coastline hdr...

would love any feedback on this hdr...

Doesn't appear to be overcooked.....that is always a plus.

I like it. It is a neat scene, and its not overdone. To me, I would darken the blues a bit, but you definitely don't have to.

Nice. I agree with SmilingFox that a little darker blues might be nice. I love the detail in the cliffs, just wish it was a little bigger to see more. It's nice to see an HDR photo that's not overdone!

thank you for the feedback. to darken the blues, would I just create a layer that is just the sky and tweak that? or would I do something to the whole photo?

sorry...I'm not that well-versed in the post-processing. but that's exactly why I'm posting in here.

thank you again.

Personally I would have done a long exposure (but we can't always do one). Otherwise I think the image looks great! This is a good example of HDR done right.

I would use an adjustment layer with inverted mask and paint mask white where you want sky darker. Curves is probably my preferred method for this. Choose darker or just grab line and pull it down a bit, a slight s curve will enhance contrast if you are lazy and paint over clouds too. Invert the mask with ctrl+I (windows), then paint on the now black mask with a white brush where the blues should be more saturated and darker. You can accomplish this many ways, but this is probably what i would do. Also, mess around wit the blend modes (like, overlay or soft light) and opacity until you find something you like

I'll have to see what I can do with that...thank you.


laxlife...thank you for that. I would have loved to have gotten a long exposure, but I was only there during the day. I need to get some sort of darkenizing filter.

Sure. It's a quick fix with an adjustment layer. Playing around after with blend modes and opacity is the fun stuff. --> I know, im such a nerd.