HDR Glamour- Kassie (NSFW)

I did a one shot, split into 5 exposures (-2,-1,0,+1,+2) Then photomaxed and photoshopped. Any suggestions? Critiques please?

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Can you post up the 0 EV for camparison? Hard to see what you gained by going through all that.

Lighting and processing is superb....as is everything else I think but agree with above - why go to HDR?

I guess when I have this at full resolution, it really pops. I am still trying to figure how to properly fit my images into the size restrictions without comprimising quality. When I did the merge, it made everything sharper, and clearer, which made further post processing alot easier. here is both images:

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Piercephotographer wrote in post #10797682
I did a one shot, split into 5 exposures (-2,-1,0,+1,+2) Then photomaxed and photoshopped. Any suggestions? Critiques please?

how do you do that from just one base image?

FYI: Photomatix will do most of that for you. Bring it in as a raw file and do a pseudo-HDR. It works nicely.

I just have the plugin but I'm thinking about getting the stand alone too. Is there an option that's just called pseudo-hdr?

I think it's a pretty sexy shot. I'm not really paying any attention to the rest. I guess that makes it a good shot.

MikeFairbanks wrote in post #10802755
I think it's a pretty sexy shot. I'm not really paying any attention to the rest. I guess that makes it a good shot.

Thank you....lol

i think it turned out a lot better than the original.

I'm sure you would have noticed this while doing PP but didn't you realize that there was a seatbelt on her ruining the shot?! You need to pay more attention when doing the shoot for things like bugs flying into view, leaves falling in front of the lens or seatbelt falling onto the model. All of these can ruin a shot.