HDR on 23hq

Thanks, mramshaw. It's a re-do of one I posted last year:

http://www.23hq.com/Perkin-warbeck/photo/5779807

I used different HDR software on this one. I gave it more contrast, blacker blacks and whiter whites (in addition to more texture a.k.a. micro-contrast). The sky was blown out even in the shortest exposure.

I also finally traded up to an LCD monitor :-)

Thanks, Edouard. The original version was done with Photomatix and this one with Nik HDR Efex pro. Both programs are capable of producing either a realistic or fake HDR effect. Nik has a lot more presets, so it's easy to start with one that approximates your desired result and then fine-tune it by applying adjustments selectively. I only had three exposures in this one, not enough to get a good sky.