My first HDR - help!

tropico

This is one of my first HDR photos and my first post here.
I would love to get your opinions on what I can do better. :scratch

Photo was taken at a small island in the north of Norway. :thumb

[img]http://tropico.smugmug.com/Nature/Andøya/IMG826567tonemapped/736206395_zsfZJ-M.jpg[/img]

kdog

Welcome to Dgrin, Tropico.

I viewed this in a larger size in your gallery to get a better look. It's a lovely scene and excellent composition. Light balance is good. There does seem to be some softness to the image. Looking at the full-size original, I don't see any ghosting which would indicate movement between frames, but that's still a possibility. Hopefully you used the align feature of your tool anyway. I believe it can be improved with a little sharpening. Try it and let us know what you think.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
-joel

tropico

Thank you so much for taking the time to reply.
I will take your advise and try to improve with some sharpening and see how that works.

I am so happy to get some feedback so that I can work on my photos and get better!

Once again thank you!

kdog wrote:

Welcome to Dgrin, Tropico.

I viewed this in a larger size in your gallery to get a better look. It's a lovely scene and excellent composition. Light balance is good. There does seem to be some softness to the image. Looking at the full-size original, I don't see any ghosting which would indicate movement between frames, but that's still a possibility. Hopefully you used the align feature of your tool anyway. I believe it can be improved with a little sharpening. Try it and let us know what you think.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
-joel