Let's say that I will be content when I will be able to do something like this:
41/366 sunfisher on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
WAY overprocessed.
Perhaps, but nothing compared to the "HDR-gothic skies" fashion that seems to be around in these days!
> very distracting wide halos around the hull of the boat
That I don't find terrible
> And the shadows at the bottom of the hull look very unnatural.
Ok, but recovering from such difficoult light conditions leaves some traces.
You might say "he shouldn't have been looking for those light conditions in the first place"...
What I quite don't like is the over-saturation (blue plastic thing, blue and red rope) that is distracting indeed
> I think in all the HDR samples I've ever seen on the net only 1 or 2
> made the technique seem worthwhile.
Do you remember the links?
> Everyone keeps hoping that post-processing will salvage their photography skills.
True ! Add some strong flou, and that focusng problem will go away :-)
