My first HDR attempt

[CalPiker]

I made my first attempt at HDR today. Since I am just learning, I only have the trial version of Photomatix, hence the watermarks. I also didn't do any tone mapping in the program. I just ran the three exposures through and made the final product.

C&C welcome. I'm looking to see how I can improve with HDRs. Thanks!

http://ericbowen.smugmug.com/photos/840953897_vmYrb-L.jpg

Shot at 24mm, f/8, 1/125, ISO 100, bracketed by two stops.

[e02937]

I like!

[Gary McDuffie]

This is better than the last version of this shot that was posted by someone recently. Nice first try. Spring for PM. There are discounts available, especially for students.

[CalPiker]

This is better than the last version of this shot that was posted by someone recently. Nice first try. Spring for PM. There are discounts available, especially for students.

That was me. :) The first one was just a tone mapped single image (was learning what HDR was at the time). I went back and reshot it. Although this time I didn't as wide a lens as before (24mm instead of 18mm), so it was a little closer crop.

[Gary McDuffie]

Nice improvement.