MadMike Loc: SALT LAKE

I wanted a little extra effect on this picture, hopefully made it look like an older print. Let me know what you think. Imaage taken from 10th floor of the old Hotel Utah.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Great job, looks like a picture from an early 1900's Life magazine.

bkyser Loc: Fly over country in Indiana

I haven't dabbled in HDR yet, but I love the shot. Is it possible to dial back, or clone out the halo around the steeple? That's the only thing that seems to detract from the photo for me.

MadMike Loc: SALT LAKE

Thanks for the comments. I actually wanted the Halo because I felt like it made the picture look old or antique. Reminds me of pictures I saw of this building when I was young, but we all see things differently, and I understand what you are saying.

GPappy Loc: Finally decided to plop down, Clover, S.C.

Looks like an old pic to me, and I like the halo effect too. Good job. I think it would look good in sepia also.

Stevieboy Loc: West Palm Beach, Florida

Real Nice...Check the Horizon Line.

Great Job.

TaraMar Loc: Kingston, RI

Overall it is a very dramatic image and very cool. For me though, I would straighten the horizon and fix the lens distortion. Also, you have that typical halo effect as seen with a lot of HDR processed images.

Buddy Bob Loc: Virgina

Wonderful subject for a B&W. I sort of like the halo in this one. You've already been "smacked" around for the horizon so I won't go there. :)

EVEL Loc: England

Nice job Mike , for me the halo adds to it :thumbup:

conkerwood

Its a fantastic subject for HDR and I appreciate the desire for the older print. Normally I would be concerned about the amount of noise in the sky but in this case it probably suits the sort of effect you are trying to achieve. I am not convinced by the halo, I guess the test would be to see a version without a halo and compare but again I appreciate the effect you were after so it may just come down to a matter of taste in which case I go with what you wanted to do. I like the heavy contrast in some ways as it makes for a quite stark image but there are a lot of highlights on the roofs on the left and on the side of the temple facing the sun that have lost all of the detail by being, in my opinion, too bright. Equally there are a lot of dark areas, particularly in the two spaces between the sections of the wall on the right which have come out black or nearly black. For me HDR is about bringing out the details across the full dynamic range. Doesn't change the fact that its quite a powerful image.

Peter