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stargazer77517
14th of July 2009 (Tue), 15:16
HDR 3 exp, using a Grad ND .9 Hard. Question, does the foreground look too dark?

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg62/Stargazer_54/landscapes/GalvestonSeawallsunriseweb.jpg
DeepWoods
14th of July 2009 (Tue), 16:05
It has a nice balance to it IMO. Beautiful Sky!!!! Good work.
Gary McDuffie
14th of July 2009 (Tue), 20:11
Looks nice. Not over-done, and, at least on this computer, I don't see a bunch of haloing. Good job.
Sperlock
14th of July 2009 (Tue), 22:51
The foreground looks fine to me. You did a great job!
stargazer77517
15th of July 2009 (Wed), 07:09
Thanks guys, I was just a bit concerned.
megadima
15th of July 2009 (Wed), 17:26
Really nice shot ! The foreground looks fine on my monitor.
CameraBuff
15th of July 2009 (Wed), 19:08
Looks fine on my monitor, excellent seascape, beautiful sky, great composition, nice foreground subject.
Stevie@JC
15th of July 2009 (Wed), 19:17
Awesome shot looks fine on my moniters also
nightcat
15th of July 2009 (Wed), 19:22
the slightly dark foreground creates a great mood!
ddb
16th of July 2009 (Thu), 13:07
Out of curiosity, if you were using a grad nd filter, why did you need to make an HDR? Wouldn't you get the extended tonal range by just using the filter?
stargazer77517
16th of July 2009 (Thu), 14:19
Yep, one could, But I wanted to experiment a bit. In Photomatrix Ive noticed that the overexposed shot was washing out the sky too much for my taste when blended, so I wanted to experiment using an Grad ND on all 3 exposures. In doing that,it seems to me, the colors in the sky came out a bit richer.

Out of curiosity, if you were using a grad nd filter, why did you need to make an HDR? Wouldn't you get the extended tonal range by just using the filter?
canonloader
16th of July 2009 (Thu), 15:24
Excellent work. The foreground is not too dark.
Harreh
21st of July 2009 (Tue), 00:39
It has a nice balance to it IMO. Beautiful Sky!!!! Good work.

I second that!