Golden Gate Bridge HDR

[Darwin]

Warm it up, or keep it cool?



EXIF:
3 Exposure HDR (-2,0,+2) (.25, 1, 4)
Canon EOS 50D
Focal Length 24mm
ISO 100

[xxpinballxx]

Its a great angle.....wish when i was there at the wharf i would have went to the bridge and got some shots.
I personally think its way too cool. I'd warm it up quite a bit. and maybe bring some brightness to the bridge itself....
Nice shot though....I like the composition.

[Sterling]

I agree. Warm it up some.

[bradzo66]

Cools a nice word , but this is just way too blue. Its effecting all the colours in the shot , if the blue really were the main focus enhancing it would make sense , I think we miss out on the colours and contrasts of water bridge and sky this way.Great spot for the shot though , love the composition too.

[Darwin]

Thanks for all the feedback! I thought it may be too much...

I'm not sure why I'm running into problems with this one. I've now stretched the WB to an extreme of warm to try and eliminate as much of the blue as I can, and it seems to me that I'm running into global yellow hue problems in parts, whereas in other parts it's failing to eliminate the blue dominance. Maybe has something to do with the time of day (about 30 minutes after sunset)...any thoughts?

I too really like the photo composition wise, so I'd hate to waste it...just really having a hard time with the colors on this one.

[T.pickett]

The second one is great, it keeps the amazing composition without being a solid mass of blue. I think the only thing that would improve it further is to get the red of the bridge to pop a bit more but you'd run the risk of looking over processed.

[xxpinballxx]

have you tried in black and white and adjusting all the hues there to your liking...this would be a real nice B&W shot.

[EMansfield]

I agree, the second one looks lovely... lovelier than the first version. Sharp details with excellent colors. This is a masterpiece.

Cheers!

Eric Mansfield

[luismr]

Hi Darwin,
Your 1st pic is too blue (my personal opinion) and in your 2nd I think you miss some of the wow factor. You can tweak the curves and I´m pretty sure you get an incredible picture.

You have an excellent composition, great timming.

Thanks for sharing.