Mild HDR Sonata

Didn't go too far processing, but didn't want a flat look either.
17-40L, 50D, Photomatix, Qtpfsgui, Elements.

I like it.
I like how the reflections on the car from its surroundings look.

It looks like you went a bit past mild...

JuiceBox wrote in post #7406743
It looks like you went a bit past mild...

Naw, the car really looks like that except for the license plate.

I like it.

Simple and amazing

I don't get it; there is nothing mild about this HDR. Why is everyone saying "simple," "mild," et cetera? This is a very overdone HDR.

Interesting, but perhaps a bit over "mild".
I'd be interested to see the car in a better environment and then the car left like this and the environment left normal.

I like it

For me simple in the sense that it only looks like a snapshot of a car taken in front of a garage door.... nothing spectacular. Amazing because of what HDR processing can do to an image that holds no interest. Imho.

My first camera was a Brownie Starlet. I'm aware the subject is dull, but the technology available now, both hardware and software, amazes me. Detail in the tire tread and detail in the flaking paint on the garage would not be visible in a mail order snapshot taken in the 50's.

oldvultureface wrote in post #7364073
Didn't go too far processing,

JuiceBox wrote in post #7672235
there is nothing mild about this HDR.

Anke wrote in post #7672247
Interesting, but perhaps a bit over "mild".

Add another vote to the "this is not mild" column. This is a highly-tonemapped image.