Michael H
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 Updated (2): Bear Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park Alaska | |
Well, time has gotten the best of me and I\'m still trying to get through a bunch of images from my recent whirlwind trip. Lots of great advice from this and the wildlife forum and it was much appreciated. I\'m going through trying to put together what I can from what turned out to be a very wet, rainy gray sky trip with a couple peeks at sunshine. There are some that I like but I am having to process them a bit more than I generally like to pull out some details.
Here is a quick single image HDR processed with Nik HDR eFex Pro II. I like the way it turned out in the conversion...the color version was destined for the bit bucket. Appreciate any C&C on this. Cheers!
Mike
UPDATE: Thanks for the comments guys! I really appreciate the time you take to share your thoughts. Here is a version with some increased contrast in the mountains. I like the improved contrast, but wondering if I pushed it a bit too far on the quick edit.
UPDATE 2: Removed the original image. The more I look at the increased contrast version, the more I think it\'s okay.
UPDATE 3 Removed 2nd version, though it can still be seen with the edit below. I\'ve done what I can to reduce the halo effect as pointed out. Left side of image is much better than right. However there are two things that I see as contributors and I \'m not entirely sure how to address.
First of all, on the right side, there is actually a sheet of ice/snow in the valley behind the ridge line that\'s been highlighted as haloing. I\'ve calmed down some of it but I can\'t figure out how to reduce more without the wrong impact.
Next, on both the left and right side of impacted areas, there is a lot of atmospheric haze and also brighness generated from the ice/snow in each valley. I cleaned up how I could but my skills seem to have hit a limit.
Of note also is that this looks really great without these areas of concern on my 24\" display and also in a small print I did. Viewing media certainly does make a difference.
I hope this works better. Please let me know your thoughts. I\'m considering posting the original SOC version to show how much (or little) I had to work with. I\'ve found this a challenging but productive process.
-mike
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