another interesting set Bill, like the mono treatment. 1, 3,5,7 and 9 for me

amazing, maybe a little tutorial sometime please.

good set, 2,5,8 and 9 for me with 2 the favourite

could feel the vertigo coming on just looking at it. first is beautiful

Photomatix is the starting point, giving you lots of presets to start from. when you are happy with that then you go back to Elements ,in your case, to adjust the subtlety a lot quicker than luminosity blending.
these are 5 shot images

Photomatix is probably the best HDR software out there definitely way better than in camera. for a start you can load RAW files into it whereas in camera you are stuck with jpeg with nothing like the room to play to get what you want. as for how to use it, that is up to you I have seen very natural HDR , done some myself, also some way over the top that I have really liked, which can be fun. check out a guy called Captain Kimo on youtube and watch a couple of videos on his technique, he uses Photomatix to process

thanks John. you have to try these things now and again, not really a great lover of the Topaz Suite much prefer the NIK collection

1. 5 A Day, with a Topaz Impressions tweak



2 Improving Cirencester, so they think.



3.Local Landmark, had to wait ages for a bit of colour to appear in the sky



4. Corn Flower, playing with a mix of sun, flash and fast shutter



5. Hazel Nut, used NIK Colour Efex High Key as the starting point



6. Wild Water, Pentax A70-210 f4 and a saturation boost to bring out what was there

well captured, a very bright bug.

excellent set of images and the colours are beautiful, so natural. it does good to force yourself to slow down sometimes