March 18, 2007 HDR Thriller (coastal)

Orcutt Rd Looking West, originally uploaded by AshSLO. Click on Pic, see it in Flickr.

HDR works well with and accentuates those scenes where there are multiple lighting scenarios in foreground, midground, and background. To be appreciated this pic must be seen in large. It's the detail in the subtle background, especially the fence parallel to the ridgeline, that give this pic depth and make it interesting. HDR has taken the colors into a high satutation but this is somehow okay with the yellow flowers. The power lines do detract, but I can confidently state that this pic would be much less interesting without HDR. With only 70 pics in this search to choose from, this is far from the best Thriller I have posted, but that's part of the game.

March 18, 2007 HDR Chiller (coastal)

Almond Trees, originally uploaded by kehena. CLick on Pic, see it in Flickr.

I picked a word that came up with just 70 photos today. There were not too many bad ones, but I had to select something. I picked this because, while the subject was interesting the colors are way wrong and way too far from reality. It appears that the HDR has not only turned the road blue/violet but has accentuated the chromatic abberation of various blue blobs of sky peeking through the trees. Strange colors and intensities can result from HDR and should be more properly adjusted during the processing. Other than that, I don't really have a serious bone to pick with this photo.