DonTX Loc: San Antonio

Here is an under and over of a multiple exposure of a rock mountain taken during our visit to Sedona, AZ. Again, C&C welcome.

llindstrand Loc: Seattle Metro

The base images look ok. However, you did not put them together in an HDR. What do you want to do? Let's see the combined image to give a full critique.
Swede

DonTX Loc: San Antonio

I'll try reposting these again. Hopefully they work.

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llindstrand Loc: Seattle Metro

Now it makes sense to me. As you can see the colors throughout the image came out better in the combined one. Too bad there weren't any clouds as they would have added to the scene. In the combined scene, the sky does have a little life to it instead of being washed out. I think you have the basics down -- just practice will help.

I processed your images in HDR NIK Eflex Pro and then added a little contrast to bring up the red color. Also made the bushes a little darker. I don't think they would be as bright a green as in your final. It made a little difference but you are close to what I would have normally edited it.
Swede

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Both of your final images are a bit color-saturated, but fine, and much better than the halo artifact in Swede's attempt.

llindstrand Loc: Seattle Metro

Thank you for the information on the halo effect. Another thing to watch for.
Swede

llindstrand Loc: Seattle Metro

I reprocessed the image and eliminated the halo. Also kept the edits lighter and hopefully maintained the colors of the surroundings closer to the real life. It is posted above as I got kicked out before I got the note written.
Swede

conkerwood

The combined shot certainly has impact compared to the original two exposures but there are a couple of things I would suggest. Firstly the halo around the rock peak, while not strong, is definitely there. Clear bright blue skies against a darker foreground more often than not result in a halo but it can be avoided with careful tweaking of your software settings. The other problem which goes with bright blues skies etc is chromatic aberration which I think you will see right across the treeline on the top of the ridge. Its a problem I face a lot because of the harsh light where I live to the extent that I try to avoid having the sky in the pic as far as possible. In this case of course that is not possible as the sky is essential for the subject. So i would suggest a little careful desaturation of the offending colour in PS will minimise the effect. My only other suggestion is to sharpen the final result as the HDR process seems to need a little more sharpening than a traditional one shot. Hope this helps. I look forward to seeing some more of your stuff.

Peter

glojo Loc: South Devon, England

I dislike folks that give advice without posting their own work so that we can see for ourselves just what their level of expertise is:

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If folks take the time to look at the excellent HDR images posted by conkerwood, then I think they will realise his\her\their words are well worth listening to.

I'm about to re-read what has been said in an attempt to take more of it 'in' :thumbup: :thumbup:

Thanks