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Went out for half hour today to Guide Falls, wasnt to happy with the light so i bracketed a couple and made my first hdr's

C&C please.

The second image is tops. Just how a waterfall image should look.

Love them both..second is better.

Composition on the second is great. I'm wondering if it could maybe do with a bit more contrast?

Robert

2nd shot is great

robert wrote:Composition on the second is great. I'm wondering if it could maybe do with a bit more contrast?

Robert

I agree, the 2nd is a great composition.

The HDR technique in general does suck contrast out of an image, but there are ways of getting it back. This involves taking the tone mapped image and adding some of the original exposures as layers and using layer masks to selectively blend some of the contrasty bits back in. I almost always find that the tone mapped image out of the HDR software is not to my liking and end up doing a fair bit of PP the way I have described. In the case of this image, you would get some more contrast in the rocks and vegetation using this technique.

Cheers
John

I love the second shot. The first appears to have a haze next to the waterfall (possibly sunlight in the mist?)
The second has nice colour and draws attention. What lens was the secont one taken with?

Thanks
Miike

Thanks all,

Both pics where taken with the kit nikkor 18-55.