I'm drawn to #3. Great composition and the reflections work nicely, and decay is nicely illustrated in the background by the staining on the rails and wall, and to the side by the litter and disintegrating concrete

Terrific stuff. Re-enforces what this lens can do in the hands of someone who really knows what they're doing.

As Opethian says, #2 in particular is wonderful

Just think what it would be like if I *really* went to town


On a more serious note, thanks David - sound advice of the type I'm after. I'm not a fan of the heavy HDR look, and just want to explore bracketing and photomatix as an option for situations like sunrise/sunset when the DR overwhelms the sensor and even lightroom/PP can't recover the range. I seem to be drawn to such conditions, with 'mixed' success so far . The other option, of course, is on-camera ND grads ... which is my next project if I can't get the images I'm after via bracketing+photomatix.

All good sport

Grey, rainy and 'orrible here. So no decent new photographs, and I've had to dig very deep into old snaps for something to play with. Gotta find something to keep me going on the cold, dark, post-xmas nights

Back in April I took some bracketed exposures of the sunrise at Painswick Golf Course (with all the earthworks there), so dug these out and had a play with Photomatix - which I got hold of a couple of months back.

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No great shakes, but I'm getting interested in what photomatix can do. Just be grateful I didn't post my first, eye-bleeding attempt at this.






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... ah, whoops

Congratulations Danny! Cracking stuff - well deserved

Welcome. Look forward to seeing your photos

Welcome to the forum

Yes - really excellent set. I guess some of these are fairly long exposures (1,2 and 3?)???

+1

Lots of interest in these, but particularly like the frosty slates