I waited too long..... had same idea but should i post now????

Ahhhh that explains it. Still love the shot.

According to the rules vignettes are not allowed.

Water and ....... FIre? I am assuming because of the sun?

Cropped pic taken with an extreme wide angle lens?

Just a question.... I guess it is okay to enter an HDR photo in any contest as long as it is on theme?

I like the shadow. Just would have like to see more color out of the gem.

Wombat??

This has all four elements... on theme.

I agree. The bird takes your eyes away from the flame.

Very nice!!!!

Beautiful!

did you set the camera to shoot monochrome or regular color? I get much better processing results when i set the camera to monochrome

ditto... should be more "popping" or detail.

Possible, or topaz 4 adjust filter?

2 hrs? Sounds familiar!! You can drive yourself crazy can't you LOL. If you do alot of HDR with photomatix... you should save the final settings as a preset. Good place to start when you have similar photos to process.

I agree with the noise.....but it kinda works with the angle. Makes it kinda like a haunted pic.

true, very little. The grass should have more detail and the clouds "popping".

Love the pic. Did you use photmatix? If so do you remember what settings or have it saved?

I think he means too many little flowers in the foreground. Maybe a little crop off the bottom?

HDR from single image?

9 frames is alot... more frames of different exposures gets you more range. A lot of HDR is done quickly with 3 exposures.

I agree with friiskiwi.... a little too much foreground... but otherwise very beautiful!

Really like the way the doors came out. Very nice.

I love the way you got both "hallways". Very nice.

Simple, very clear. Nicely done.

Converted to B&W? great.... now i gotta go back and do all of mine to see if any are any good. LOL

Those clouds came out amazing.

This is nice.... i like the way the cranes came out. Too bad you you couldn't get more out of the water.

Nice reflection.

Gotta love black and white HDR. Well done!!

Nice subtle HDR, I like the composition.

Beautiful pic but the sky came out pretty grainy. The cliff walls came out awesome though!

Great HDR.