River Oulujoki

Hey all,

This is a river view from the last October, next to my relative's house. It's an exposure blend of three RAW-files, made in Photoshop.

I tried to avoid the usual pitfalls of HDR imaging:

- obvious halos
- gray spots where highlights should be
- grayish overall look on the image, or just lack of contrast
- cartoon colours
- noisy shadows / skies

So the image should look somewhat natural. The colours are a bit dull, but that's October. However, I would like to hear your thoughts. Does it have enough contrast? And is it bright enough? What else would you change?

Cheers!

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I've added a bit contrast to bring out the colors.

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the original look a little washed out and I like the contrast touch by megadima.

thanks for sharing such a beauiful scenary..

Avi

Thanks for the tips.

Here I've tried to improve the contrast a bit, and brightened it up as well:

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I think your second try is just right. Doesn't seem artificial but has more brilliance than the first. Nice job making the hdr look natural.

very nice pp in your second attempt...love the scenary..

Avi