I have been post-processing images with HDR/Tonemapping for several years. I recall the fascination many photographers (including myself initially) had with creating "paint-like" or "cartoon-like" images. However, that novelty quickly passed with me, these overdone effects do not add to the marketability of my general work (although I have sold "paint-like" prints of the "San Andreas Fault - Near Palm Springs California (Image #5)" and "Vilas, North Carolina (Image #8)" images posted). I progressed from the effects of over saturation, halos around dark objects, and paint-like or cartoon-like appearance due to a lack of large global contrasts. My style for these type of processed images today is minimal in a capture - I primarily use HDR/Tonemapping to enhance the original imaged captured for marketing.

Some history about my progression form creating images with the harsh effects of over saturation, halos around dark objects, and paint-like or cartoon-like appearance due to a lack of large global contrasts. My process today is a bit more refined than just allowing the camera to capture multiple HDR images and then post processing in camera or on my Macintosh. I now capture a single normal exposure Nikon 14-bit .NEF image, that is replicated into a -EV and +EV image, and then subsequently merged and edited with software applications to create a final product Please share examples of your HDR imaging work here as well.

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Very stunning images, I will look to capture images like these when I get much more Skilled in DSLR Photography.
The Davenport Projex