Beautiful

Love iit!

Sorry but this was already used before : http://www.pxleyes.com/photography-picture/4c52a5e39ba08/Lake-Reflections.html

Are you sure it's forbidden to use twice a shot Lamantine ? In the general rules it's written : "- You may use one of your old entries in a new contest (not a sequel contest), although new entries will always be better appreciated."

I just read the rules And it's clearly states: "1.3. Entries from Older Contests: You may not use one of your old entries in a new contest."

Lamantine is right.

I think they changed the rules because it usd to be as Artifakts says and I know I have seen the same entry used in different contests before (not back to back weeks though)

I have seen it too but I think it's implemented that you can't use the same one twice. It changed when the new rules changed. It was added on. I think they are just getting overlooked.

Not bad for a first attempt Next time though try setting your smoothing higher so you don't get the halos. Good luck and keep trying different things and you'll be cranking out great HDR's in no time.

I agree with locks.... great first try.. watch out for overdoing the halos.... sometimes it can be really cool.... but most of the time it just looks overdone.

yep, like they said. nice shot, though

One of the downsides of HDR is the images stop looking real. this a great effort, but, imo, this falls into the 'unreal' trap. good effort for a first try though.

OOO very cool

thank you for your input and your kind words! I was wondering what is the purpose of HDR? Is it just for creative purposes? I read in an interview by a pro that hdr enhances the details of images making them look more natural but as far as i can see hdr makes an image look surreal...

I would have to agree. This looks kine of like a photo negative, almost like you inverted it first. But the colors are cool so GL!

I think the general idea of HDR is to gain detail in both the shadows and highlights so the range is closer to what we see ourselves. Our cameras are more limited than our eyes.

try straightening the horizon

Are those homes? What makes some of them "super deluxe?" Very cool.

it is house boat .House boat is like a hotel.

agrees with straitening the horizon.

You should have straitened your horizon.