Evening glow
by Melethia

Comment:
Ha, I was right Deb, it is you. It was the building that I recognised. :) Well done Deb, should have scored much higher.

by Mephisto

Comment:
Talk about another time/another place. This could have been taken any time over the last 60 years (well apart from the cars but..)

by Mephisto

Comment:
Markets are such a great place to hang around. This is really well done.

by Mephisto

Comment:
Christophe this is fab.

New and Old Architecture
by ronaldfw

Comment:
The HDR treatment on the buildings works really well, but sadly the sky and the haloing is not good.

The Tunnel
by talmy

Comment:
I think the processing is very nicely done here, lots of details brought out. Just the subject and composition are not terribly interesting.

Quiet moment
by IreneM

Comment:
what a pity the horizon is tilted.

Heritage
by gys

Comment:
You have done really well bringing out the details in the bike, but the sky let's this down.

Bonny Kay
by Bugzeye

Comment:
Coming back to comment. I gave this a 6. Definitely not over processed, but I can see how some people who have the "must look like a cartoon" view of HDR may score it low. To be honest, I was hovering between 5 and 6 but that has NOTHING to do with the HDR effect, it's more the composition of the image that was pushing me towards a 5. It think this is where people seem to forget (that comment is directed more to what I have read in the forum, not you by the way!), it's not just about the HDR. I am not a big fan of the black border. I think it does not enhance this image at all, if you needed a border, I think white would have worked a bit better.

As far as the processing goes, you definitely managed to pull out some detail by using the HDR technique, but in the process, I think the cyan/blue channel seems to have been tweaked a bit too much as it appears to be somewhat unnatural. I think the midtones also could do with being toned down a bit, as it seems quite bright.

Overall, I do think you are suffering because it is not what the viewers here on DPC have come to expect from HDR, but also a little bit because of the compoition and general level processing. As I said, I did give it a six. I hope this is helpful.

HDR Archway
by binsurf

Comment:
I like the juxtaposition of the pylon against the pretty archway. Sadly the sky is not working so well