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xwinx
27th of January 2010 (Wed), 02:37
original
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt158/forthewinwin/Reg.jpg

After
http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt158/forthewinwin/1st.jpg

In Photomatix I'm clueless of how to use the Black Point and White point sliders.. anyone give me some insight? ;p

And What Am I doing wrong here.. it doesn't look that different :o
Pictures used were -2 , 0, +2 (in exposure compensation)
I put my Strength and Microconstract all the way up (tried a bit lower and looked even worse) and kept Microsmoothening very low.
themadman
27th of January 2010 (Wed), 04:43
Show all three originals please.
crashthenet44
27th of January 2010 (Wed), 06:55
So I take it you're going for the overcooked HDR look? Honestly, I don't see why you need HDR in this shot. What are you trying to do that a little Levels and Curves adjust can't accomplish?
Flo
27th of January 2010 (Wed), 09:08
So I take it you're going for the overcooked HDR look? Honestly, I don't see why you need HDR in this shot. What are you trying to do that a little Levels and Curves adjust can't accomplish?

Yep, the original looks just fine the edit looks oversharp and unnatural.
xwinx
27th of January 2010 (Wed), 09:35
So I take it you're going for the overcooked HDR look? Honestly, I don't see why you need HDR in this shot. What are you trying to do that a little Levels and Curves adjust can't accomplish?
Yeah I was :p
stillinamerica
28th of January 2010 (Thu), 22:50
I think the original looks good....water on the second looks to strange. good image