November
by gyaban

Comment by sjhuls:
Really couldn't be more perfect, truly a stunning image. I'm always at awe with your patience in editing. Congrats on the great score and the ribbon.

November
by gyaban

Comment by gyaban:

Originally posted by jesusfreak864ever: I would love if you could set up a tutorial on how you did this. I just think this photo is fantastic and would love to learn how to do some really nice HDR

Thanks, glad you liked it!
The main editing steps are described under the photo. I'm afraid more details would not be very useful (like values and parameters for each step), because they are very specific to the photo and to what you want to achieve. The main HDR itself was done in a very classical way: 3 RAWs, HDR Efex Pro, some quick adjustments and that's it. Done in 3 minutes (really!). However, tone-mapping the HDR was merely the beginning, and the result is all about many local tweaks (more saturation here, more light there, more detail in the darks here, change the color of that, etc.). This is what took the longest by a large margin (editing-wise). Feel free to PM me if you want specific information.

November
by gyaban

Comment by Frakster:
I would love if you could set up a tutorial on how you did this. I just think this photo is fantastic and would love to learn how to do some really nice HDR

November
by gyaban

Comment by gyaban:

Originally posted by karaleigh: Do you sell your images? I just saw this on my weekly email, went to it and my husband wants it for his wall. Thanks in advance, this is stunning!

Sure, I'll PM you with the different options for that. Thank you!

November
by gyaban

Comment by karaleigh:
Do you sell your images? I just saw this on my weekly email, went to it and my husband wants it for his wall.
Thanks in advance, this is stunning!

November
by gyaban

Comment by 1m1A:
What a beautiful shot. I so admire your tenacity and dedication, knowing how far you have to drive to get to this tree! Great to have a photographer like you participating in these challenges and raising the bar for us mere mortals.

November
by gyaban

Comment by snaffles:
Gorgeous work as always, Christophe! Grats on the blue.

November
by gyaban

Comment by bassbone:
Lovely work Christophe

High Hopes
by gyaban

Comment by Neat:
Technically flawless, it just lacks soul and doesn't really do anything for me, but that's just me, I prefer nature to take course where it grows. Still in saying that I'm sure the DPer's will love it.

November
by gyaban

Comment by JackDaniel:
Thank you for making HDR feel like a worthwhile effort again. This is a photo I'll love for years to come.