[mrchua] HDR Land/Cityscapes

[mrchua]

Hi, having just purchased my tripod, i'm new to HDR and so i'd like to get some feedback from you. give me your harshest criticisms and constructive comments if you would please.

i'm not sure if what i did turned out well or i could have done it better. i'm not sure of what to do with the radius and threshold settings at local adaption, so i only altered abit for some and left it at where it was. i did alter the curves though. thank you.

Sembawang Sunset

intended to keep a bit part of the sembawang wharves in the frame to include both nature and urban features.

Singapore River at Night

Old Supreme Court Building

thank you for your comments and taking the time to view my work.

[ziiz01]

For the first pic I only like the sky and the sun flare
the composition is a bit off
What lens are you using bro? looks like you zoom in too much
I like to shoot landscape as wide as I can get (just me)

2nd pic,if you already know,the buildings are chopped off

3rd pic is ok but like I said above,looks like it's not wide enough (for me)
let it breathe or step back a little more

[zoossh]

Originally Posted by mrchua Sembawang Sunset intended to keep a bit part of the sembawang wharves in the frame to include both nature and urban features.

i'm not good in landscape and have no sensitivity towards cityscape, but i see a potential in the above picture for a simpler composition. you can consider isolating the sun and the rays with just the lone tree in. to maintain the best quality, it is best done with a tele of 200-300mm at least, maybe with further crop. my preferred crop aspect ratio for the above composition may be about 2.5 to 3.0, so a slight panaroma should look great to encompass the fanning out of the rays.

now there is one crane in the right of the tree and it is up to u to choose the aesthetic approach or documentary approach, of which in the former, you have the option of cloning the crane away.

another even more daring composition if your focal length is ever that long is to just go for the bright yellow patch of colors in the top left corner, with a thin slit of shadowed clouds as the base.