Just PP experiment...

[AWGD8]

Here`s my last version the very bottom photo. Still playing with PP ;-)

I was playing with the PP to get that painting/drawing effects...


http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3222/road1q.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/road1q.jpg/)

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/214/jjj2o.jpg (http://img26.imageshack.us/i/jjj2o.jpg/)

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9017/road3h.jpg (http://img26.imageshack.us/i/road3h.jpg/)

[Robert_Lay]

Looks like HDR, which is generally good, but in this case, whatever you did, I think it misses in regard to avoiding blown out highlights. That is one of the very things that HDR does well - avoiding blown out highlights and blocked up shadows.

[AWGD8]

True it`s a single RAW HDR processing. I was experimenting with it and I was trying to make a painting/drawing effect....(not a typical HDR effect I normally see)

[JayCee Images]

Good composition and i like the gritty feel to the image...

But the halos around the trees in the sky really ruin it for me...

[AWGD8]

Good composition and i like the gritty feel to the image...

But the halos around the trees in the sky really ruin it for me...

How about the second revision PP ? BTW, the 2nd photo is not HDR.

[Robert_Lay]

How about the second revision PP ? BTW, the 2nd photo is not HDR.

This does not answer your question about the 2nd revision, but I think it must be noted here that you were shooting into the sun. Usually, shooting into the sun gives an undesrable effect on the overall appearance of the scene. So, I would say you are not doing yourself any favors.

[5Dmaniac]

The 2nd needs some level adjustments - as it is right now it looks dull - there is no life in that picture. Try levels and a slight curve adjustment to bring up the contrast. The first one doesn't do anything for me - the halos are just way too much. The sky looks as if someone took a black brush and just threw some strokes onto it.

[AWGD8]

The 2nd needs some level adjustments - as it is right now it looks dull - there is no life in that picture. Try levels and a slight curve adjustment to bring up the contrast. The first one doesn't do anything for me - the halos are just way too much. The sky looks as if someone took a black brush and just threw some strokes onto it.

Done! The very bottom photo.

[Flo]

Done! The very bottom photo.

Same effect you did to your last post.too much.

[AWGD8]

Same effect you did to your last post.too much.

As my original post says, I was playing with the PP to get a painting effect- you know? not real looking image....

[AWGD8]

. The first one doesn't do anything for me - the halos are just way too much. The sky looks as if someone took a black brush and just threw some strokes onto it.


There you go! I think I got it the 1st time....

As I said on original post , I was trying to get that painting/drawing effect.....

[Flo]

As my original post says, I was playing with the PP to get a painting effect- you know? not real looking image....

Ok, so would I buy this painting?

[AWGD8]

Hell yeah! I would....LOL!

[5Dmaniac]

Hell yeah! I would....LOL!

And in the end that's all that counts. As long as you like your own picture, then it truly does not matter what anybody else thinks about it - good for you!

[Michelle Brooks Photography]

May I ask a totally unrelated question (as far as the PPing goes)? I have been experimenting with my wide anglelens but still haven't been able to capture that low to the ground look in the foreground; what is the trick?

[5Dmaniac]

Get lower to the ground!

[Michelle Brooks Photography]

Get lower to the ground!
:lol:Sometimes it really IS the most obvious answer, huh?
I thought I had gotten pretty low but apprently not low enough! thanks!