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I think you've done really well here. The HDR is not overdone, the saturation looks great.
The only comment I'd make would be composition, I'd try a little more space in front of the vehicle rather than behind. I know it is obvious that the vehicle is not going to go anywhere but it still bothers me that the thing is heading out of the frame.
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First HDR? Looks good. Colors aren't oversaturated but it all just looks like all colors are a bit muted. I'd like to see a photo with saturating just one color and keeping the rest with less saturation.

I'm also not sure if you captured all data in the scene. The inside of car looks just black, no data.
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This looks awesome. I would love to try some HDR shots! I'm new to PS and layers and all of that but so cool!
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looks great and i like the composition as is!
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Your eye tends to go to the lightest part of an image. In this case, it's the clouds. I think they are drawing attention away from the car, so I'd think about cropping some of those clouds off the top.
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I agree with both a little off the top and a little off the left.

I might would have like to have seen just a little more of the side, but maybe not.
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I know it is obvious that the vehicle is not going to go anywhere but it still bothers me that the thing is heading out of the frame.
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Go on, it would make a good "Out of Bounds" image. Just a thought.
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Just want to thank all you guys for the contributions again.


I found some time to play again and although this is not HDR's, I thought it better not to start a new thread as it is from the same shoot and the same subject. This is probably the composition that is better preferred then the previous one?


Shot at: ISO100 - f5.6 - 61mm with my 17-85mm lens:




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Old 01-21-2012, 05:24 AM
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its a really great shot, especially that its your first time.

i just have one question, how do you take shot which are sharp all through out the photo?
when i shoot pictures, its either the front or the back of the photo are sharp and the rest are a little blurred (even in f16 or something). (im a noob btw hehehehe) thanks
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