HDR vs HDR with Post Processing

[Glenn72]

I'm just curious to see what everyones thoughts are with these two photos.

The HDR panoramic photo itself



And after some post processing and adding a frame



The post processing gives it a real artsy and more sinister look but it starts to look more like an oil painting and less like a photo. It does however make the details more clearer. I guess I like both but each in a different way.

[Glenn72]

Something else that I just noticed is that on the post processed photo, I forgot to crop out the extra Sea that I decided to get rid out of the normal HDR shot. Please overlook that as I can crop it out in the future as I meant it to be a comparison with post processing technique and not crop.

[edbayani]

i think you should also try to straighten the horizon. it is tilting to the left.

[Glenn72]

Hi Edbayani,

I never noticed that before but you are right, I will correct that, thanks for spotting that out.

[Photologyst]

I like it with processing.

The coast looks almost like a charcoaled steak.

[Glenn72]

Interesting observation Photologyst, I think tonight I might try a 3rd one in which I will try to combine the two sky's together but keep the post processed look of the coastline and buildings and also straighten out the horizon.