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Published: 2007-05-16 22:38:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 3370; Favourites: 85; Downloads: 0
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HDR treatment of Tacking point Lighthouse.... with the addition of the seat in the composition.Compare it with Smooth Sailing
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which is not HDR and tell me your thoughts.
PS the sensor dust spot in the cloud will be edited tomorrow.. how could I miss that eyesore?
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I have featured this wonderful work in my lighthouse-collection![link]
I hope you will enjoy and agree!
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yeah yeah, info for the photo, its great but... where is the lighthouse?
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The one withour HDR treatment is really nice but I prefere this one !
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Not on that link I'm not!
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riiiiight!!! :S
you definately are but anyway, next time I will put your deviation first so you won't have to scroll down!!
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Colors definitly better here, but I think you are either too close or too far - I like the shots where the lighthouse is smaller better!
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You have the eye of a great painter. What more can be said about this that hasn't already been said?
I like this version the best because of the clear dominance of the lighthouse and chair, and also because of the richness and variation of the tones. The soft ocean of sky supports the foreground well.
Great stuff.
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what a compliment... gracias!
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Well I don't know if I agree with everyone else.
I do like both pictures, but, is this one worth all the extra work, when you can get this [link] result so simply in PS.
Is there a reason why you asked
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well since I can go two or three ways on a photo ( and its not that much extra work, he said as one who loves to fiddle ) its nice to get comparative view from the public so the NEXT time I enter the heritage photographic awards [link] my $100 worth of 4 glossy photos don't gets sent back with a rejection letter!!!!
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I cannot believe they would reject the work of my favourite landscape artist. All I can say is, 'I have better taste than the judges'
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I like this one so much more then Smooth Sailing. Great composition on this one. HDR lightning! It's a great shot! I'll add this as a Favorite!
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Good one indeed. This is definately a good HDR. Excellent light as well.
The only "bad" thing is the dust spot in the middle left of the photo. Should be easily cloned/healed out. Easy to miss
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Thanx.. easy to miss.. when that sensor spot was pointed out it was like a zit on my nose.... hard to miss... I just posted an edit of the other shot Smooth Sailing Too.. now see if the HDR is the better of the two![link]
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Thats really hard to decide. I like them both very much. With such great light it really doesn't matter either. If I had to choose, I would pick the HDR simply because I think the composition works better.
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The sky is more dramatic somehow in the other one but all in all I prefer this one...I like the more 'complete' composition and the fact that the grass is lighter. Both photos are great though - very hard to choose! 
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Great coments but try [link]
another edit of the dull one.... now which?
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Ah!!!! Now this one I like! 
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Nah... I'm all lighthoused out! for now..... should I have left the gleaming white seagull poop on the seat d'yah think?
I cloned it! No charge to the council!
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Wonderful image ... I like this one more as it has more color in parts that are paler in the other version ... especially that orange part on the tower is key ... besides I like the framing better here ...
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Thanx for the comment mate and now I'm going to show you the other foto redone from scratch.... brighter better exposed thru software and not as dull
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what do you think?
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This one's looks better than the other.
It's really hard do make an HDR appear "normal", but you successfully managed to do this.
Great shot.
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Now have a look at the normal shot with better exposure and with my pants pulled up high..... just shows what 50 sets of eyes can do to my postproduction.
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Thanx Antti and thanx for the fav
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absolutely stunning !! except for the little dust on the left in the cloud !! 
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give this a go .. I redid the other shot
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Thanks for the comment and I got the duster out! hehheh
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I better love the composition in best seats , it's a personal choice I think cuz the two are very great 
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The composition and the sky are probably better on the other one, but the building is lighter on this one, and I like it lighter.
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after all the comments I redid the other one [link]
what do you think now?
and thanks for the comment!
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This is lovely as well, but I do like the composition better on the other...but this one is nice and clean and gives you the entire picture.
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absolutely beautiful.. in ever sence of the words
i prefer this... normally the ol HDR looks fake.. but i think you have really mastered the art and it came out wonderfully...
congrats man..
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I'm glad its not fake looking.... but I redid the plain shot...[link]
what do you think about the two now?
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I love the light in this shot, and teh composition is really balanced here.
Nice work
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I also like the composition.
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