Yet anothwe 'first HDR' post

I just got Photomatix though I began bracketing some shots quite some time ago hoping to eventually try HDR. Here are two of my first attempts. C&C welcome.

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I like the aged look of the train but I also like the original as well.

CameraMan wrote in post #12599259
I like the aged look of the train but I also like the original as well.

Thanks. I thought the black in the original was a little too dark to see much detail. My initial HDR attempts, in color were an improvement (I don't recall if I saved that or not before going with sepia).

When I shot a lot of black and white for my college newspaper and yearbook, contrast was the quality that we sought. What I don't like about this HDR/Sepia is that, considering that I chose to go with black and white, is that I may have taken the HDR too far since it lacks contrast.

Nice job on both of these, the train does look an old photo. Nice...

The aged one sort of loses the HDR look which is fine because I'm not to into HDR. I've tried it but never got the results I was looking for.

I agree.. So far what I have done in HDR has been fairly low key (the sunrise is about as HDRish as I can tolerate).

Someone on the board coined the term 'clown puke'.. which I think is appropriately describes a lot of HDR that I have seen.

Heh, clown puke. Love it!

I really like the first one. I like what you did with the halo and made it look like the sunset. Keep up the good work!

I like the first one, but I'd lose some of the water at the bottom. There appears to be spots of black clipping in it.