HDR, Ally in Des Moines

[gidikh]

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Driving out of a parking ramp I saw this side of a building in down town Des Moines. Really liked the colors and textures of it. Lots of shadows from the ramp, i shot this from the 3rd level.

Model: NIKON D5000
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/30 sec
Aperture: 16.0
Focal Length: 50mm

5 shot HDR, did the exposures manually in photoshop express 8 then tonemapped in Photomatix pro.

Looking for any feedback, particular on if you think the tonemapping is overdone or colors are over saturated.

Thanks.

[irishmuth]

My first thought is that this particular image just isn't a good fit for HDR - it seems unnecessary.

[pjflan7]

Originally Posted by irishmuth

My first thought is that this particular image just isn't a good fit for HDR - it seems unnecessary.

I would tend to agree here as you do not have a high contrast issue here.....It does not look oversaturated but looks like a well exposed shot.....probably could have achieved the same look with a single exposure