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I really was impressed by the light in this scene; it was almost mediterranian in the warmth and brightness.   I did some changes to make it look more painterly than a photograph.    Did it work?

Yes it worked... My reaction was Ohhhhhh lovely. 

YOu are skilled at getting out of a picture what you want.  Well done.

Absolutely, it worked.  My first thought was that you had taken a photograph of a painting!  Wonderful scene.

Did you use Gimp on this? It sure did a good job on it.

Actually, GIMP, NeatImage, and Photomatix.

What do NeatImage and Photomatix do?

NeatImage (which has a freeware version) cleans up noise, and Photomatix is an HDR program.

How is there noise in a picture???

"Noise" is the term for grainy-looking areas with dots of slightly different colors.   Often shows up as grainy-looking skies or light areas.   Noise removal tends to smooth it out.

Huh  You are a good teacher...I didn't know that!.  Thank you!

That's really nice, you did a great job and it's not overdone. It definitley worked!

I recently purchased Photomatix for a sunrise scene I shot last weekend. I shot it with ND Grads, but the dynamic range between the sun and reeds in the foreground was still too much.  had been planning on purchasing anyway, so I ran the bracketed shots through photomatix and that was my first experiment.

Have you done much with HDR and Photomatix, or did you just get the program?

I've used freeware programs for a year or so.   But I like photomatix light.

How about posting your result for us to see?

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QuoteHow about posting your result for us to see?

I agree with Barbarian.  I would love to see your work!

Okay, I'll start a new thread.

And they are great!

Barbarian, Have you used this technique with any other pictures?  If so can we see them?

Haven't tried others like this, yet, but I'll see what I can come up with this weekend.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

Barbarian, you will let us see, won't you?   

I tried it with some flowers today.

WOW, that turned out great 
Good eye to see that and know it would work for HDR.

I'm anxious to get out and experiment more now. Will get out more when the spring fully arrives here.

Keep experimenting - we want to see lots more!     That's a wonderful result.

Were you in Holland???  That looks like a scene of the tulip fields in Holland!!

Well done.  There is a lot of nostalgia for John in this.

Whoa-those flowers are popping gorgeous! 

I really like what you did with these images, especially the tulips. Rich colors!!

I use GIMP, too, but to clean up noise I use GREYCstoration, which plugs in and runs inside GIMP.

I'm going to try NeatImage.

I recently downloaded PhotoMatix lite and it works but leaves a watermark until you buy. I have a couple of HDR plugins I've been running from inside GIMP. I've really liked what I've seen of your HDRs, though.