C&C appreciated. I know the composition could be better, especially with the distracting road and parked cars toward the left side, I'll crop that out later. But I'd love some feedback on the HDR conversion, I wanted a realistic look, not too overdone. Thoughts?
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Thanks for all the comments. I was aiming for it to not look like an obvious HDR, just to look like what my eyes saw when I was there. The only thing I'm not sure how I feel about is the shadowy part of the foreground. Looking at it on my screen at home it didn't seem as dark, but now I'm viewing it at work and it looks much darker. Is it too dark? Or maybe just a poorly calibrated monitor here at the office? Or is that question just far too subjective to answer?
This was from a Thanksgiving weekend camping trip in the Big Sur area on California's central coast. I'm sure I'll be posting some more photos from the trip soon
You have seen what I saw the moment I looked at it, yes you have done a wonderful job with the HDR conversion but the forground needs brightening, try it when you do that final crop.
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Your revised version is great. Very realistic HDR image. Personally, I like to go both ways (realistic and crazy ), just depends on the the subject. Nice work on this!
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), just depends on the the subject. Nice work on this! 
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