I find this image very soothing – I was walking over the rock bridge (part of it is the foreground) in Stephen’s Green, and the frame that the bridge and trees make around the lake made this shot irresistible to take. I’ve used a low aperture number, F/3.5 I think, to reduce the depth of focus as much as possible and give it a sort of fairy tale look. I hope you like it.
Very beautiful HDR work here. Lovely work of art!
I really love what you do with all of these photos. It makes it all look like a cartoon. I’ve seen things done like this with portraits of people, and thought it was the greatest thing. I always wanted to be able to do something like this. I’ll have to pay attention here. Maybe I’ll learn something.
Thanks for the wonderful complement! The cartoon effect is not something I specifically go for, but turns out to be the finished article a lot of the time
I’m planning to post a detailed tutorial of my steps; I’m heading to Paris tomorrow though so it’ll be a couple of weeks away.
I’ve only half tried to manipulate a protrait, with promising results – if you have any portraits you’d like me to give a go on don’t hesitate to drop me an email