Logging Ships In Port

[Raizer]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4287860612_b7cb3f743d_o.jpg

Thoughts/opinions/advice?

[skygod44]

Believe it or not, your sea-line isn't straight :oops:

But apart from that, your photo kinda grew on me as I looked at it....
It looks like HDR - which I can take or leave - but somehow, I'm finding your photo more and more interesting the more I look.

Well done you!

[sapearl]

I think this is a very attractive photo illustration or manipulation. But I tend to be "old school" in my photographic tastes, and prefer more natural looking images. This is a bit overcooked IMO, looks like HDR, and has just a bit too much contrast. I don't mean to be critical, but I would have liked to have seen the original. Also, the bottom could be cropped a bit to enhance the center of attention. - Stu

[Raizer]

Oops forgot to mention it is a HDR lol
I will try a little tighter crop too when I try and straighten the horizon

Believe it or not, your sea-line isn't straight :oops:
I see it now that you have mentioned it! :lol:

[Raizer]

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2715/img8275sjwm2.jpg
Better?

[sapearl]

Yes - it's getting there..... but still slightly strong to my tastes. Again, that's just me though. Any possibility of posting the original (pre-HDR) shot?

[carguy4471]

I'm going to venture to say this is a great shot! I love the sky. It does seem like it has a purple/blue cast to it. I am at work, and it could be my monitor, or my crappy eyes, but the concrete in the photo looks purple/blue. I think a WB adjustment may be in order.

[Raizer]

Just tweaked the white balance a little
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8805/img827512x8jswm.jpg

Middle bracketed exposure:
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7331/img8275o.jpg

[skygod44]

Et Voila!
I think by posting the middle-bracket shot you've shown that without the HDR effect, it's a pretty dull image, being honest.
So in this case, I say stick with the HDR!

[corkneyfonz]

The original looked good but the hdr is the icing on the cake. Well done.

[PhotogJeff]

Good job. I agree with some of the other posts, the HDR makes the image. You were able to take a fairly mundane view and make it interesting.

We aren't always hiking the Himalayas or on a beach in Fiji. Sometimes taking an everyday view and making it interesting by using unique angles, repetition, depth of field, processing techniques or whatever tool or method is a real accomplishment. This is an example of using a technique to make an everyday view interesting and unique. Nice work

[GregX999]

I like HDR when it's subtle. At first your shot jumped out at me as being HDR (so, not subtle), but I have to say ,it did grow on me - I really like it. I much prefer the version in the first post over the version in post #8 (after you tweaked the WB). Seeing the original mid-exposure really makes the HDR version that much more impressive (in the case of this particular photo).

[Vidcanon]

All I can say is stick with the HDR. Which way was your sealine unlevel ? Very nice colors.