HDR Mount Shasta

[CNelson]

This is the mountain from a location where I haven't captured it before. The mountain is different from every angle and, like most mountains, changes moment by moment with lighting, weather and atmospheric changes. This is HDR with a painterly treatment.

Chuck

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[Sahil]

Chuck,

Very very beautiful place and well captured. But IMHO the 'painterly treatment' isn't doing justice to an otherwise ooutstanding shot.

[Geoff F]

But possibly if printed in another form, for example on canvas, this method would produce excellent results.

[CNelson]

Thank you Sahil and Geoff for the kind words and input. I plan to offer the HDR in both versions (painterly and non-painterly)to a couple galleries in the area. I'm almost sure they will prefer the painterly...I prefer it myself but I know I drive some photographers nuts with where I go with my images. I have it printed on metallic paper and it looks great in a brown frame. I have done some gallery wraps (on canvas) with painterly images and they do look quite nice. If this image begins to sell I'll go for a gallery wrap but it's expensive and runs up my inventory cost so I'll wait to see if it's popular.

I'll post the non-painterly version below for comparison. Some people prefer non-painterly but I can't always be sure which will sell. The painterly version has a bit more color and drama (we would say over-saturated) and some people are looking for that artsy look more than a technically good photograph. That said, a technically good photograph is the best starting place regardless of where you go with an image.