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First attempt at HDR sunset from Weymouth
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Started conversation Oct 21, 2012
I'm starting to get into the swing of post-production of my holiday photos. This 'un's the first - and it's not perfect so I've some kinks still to iron out, but let me know what you think.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardhealy450d/8109476726/in/photostream/lightbox/
Thanks. 
First attempt at HDR sunset from Weymouth
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Oct 22, 2012
Update:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardhealy450d/8111824974/in/photostream/lightbox/
I wasn't happy with a few odds and sods, so went back in and fixed 'em.
First attempt at HDR sunset from Weymouth
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Oct 22, 2012
Can't. Stop. Tinkering.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardhealy450d/8113807092/
This is I think the best version so far, I've improved the foreground to make it more visible, done some hue/saturation wokr to remove the overblown reds and and brightened the whole image finsihed off with some more dodge/burn work - and NOW I think it's finished.
First attempt at HDR sunset from Weymouth
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Oct 22, 2012
Gah!
Amputate my hands and cut out my eyes. I keep on tinkering! 
I found a great over orange satin overlay that just made the image so much warmer and brought it to life, and I de-saturated some reds and purples that were making the shadows rather more lively than they ought to be.
So this is now I reckon the best version of the photo I've produced. And I must stop here or else I'll keep on editing it still further!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardhealy450d/8113994747/in/photostream/lightbox/
First attempt at HDR sunset from Weymouth
TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Oct 26, 2012
Flicking between them: it's impressive how much variation there is. Not sure which I like the best (your choice of file names was revealing).
TRiG.
First attempt at HDR sunset from Weymouth
TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Oct 26, 2012
And for learning when to stop, try http://photo.stackexchange.com/q/21841/6160.
TRiG.
First attempt at HDR sunset from Weymouth
Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Oct 27, 2012
I definitely prefer the final edit.
I've had a number of people point out to me the waves are purple. Being colourblind I find that rather hard to correct becuase I can;t see purples. but that apart, I think I've got the right level of brightness tone and colours in the majority of the image.
Here are two of the original exposures so you can see how much editing I did.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardhealy450d/8117010117/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardhealy450d/8117008053/in/photostream/
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First attempt at HDR sunset from Weymouth
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