Some more HDR Sunsets

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Like then very nice and HDR not too overdone.

Well done

Carol
 
Really like 2, 4, 5 great skies and lovely processing. Not really liking the brickwork in 1 and 3.
 
Not a big fan of HDR but tese are nice not overdone, the first one is my pick of the bunch
 
I hate HDR - but these show how it should be done. Only #4 looks a touch over cooked on the grass bank. The rest are great. For me #1 is stunning.
 
Thanks for everyone's comments, they are very appreciated.

landerson07 said:
I think they look great. Was it purely HDR or did you use nd filters too?
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I didn't use any filters on the camera, I just took 5 exposures and merged them to 32bit in Photoshop then edited them in Lightroom. On some of them I used Lightroom's graduated filter option and on some of them I used the tonal contrast filter in Colour Efex Pro. I also adjusted the warmth in the sky & stuff like that.

There are good video tutorials to do this kind of thing by Trey Ratcliffe & Serge Ramelli on YouTube.
 
Idlefrog said:
Thanks for everyone's comments, they are very appreciated.

I didn't use any filters on the camera, I just took 5 exposures and merged them to 32bit in Photoshop then edited them in Lightroom. On some of them I used Lightroom's graduated filter option and on some of them I used the tonal contrast filter in Colour Efex Pro. I also adjusted the warmth in the sky & stuff like that.

There are good video tutorials to do this kind of thing by Trey Ratcliffe & Serge Ramelli on YouTube.
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Cheers mate I'll have a look
 
Thanks everyone. Yes I think 2-4 could be desaturated a bit. Number 3 has been a big hit on Flickr. It has had 2153 views and 171 favourites. I normally only get a dozen or so views and the odd favourite for my stuff. People must like brightly coloured sunset photos.
 
I really like these, like has been said, they're not overdone.

My only criticism is that the railing in 1 and 3 doesn't really do much for the picture IMO.
 
Great set, like all of them, may I ask what was the variation between the 5 exposures?
 
Thanks again for everyone's comments.

rookie said:
Great set, like all of them, may I ask what was the variation between the 5 exposures?
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The shots were taken 1 stop apart so typically -2, -1, 0, +1, +2. My OM-D can't do a bigger gap than that. These were shot handheld on rapid fire. If they were on a tripod I could shoot a wider range by resetting the camera between shots.

When I use the D60 on a tripod I sometimes use -3, -1, +2 by using exposure offset to get -1.
 
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