Old Country Road

HDR done from 3 images with Photomatix. PP done in Lightroom. First time I've gone and taken pictures specifically with HDR in mind. C&C please. Also..... if the images don't line up perfectly...does anyone know of a manual way in Photomatix to correct this?? I had 5 images to use but had to use 3 only because it was having a hard time lining the clouds up or something. Or maybe there is no way around this? edited to add : ISO 100 18mm f/22 1/80 sec ..... would you have changed any of the settings?? (and I forgot my lens hood at home :P)

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Will you include moving subjects next time...reshoot on a calmer day. Shadows need opened a bit.

PS...I like most of the stuff on your site

That kind of cloud is usually moving pretty rapidly by cloud standards. Therefore a quick burst and high shutter speed would be called for. Or you could moved the road and the tree so that the clouds were coming at or away from you.

I'm not a fan of the vignette or the lens flare. And what's that light spot in the grass on the right? It draws the eye. For an HDR, there's a lot of dark in the shot -- the land on the left and the tree line in the distance for example. As for composition, since there's no strong asymmetrical element and it's a straight on perspective shot, you might consider making it a square, centered composition. The rule of thirds is a guideline, not an immutable law.

I'm not sure what that was...I'm guessing sunlight since it was after a storm and the sun was breaking through clouds here and there.

Ok, so HDR shouldn't have so much black? I only recently learned about making them and am still learning the ropes. I'll make a note of that clouds tip.

chauncey... thanks for the feedback also and for checking out my work. I really need to get busy and get some new stuff posted on there! Most of it is from when I still only had a 35mm :P