Denver Bell Tower

[checkmeout]

Hi all

This is one of the first HDR shots I tried that I'm actually mostly satisfied with. This is the Bell tower on the 16th Street Mall in Denver Colorado. I merged this from 3 handheld images with my Canon SX210is. I was going for more detail than the whole surreal hdr look, and would like to hear your views on whether I succeeded or if I went too far or not far enough. Any comments appreciated. Thank you for viewing.


ISO 160
1/1600s
f/3.1 , 6.3 , 11
no tripod (sorry)

[windrider86]

We'd like it very much if you included your photo here for us to see. Its much easier if we dont have to flip from one page to another. Thank you!!

[checkmeout]

Sorry about that. I have attached the image and will do so going forward.

[litenphrame]

Merging hand held shots is very hard. You've done a good job. The only drawback in this photo for me is the OOF people and things in the lower part of the photo, but cropping them out won't help the photo at all. The upper half of the tower is nice and clear and with decent color.

[windrider86]

I disagree, i think the people at the bottom give it a nice perspective on how tall the building really is.
However, for me anyway, the whole image is a tad over saturated.

[checkmeout]

@litenphrame: I see what you are saying about the people being out of focus, but that is from merging the three shots, and I don't know how to fix that yet :-( I'll have to look for some photoshop tutorials to see if I can clean it up.

@windrider86: Thanks for the comments. They do give a nice perspective, I think he just meant that I should clean it up a little if I could. About the saturation, I guess it's a matter of preference. I tried to get it to a level I was comfortable with without being too saturated, and this was where I ended up. I appreciate the input.