HDR: 1st Tries

kitvan

I live in Pasadena, here are some shots of the City Hall and a nearby mountain water station.

I'd love some feedback on these shots, they're my first HDR attempts and I ended up with some pretty different results. :dunno

Some constructive criticism would be great! :clap

Pasadena City Hall:

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San Gabriel Water Station:




I'm still struggling to find a good balance between the Photomatix Tonemapping and Photoshop post processing.

schmoo

I would not really have thought that these shots needed any HDR lovin' and maybe that means you achived what you set out to do? In all of these except the second, I see areas that are significantly lighter than others. In the first one right in the middle, the third one in the street, etc. The second is just great as it is.

I think you achieved nice color saturation and details in the shadows, but (depending on what you are going for) I think just a little more fine tuning is going to be required before these images are brought back down to realism. It's a great start, however, and you have captured really nice subjects and compositions

Tango

im there with ya, HDR is a bugger

kitvan

Thanks Schmoo!