More comparison help - original or "merged"

[simonkit]

Sorry if this is getting a bit boring but here's another I've just edited - 2nd shot is a "merge" of 2 Tiff files created from the original RAW. Which one works for you (if any) ?

thanks

simon

ORIGINAL
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/STKITCHIN/PICT3425_old.jpg

MERGED
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/STKITCHIN/PICT3425_new.jpg

[oldgit]

1stn one is more natural, the 2nd is ... urm false the forground colours dont match the sky.. its grey not sunny

[CT]

First one for me, although ideally something between the two would have retained a little more foreground shadow detail. :)

[Sherlock_Holmes]

No 1

[hypnotic]

Number one for me

[ppp]

1

[grumpybadger]

Original for me

[Shorn]

I like them both, once I'd cropped the blue coloured foreground out.
I can imagine the sky actually, grey cloud looming nearer to the last bit of blue sky, just a shame it doesn't look natural.