Overdone HDR, good or bad?

[ducko]

I started messing around with HDR and went crazy with this one. It's totally unrealistic but is it attractive to anyone or does it make you want to throw up? :D

http://ducko.smugmug.com/photos/366878246_nGwcm-L.jpg

[ducko]

Here is the original HDR image without any adjustments. In case you were curious.

http://ducko.smugmug.com/photos/366892534_eaQd7-L.jpg

[Nathan]

In a way, it's sort of like a painting... depends on what you're trying to accomplish, really

[PhotosGuy]

It's a valid technique for special uses, & I kind of like it. Wouldn't want to see it too often though.

We used to do something similar with color separations from Ektachrome & a print proofing material called Color Key. Was a PITA, & PS is SO much easier now.
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[joedlh]

Hurts my eyes. I'm not sure one would call this an HDR technique.

[ducko]

Thanks for your input. I agree with Joe in that it kind of hurts my eyes too. I used three shots of this scene at 2 stops apart. I used cs3 to merge them in to an HDR picture. I then played around with the colors and sharpening to get what you see here.