"Troy Piggins" wrote in message
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I think what people don't like is the really over the top
tonemapping. Yours are quite natural and not over the top.


It's like a lot of other things. I used to do solarizations and
posterizations, in the darkroom, just because I could. Over 90% of these
wound up in my POC. (you can guess what that stands for.) When I first went
digital PS made these things quite easy so the Gee Whiz effect no longer
existed. Similarly, HDR when used judiciously can be a valuable tool. Few
will argue that PS shouldn't be used, because it is too easy to abuse. I
don't think we should criticize HDR just because some carry its potential to
extreme, any more than we should denigrate saturation or sharpening, because
those tools are abused.
Just my 2 cents.

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Peter