Critique my HDR

I'm fairly new to the HDR scene and have been experimenting. Here are a couple of my HDR shots.

2nd one looks insane right now. such dynamic ranges.

Makes the cars shine.

You need some contrast in there. Did you do any post processing after the tone mapping ?

HDR is a highly useful technique for many types of photography. Especially architectural.

Now once the whole appeal and fun sexiness of the acid trippy hdr look passes, use the techniques learned to help pull and push detail where you want/need it.

IMHO your 2nd shot looks pretty good, but could benefit from some layer masking in certain areas to help drop down your hdr effects...

Like others have said, watch your contrast, and do some more work on the images after tone mapping.

Very good start tho.

just my .02c

All the car shots are excellent IMO. Absolutely first class. I'd love to see more of them.

The shot of the barn is missing something; not sure what. Composition? It might have been more interesting from the inside, if you could get in.

The Steak'nShake shot is not interesting to me in terms of any technical or artistic perspective.

Really like #2.

The compositions aren't the greatest, as in no.2 with just a as-is back ground. But as far as the technique goes, 2 is the best. Tone it down just a bit more and the others work well too.

I think its always done better selectively. Some part of the photos are overkill. Background subjects when there is clearly a focal subject vs a scene should be taken back. Gotta watch clouds as not to over do them they start to look fake. Its all done good, I would just massage it a tad more. Some things you could tweak are background textures like the shiplap boards on the building in picture two, the halo’ing reflections in the mid ares of each car panel. Grass where it becomes so contrasted it looks sun crinkled, etc.