Trying to create HDR from a point and shoot

[kstiltne]

I tried to create an HDR effect in Lightroom from a single image that was taken with my Olympus point and shoot. The main focal point of the image was meant to be the tradional style houses, does the composition take away from this? What is the first thing you notice about the image? Do the colors look natural or is it over done?

Thanks for your feedback.

[kstiltne]

After looking this over a bit more, I've decided it needed a bit of cropping. Which looks better?

[EMansfield]

Composition-wise, I think both looks good but I like the first one more simply because the surroundings make a good 'breathing space'. The second version seems very 'busy' to me as it looks very tight. In terms of color, I think it is very saturated.

Cheers!

Eric Mansfield

[SriMesh]

Hi there

I will offer my two cents worth too. IMHO, I think that I like the space in the first composition better than the second cropped version. For the colours, I like the colours of the lower grass and stone work supporting the house in the cropped picture, and the rooftop, mountains of the top capture. It is pretty good to do the HDR effect from a point and shoot.

[LeeR]

From a compositional standpoint, the first is far superior to the second. There is a balance between the two buildings and the way they are positioned that is missing in the second.