Barn Sunrise - Natural HDR?

[MatthewBotos]

I was trying to get a more natural look with this HDR:



What do you think of the detail level in the clouds and barn shadows?
Does the the image have a natural, unprocessed look to you?

Thanks for your feedback!

[windrider86]

I personally think you did a good job withthe HDR processing. All too often they have that cartoony look to them and this one does not. The colors in the clouds are vivid, the house is a bit dark tho. And you may want to straighten the trees out a tad so they arent about to fall on the hosue

[vsa]

Originally Posted by windrider86

And you may want to straighten the trees out a tad so they arent about to fall on the hosue

More like straighten the corner of the house because more likely the house is built straight up than the tree grows straight. But yea pretty much the same thing.

Very natural look to me. I don't think the house is too dark. What I think is that you should do some levels adjustments to bring the lower end up a bit so the darks are a bit darker. (or maybe it's my screen, maybe it's my browser.... who knows... just with my config the darks are a tad too light)

[Japaslavian]

Everyone take note.

This is what HDR should look like.

Thank you MatthewBotos for re-instilling my fading faith in proper use of HDR.

[kencaleno]

I think it looks better like this:

[bratha]

Yep, I agree with everyone above... you have used HDR perfectly to capture the whole dynamic range, and didn't go overboard and ended up with something that looks too busy. Fantastic!

[har06053@byui.edu]

Love it. This is one of few HDR images that still looks totally natural--even more natural than if it weren't HDR.