the resulting strong halo's around the tops of the palm trees spoil this image. |
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04/13/2011 05:44:23 PM |
| WOW. This is waaaaaaaaaaaaay too overprocessed for an HDR. All sorts of haloing and artifacts in this one. Needs to be toned down considerably! |
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04/13/2011 03:06:38 PM |
| Not keen on the halo around the trees. This might have looked better without any post processing. |
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04/13/2011 01:34:44 PM |
| wow the tree has a blue outline! Crazy! |
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04/13/2011 01:32:05 PM |
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