Steel Mill
by tkoneil

Comment:
You have a nice range with using hdr but it just isn't very interesting for me.

Town Hall
by zaflabout

Comment:
Great night HDR. No halos around the edges and beautiful range. This is what hdr is all about.

Stargate
by sarampo

Comment:
Nice HDR look without pushing the processing too much. Nice range and colors. Well done.

Mardis Mill Falls
by dswann

Comment:
One of the best in the challenge. Brilliant natural use of HDR. Nice details all around great range, beautiful natural processing. This is what HDR was meant for. Well done.

water drop blue
by JustCaree

Comment:
You really need an off camera flash to get a decent water drop. A few tips, for what they are worth. 1. You light the background and capture the reflection on the water, you don't light the actual drop. 2. You need a seriously fast shutter speed to freeze the motion, the easiest way for me to do that is to use a normal shutter speed (1/100-1/250) in a dark or mostly dark room and use the flash powered down to stop the motion. 3. Get a nice little setup going, doesn't have to be much but get it to where the drop is hitting the same spot every time then prefocus there (I hold a pen where the drop is hitting to auto focus on it then switch to manual focus) that will help get a sharp image. 4. Take loads of shots with different timing and with different speeds (not the camera settings but the timing of the drop and the rate at which the drop falls. I hope this helps, there are many people that do this better then I but just trying to help you out. This shot of mine was taken with no special equipment and just a rigged setup to get the drops falling the same. The only lighting I used was a speedlite off camera fired wirelessly(sp?)

"Deep in the enchanted forest, in a dark silent pool, it's surface dappled by sunlight ..."
by ThingFish

Comment:
Marking this so I can come back to it latter. I will also check it on my calibrated monitor at home as well but for a quick first impression which is how most people vote I would say I would have given this a 4 or 5. I will come back and give you a more detailed response but the first impression is the swan is very small and there just seems to be too much open space with competing textures. To be continued soon.

Ok so on my calibrated monitor it looks fine. A bit dark on the one I use for printing but nice exposure on my one with the tools and all on it. I think it really just lacks the wow factor so many look for and expect on a free study. A closer crop utilizing the reflection would help with that. Is it a 4 or below shot? I dont think so but when you do a free study the voting is a bit harsher. As it is now there just seems to be too much open space around the main subject and the bank is, well I would prefer more of the bank or none of it. he exposure and sharpness on the swan is excellent but is also lost in the shot, again a closer crop would help. Best of luck to you.

Tribute to a Master
by ekmai

Comment:
This is just crazy cool to look at. Nice work.

How NOT to wear a white tie
by timfythetoo

Comment:
lol, love it.

There is always safety in numbers
by LaMas

Comment:
Wow I can't believe I was your only 10. This should have finished much higher imho. I am giving it some love over in the Posthumous Ribbons, Part IV thread.

Grainy CCTV at the Sun Valley Disco shows one customer who had clearly been a salted
by philocam

Comment:
This is great, not sure how well it would have done if I would have completely gotten it were it not for the title though.