CnC: I am still somewhat new to HDR but ill do my best to crit this.
One thing that I notice about this that is said to be the "thing that stands out most in 'bad' HDR" is the white auras around where the sky meets landscapes. I notice that you have some of this around the palm trees in the middle and a tad around the trees to the left.
The ONLY way to get rid of this and still have HDR is to take the HDR image into PS and also bring in the "normal exposure" of the image in as well on another layer and mask the sky in that area (or sometimes the entire sky, depends on how it comes out) It can be a difficult and annoying process but its what sets apart "good" HDR from "bad" HDR
Overall you are getting a good tonal range in this. I feel that its a tad too much HDR but thats more of my opinion then a crit. Some people like the more over-processed look, i prefer to keep it subtle but noticeable.
From a traditional standpoint, i think your composition in this is rather lacking.. There is just too much 'going on' I would try shooting just a section of this image like the interesting balcony architecture on the bottom left mixed with the "boring" architecture of the power lines next to it for contrast.
@3nder thanks for the review, I am a newbie to HDR. Actually i did not take much care about the composition of the photo, which was a mistake. I was rather concentrating(excited!!) much on HDR (setting exposure values etc).
The white aura was really hard to get rid of, the tip you pointed out was really helpful!
April 5th, 2011
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One thing that I notice about this that is said to be the "thing that stands out most in 'bad' HDR" is the white auras around where the sky meets landscapes. I notice that you have some of this around the palm trees in the middle and a tad around the trees to the left.
The ONLY way to get rid of this and still have HDR is to take the HDR image into PS and also bring in the "normal exposure" of the image in as well on another layer and mask the sky in that area (or sometimes the entire sky, depends on how it comes out) It can be a difficult and annoying process but its what sets apart "good" HDR from "bad" HDR
Overall you are getting a good tonal range in this. I feel that its a tad too much HDR but thats more of my opinion then a crit. Some people like the more over-processed look, i prefer to keep it subtle but noticeable.
From a traditional standpoint, i think your composition in this is rather lacking.. There is just too much 'going on' I would try shooting just a section of this image like the interesting balcony architecture on the bottom left mixed with the "boring" architecture of the power lines next to it for contrast.
Hope it helps!
The white aura was really hard to get rid of, the tip you pointed out was really helpful!