My first attempt at HDR. I hope I didn't overdo it :)
This is from Rock Glen near Arkona, Ontario. I'm happy with the results of this one (Which means, of course, that it will tank) :)
Editting included Photomatix to combine 3 exposures, and tonemap.
Finished with CS3.
Levels
A layer on the waterfall to bring out some more brightness
Shadows and Highlights
Overall colour levels (Actually brought down some of the colours that were generated by Photomatix because they looked too fake)
Unsharp mask
Save for Web
Unsharp mask again
Unfortunately, because there is such a high range of colours and contrast, I had to save this at 63% quality!! That hurt!
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Lots of good stuff here and a couple of things that I don't care for. The waterfall is wonderful. Don't think you could have captured that better. The branches at the top left interfere with the view of it, however and the tree on the right just slices through the frame without adding anything. I think a slightly different perspective may have framed this better. I'd like to see your outtakes of this after the challenge.
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