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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

Last May. I just began playing around with HDR Toning in CS6

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Jun 17, 2014 at 05:46 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

way too overcooked, it looks like a cartoon. the compositions are ok, just overprocessed. try going back to the file and doing less HDR.

Jun 17, 2014 at 06:23 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

Beautiful locations, I just love Yellowstone and the Tetons. Compositionally speaking, I like your inclusion of foreground in image #1, the shoreline brings the eye right to those huge peaks; well seen. Image #2 flows well and is nicely framed. I as well think that these images have been over done in post. To my eyes, these do not appear as natural landscapes, especially #1. I suggest desaturating the mountains and decreasing the contrast in the clouds. I hope that helps! All the best.

Jun 17, 2014 at 07:23 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

I toned down the saturation above.

What about this one?

Thanks

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Jun 17, 2014 at 09:11 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

The last one looks ok other than the sky color towards the horizon. The first two photos are nice compositions but in my humble opinion your HDR processing is causing far more problems than its resolving.

Jun 17, 2014 at 09:26 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

I went to the Grand Tetons when I was younger and I wish that I could go back

Jun 18, 2014 at 03:34 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

These look horrible.... I don't know how to sugarcoat it.... they look really bad. Adding a 3rd totally different shot is not the solution.... you have gotten suggestions, and so you should go and rework #1 and 2 and repost them.

You need to go back and process those again from the start. Ditch the HDR, you don't need it. Just process them normally, and maybe these will work. But as it is, these are really bad....

Jim

Jun 18, 2014 at 04:44 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

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O the humanity

Jun 18, 2014 at 04:57 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

OK - this is the best of my post processing ability - #1 and #2 and 3#

It was a cloudy and hazy day for one and two. If you guys know how to pull anything else from these I'm all ears.

Ponz

Jun 18, 2014 at 05:13 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

Great shots

Jun 18, 2014 at 05:42 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

Phew they are looking better. This is photography, so we have are at the mercy of the light sometimes.

The top 2 are looking pretty good now.

Jun 18, 2014 at 05:56 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

Very cool!

Jun 18, 2014 at 08:22 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

silverr1 wrote:
Very cool!

Thank you.

Jun 18, 2014 at 09:09 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

Hey Ponz,

As Tyler said, the first two look much better. Most off normal processing will win every time. HDR is touted to be the "magic" tool, but in most cases it actually ruins the photos. While some who really know their stuff can produce realistic looking shots with HDR, those people are very very few.

My suggestion would be for you to hone your processing skills with just normal processing for a while. Learn how to use layer masks, and do your own blends on shots that have more dynamic range than the camera can handle. Your growth from that will be well worth it in the future.

Jim

Jun 18, 2014 at 09:52 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Sulfur Caldron (HDR Toned)

JimFox wrote:
Hey Ponz,

As Tyler said, the first two look much better. Most off normal processing will win every time. HDR is touted to be the "magic" tool, but in most cases it actually ruins the photos. While some who really know their stuff can produce realistic looking shots with HDR, those people are very very few.

My suggestion would be for you to hone your processing skills with just normal processing for a while. Learn how to use layer masks, and do your own blends on shots that have more dynamic range than the camera can handle. Your growth from that will...Show more →

Jim - I've NEVER used layer masks before. I've always felt intimidated. It's past time I began bracketing and learned layers. Maybe, then, I can be on par with some of you guys!

Time to search a good tutorial or three....

Ponz

Jun 19, 2014 at 06:40 AM


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