Interior HDR's - Kitchen

Our new remodel is finally done ! 5 Exposure blend +- 2 stops with a 5D and processed with Dynamic Photo HDR. Tried to keep the HDR subtle, but should have went -4 stops to get the outside window scene better I think. Top shot has overhead out of scene tungsten lights turned on.

Great application for blends - and nicely done.
Could you not have fixed the window exposure and white balance difference in Photoshop? What I have done in the past is paste in an outdoor scene from another shot into the window - the selection of the glass area in the window is real easy.
If I was a client (end buyer) I would wonder what the true colour is.....maybe add some local contrast to the 2nd image?

I like that idea and am going to shoot the window again separately and blend it in. I did try some local contrast, but that also brought in a lot of red channel chroma noise on the front of the oven. So I backed it out a bit and used some Noise Ninja to clean up what was left. I'll try that again and mask it out this time.Thanks for the ideas !

I really like the first shot, especially the coffee pot...it's just like mine.

On the second image, It's hard for me to tell whether the colors around the window frame is natural or a bit of CA. As suggested, maybe you can mask out the window between the frames and paste in another exposure of the same shot...or use a different scene.

I like the processing in the second shot much better. It looks very realistic to what you would see if you walked in. Though, I agree with redoing the window. I think the OH lights in the first one threw your WB off a bit.

What a coincidence, we just finished our kitchen too. I took this shot, but never considered posting it.

Maybe we should start a 'Kitchen' thread

This was taken with a 550D using a 15-85mm at 15mm, 3 exposures, 0, -2, +2, w/Photomatix 4.
And I too could have maybe used a -4 to better capture the outside view.