Cumb. Presby. Church - HDR

[plasticmotif]

This was taken at Montgomery Bell State Park in Tennessee and it's the starting place of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Just neat little background.

Of these two, which do you prefer? (I'm going to have this printed on a fairly decent sized page *for a friend who is a chuch member*, i'd go huge if it weren't for that stupid power line)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/plasticmotif/DPP_150001_2_3_tonemapped.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/plasticmotif/DPP_150001_2_3_tonemapped-1.jpg

edit: I like the first, but the second would probably look better printed.

[zupreme]

i like the second picture.

[007]

colors too rich.. look fake .. try again..

[plasticmotif]

colors too rich.. look fake .. try again..

I didn't ask if it needed work. Thanks for your worthless input.

Some people actually like the 'painterly' look.

[navydoc]

Of the two, I like the second one best. It will probably print better than the first too.

[rob2278]

#2 for me!!:)

[Loodachris]

2nd one for sure :)

[MikeFairbanks]

I like number two best.

You can easily take out the powerlines in under an hour with cloning and such. I really like the second one, but I'd also recommend you isolate that big part of the sky and smooth it out a bit.

Just a suggestion.

If you attach an original then others can help edit it. It's fun to have other people help you. The guy who said "try again" wasn't trying to be a butt. He was just being a little too blunt.

[Gary McDuffie]

Numero dos!

[Kevin]

I prefer two also, the colors are rich and good detail. I would smooth out the sky a tad and maybe remove the wire as Mike suggested but that is minor, nicely done.

[dugcross]

Some people actually like the 'painterly' look.

Yup, with that being said, I like the second one also

[007]

OK.. I like the second more than the first, but both are bad.. halos are severe andcolors are not painterly. they are unrealistically rich.. again.. try again.. I think the subject is good. but your pushing it the wrong way for painterly and too far on the saturation..

[Harryvanrijn]

Thanks for the great pictures!!! Nummer twee is the best. Great colors!! Beautiful!!

[HastyPhoto]

Gotta get rid of that halo, if it cant be done 100% in photomatix layer on the original file and mask back in the sky at around 50% opacity.

[crimsonblack]

second shot is the best. colors are nicely saturated and has nice darks/blacks.