"Dave Kearton" wrote in message
.com...

Hey Dave! YES! That is the setting I used in Photomatix. It is called
"Painterly"....it is the one I like to use most often when creating an HDR
image. It just looks better to me than "Grunge." On the other
hand...."Deep Compressor" is another one which sometimes appeals. It
really depends on the image you start out with and what works with it.


Well, why not. Photography is more of an art form than we think, I can
understand your work a lot more than a lot of the "art" that my government
has paid a lot of money for.


Wouldn't want to see _every_ photo processed this way, just enough to see
the good ones stand out.


Agreed. I think HDR can be used for effect on some images....but not on
others.

I like to experiment with it now and again.....sometimes with good results
and at other times.....YUCK! Sometimes it just does not work out and I'm
more than satisfied with the original properly exposed image.

Regardless of HDR, Photoshop, and so forth.....it is important to get a
decent image right from the start before you go monkeying around with it.

Regards,

Nick