This is an image of Mount St. Helen's taken on July 3rd. This was my first trip up there and I have lived near it my entire life. I captured it in RAW format and processed the RAW file 3 times and then used Photomatix Pro to generate an HDR image. I then Tone Mapped it using Photomatix and imported the resulting file into Photoshop. I finished the image using various techniques and resized for web and sharpened. I absolutely love the way this turned out and hope everyone else does as well.
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You took this photo of one of nature's most beautiful sights from a fantastic vantage point. Well chosen. Your post processing does a good job of bringing out the textures of the land! But I am sorry to say you ruined the image for me with your post processing. It is far over the top. I have seen this vista, and the post doesn't enhance it, it doesn't improve on the original, and doesn't help to tell the story of the mountain. I could have given this a 10, but am backing off to a 7 due to the post.
Your photo has that unnatural HDR processing look to it. The eye really never sees in such a way. As you gather, I am not a fan of this type of processing. However, it is an interesting graphic composition. 7.
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