A (2) million dollar view

eoren1

We had the first nice, hot day in a while up here so I grabbed the gear and headed to the beach for ice cream :thumb
As I wandered around, I noticed a vantage point of Abbot Hall that I had not yet explored. Finished dessert, grabbed the tripod and 70-200 lens and went shooting. I'm torn as to the better processing here and would appreciate your thoughts.

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I had to look up these three homes on Zillow when I got back. They run $1.6-2.4 million :huh

WiscoFrank

Wow, nice shots. I like the first & third ones. The first one has really nice saturation and the third one has nice clarity in the houses. The kayaks add a really nice foreground interest in the third image.

All three are very nice.

eoren1

Thanks Frank...appreciate the kind words.
The second is a 3-shot HDR. There wasn't that large of a dynamic range to warrant it but the processing brought out some added details in the trees. For some reason I was torn as to the better processing on this one.

Awais Yaqub

really love the light on 2nd and compo of 3rd... nice work

eoren1

Thank you Awais

CoryUT

Nice shots. My personal favorite is #3. For me, the extra details in the trees/rocks make the second image look a little bit too flat. Also love the composition of the 3rd; I think it tells the story of the scene a bit better than the tighter shots.

I understand your predicament though - at this point I've probably spent hours trying to decide how much shadow detail I want in various landscape shots. I usually way over-think it and get a headache

eoren1

CoryUT wrote: »

I understand your predicament though - at this point I've probably spent hours trying to decide how much shadow detail I want in various landscape shots. I usually way over-think it and get a headache

Thanks...and that's why I posted last night...was getting blurry-eyed going back and forth between the two