Chowade River

Very Nice!!!

This is lovely! I like the balance of light and the and the painterly feel.

Simple and neat composition with some nice light. The filter effect is probably a bit overdone IMHO which has created smudgy patches; but again that's what gives it a painting-like look.

Welcome to NPN Katherine, and thanks for a beautiful post. This is quite lovely, and obviously carefully crafted. Well done.

What a beautiful scene. Unfortunately the processing does nothing for me, I wish I could see more detail and a more realistic blend of exposures.

Hi folks and thanks for the kind words. I used Photomatix for this, when I could have used HDR Efex pro, and maybe I could try that instead. Its three images, and even though they were shot with a tripod and a shutter release cord, that bit of discontinuity between images (that gives it the smudge) is something I am either trying to get, or trying to avoid, and I am never sure which until I try a few things. I also wanted the richness of the underexposure, the gravels and vegetation looks so much heavier, thus the blend. But I am not (as one of my wildlife biologist friends tells me) a digital space monkey. I dont come by this stuff naturally at all. Here is the midrange photograph to show what it looks like, shot with a Canon 5D II, as above.

KatherineAnne,

Welcome to NPN and the ES&S/Landscape gallery. I believe this is your first post here? I see you just recently joined and so welcome aboard!

I think your processing has rendered a very pretty scene, although somewhat unnatural, but in a PhotoArt kind of way. I like what you've presented and I think it works.

Very close to this being a better fit in the Photo Art gallery - and thanks for your discussion in your latest comments. But it's very difficult to know if someone is trying to create something in an artistic vein, or simply trying to make improvements to the technical aspects such as contrast, color, dynamic range etc. Anyway, a topic and discussion for outside my comments here.

I like the result.

We look forward to your images and participation on NPN.

Lon

Hi Lon, thanks for your note. Points well taken.

The blur is unintentional, and I think it’s a function of the tripod being on a bridge and there was just enough motion with my weight shifting to jig the dynamic range series of shots ever so slightly. (I guess I could lose a few pounds, lol!). Also I used Photomatix Pro 3 to do the tonemapped blend, and I have noticed that it promises to align image components but it is just not that good at that part. It is easy to use for the learning HDR-er though I may try this in the above mentioned Effex and see what happens. Thanks for your advice.

The colors are actually true, but it is a blend. Its a function of the HDR. I this image is about to fall off the end of the table here, soon Kat