HDR from 3 exposures, Photomatix Pro. Laid in sky from single RAW. Local dodge & burn overlay layers. Hue/sat to mute the red/yellow (yes, really :-), slight sky gradient, Adamus sharpening, save for web.
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I voted this a 7 .... I really liked the fact that the HDR was not over the top .... that grates on me and although it might have it's place, your shot showed what HDR can do when used with a good eye and a light hand.
This is a stunning image and really deserves to have finished higher (IMO). It's yet another example from the Team Suck how to do HDR well... how to use the technique without overdoing it. Details and colours are brilliant.
Robert, sorry this didn't score higher for you than it did. SO many images that were poorly tonemapped ahead of you. Seems so wrong. Apparently the votes like halos and other such things. Sorry about that, yours was so much better than 37th place.
Pretty good. I don't think the frame helps, as I'd rather see more of the image. Not sure HDR gave you a lot of help here. It is fairly natural looking for a golden hours image.
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