1st crack at hdr
 

heres my 1st attempt at hdr, watermarks due to trial versions of software[URL="http://www.photoradar.com/files/imagecache/original_large/photos/users/andydo/photos-1009-10-11-tonemapped.jpg"][IMG]http://www.photoradar.com/files/imagecache/original_large/photos/users/andydo/photos-1009-10-11-tonemapped.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

nice photo,was it a 3 shot exposure?

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Not bad Andy, great first effort. Are you able to correct the CA on the branches before taking it into Photomatix? See:

[url]http://www.paintedstork.com/digiblog/2005/07/correcting-chromatic-abberations.html[/url]
[url]http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/photography-tutorials/correcting-and-preventing-chromatic-aberration/[/url]

Good job on not overcooking it - most people who try HDR for the first time do that :D

Yeah it looks really natural i would have never guessed without the massive watermark!

As most HDRs, the banishing of shadows and equalising of light has resulted in plenty of detail but there's no specific focus or direction to the shot.

I might've looked to shooting further to the left, so there's less of the right bank and the 'fall is more in the corner - which'll lend a strong(-ish) diagonal direction to the composition lending support to the flow of water

lol @ fonz, mark it was just some bracketing that i already had was just to try hdr, matt cheers for comment but correctin the ca lol im just learnin but will click on the link nd give it a go when ive got a bit of time