Tractor HDR

[cedricmordrin]

I've been lurking for while and finally decided to join and start participating.

I took this picture for my father as he wanted to be able to show some friends various items he had around the property. I decided to take three exposures and blend them in GIMP. After I blended the image I did some mild tone mapping to tweak the feel of the image.

This image was cropped for a widescreen digital photo frame.

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Any and all C&C is appreciated, but looking for suggestions on composition and my use of tone mapping. I prefer when it's used to accentuate/enhance a photo instead of being the focus of the image.

Camera: Canon G11
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/4.0
Focal Length: 6.1mm (30mm equiv.)
ISO Speed: 80
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash

[Murtasma]

Looks pretty good to me, I would desaturated the greens just slightly to keep more of the attention on the subject. The trees are very vibrant and my eye keeps getting drawn to them. I like the low perspective you used here and getting in close to fill the frame worked well. I would also desaturated the sky slightly since it looks a little unnatural mostly at the spot above the steering wheel ( the large cyan area).

[cedricmordrin]

Thanks for the feedback. I got lucky with the perspective as there was an old cooler just sitting next to a fire pit nearby that I set the camera on and put it into AEB and set the timer.


Here is an adjusted image.

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[EMansfield]

Murtasma's suggestion is spot on. The second version of the photo looks better than the first. I like the colors of the photo, they looks so rich and natural.

Cheers!

Eric Mansfield