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I brought a darker exposure through and added a light sky replacement. Skies were completely clear when I took the photo.

rgs wrote in post #17593703
Not sure it looks blurry, but it does look a bit flat. I think I would lighten it up a bit and maybe boost the whites even more. I would like that white trim to be quite a bit brighter than the off white walls. As much as I like EF, it does tend to produce flat results. The new LR 6 HDR seems less inclined to do that.

Didnt have LR6 when I did this, do now, I do like the output from LR6, just wish it would allow you to run it against multiple stacks...

i_am_hydrogen wrote in post #17594877

I wish the sky in Chicago looked like that right now... Been here 2+ days and it's been overcast and raining!

Looking for some C&C

7 shot merges in LRCC(6)

Cool little condo in SoCal.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/uEUE​ek

Your lines are straight, but the strong warm cast on the left side of the image is distracting. If you could match the temperature of the left side of the image to the right, I think you'll have a much more effective image. Additionally, you could improve the focus by cropping out a significant amount of the ceiling.

For your bathroom shot, you would also be served well by cropping just above the glass door. Personally, I would have removed the towels and floor mat (kept the ones near the vanity). You could also cool down the image or reduce the saturation of the yellows.

DisrupTer911 wrote in post #17597002
Looking for some C&C

7 shot merges in LRCC(6)

Are these the merges right from LR or did you work them over a bit post merge? Did you merge all 7 brackets? I evaluate each bracket and only use the ones needed. I also try to use adjacent brackets and don't skip any. Most of my shots actually use 4 or 5 - rarely more and sometimes as few a 3. In this case I think you are using too many light brackets because your lamps are too hot. This usually indicates that you have so much blown out data that it's bleeding into adjacent areas.

The bedroom has a color shift across the room because of mixed lighting between the tungsten lamps and daylight from the windows. This is a common problem and adjustment brushes can fix it. In this case just a grad across the screen (L to R) with a little added blue will probably clear up the problem. The shadow at the foot of the bed really needs some detail in it. It's quite muddy right now. I also think the bed at the left edge could be lightened slightly. And I would crop some of the ceiling as well.

The bathroom has very slight pink cast. Was that the real color of that room? Mostly I would want to tone down the bright spots in the room - the floor and the box under the sink stand out to me. Did the room force a vertical shot? Vertical shots can be problematic in RE (monitors are all horizontal and most RE images are viewed online) but sometimes small rooms force vertical images. I would crop a good deal of the ceiling - there is nothing there that a buyer wants to see. In fact, I think I might crop to the top and bottom of the shower door which would make a nearly square image. Try it and see if you don't like that crop.

These are good shots. I'm being very critical because overall they have a good deal of potential. In my experience, all blends (EF or HDR) require editing after blending. The good thing about the new LR 6 HDR is that images can be modified so much after the initial merge. Getting a bright but not overblown image is a tricky balance. Hope this helps.

hi RGS & Luxury,

Thank you for the constructive help.

I did a horizontal of the bathroom as well but felt it looked better in vertical.

And here I thought the towels would tie everything together so I went and folded everything neatly and arranged the items to be pleasing to the eye.

I'll go back and edit out the color casts, I thought the bedroom had a change but I tried to fix it w/o a gradient.

These are 7 shots, merged in LRCC then edited as a whole as I read that editing before and then merging is just a wash and reverts to original.

Your horizontal is a big improvement and the hot bright spots are under control. The wall sconces are greatly improved. I would simply open the shadows - slightly - and you have a very good image. The towels don't bother me. They look very neat. Some don't like things like that and others do. I don't think you'll find a consensus so you consult with your client and use your best judgement.

Regarding the bedroom - give it a shot with just the middle 4 or 5 shots from your bracket and see what you get. You may be surprised at how much better the highlights - in particular - are.

The wall to the right and the door and handle don't bother you?

That's why I went vertical. to eliminate that.

Perhaps though, from a non-photographic-critque the door/handle is normal to us and the regular joe investor won't care because they know rooms have doors and handles?

DisrupTer911 wrote in post #17597157
The wall to the right and the door and handle don't bother you?

That's why I went vertical. to eliminate that.

Perhaps though, from a non-photographic-critque the door/handle is normal to us and the regular joe investor won't care because they know rooms have doors and handles?

Not the door handle. The black band can be cropped and, if you want to maintain a horizontal (rather than a vaguely square) shape, you can still crop the ceiling to the top of the shower door.

How do these look now?

I would bring the brightness of the first image down a stop, it seems a little washed out. The colour is a big improvement though.

Similarly with the bathroom shot. You're losing some of the richness of those wall panels, but overall the colour looks a lot better.

I think the crops on both work better now than the first images.