Duke Gardens

This is a 3-shot HDR I took at Duke Gardens in NJ. Looking for any tips and critique!

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It looks nice, being new to HDR, I thought a scene like that would not require HDR? I thought it all would come up nice in one well exposed shot?

Please correct me if I am wrong as I was aware that HDR was workable on high/low contrast scenes. The image HDR or not looks great though


Well done

Hello, bubbles!

Technically, a good exposure. I like the composition, the way the main subject is slightly off center plus the two branches diagonally in the two opposite corners. I don't like the way that flower is sliced in half at lower right. Consider cloning it out.

lensfreak HDR will tend to bring out textures very well and that is the reason for it on this shot. I attempted to process the 0-EV shot and was unable to come even close to the HDR in either lighting or texture. Glad you like it and thanks for your comments!

PNC good catch! The flower did not even phase me but I see what you mean now that you mention it. Thanks for your comments!

Yes, it is a nice shot. I will have to study more on HDR, well done

Nicely done.
The brightest parts of the yellow have lost some detail. Yellow is very prone to this and I usually under expose pix where yellow is key to save some detail.

tmcman wrote in post #14494085
Nicely done.
The brightest parts of the yellow have lost some detail. Yellow is very prone to this and I usually under expose pix where yellow is key to save some detail.

That was bothering me A LOT actually. Good info. Thanks for the tip and thanks for the comments!