A very beautiful fall scene

HDR?

High Dynamic Range

Having detail in both highlights and shadows of an image, generally speaking.

oh.. I love it :D

It is a nice tree, and by not having "glowing bits" it means you have a correctly balanced color and exposure. It is hard to tell if this is an HDR image since there isn't the typical cloud or background detail to really judge it by.

Without seeing the original images I can't speak much more about the HDR aspect. However, composition wise I'd remove the dead branches coming from a tree off on the left side, and allow the sky to come in more. It is a bit cluttered and it draws away from the tree that is your true focus.

"It is hard to tell if this is an HDR image..." Then I have done exactly what I planned to do. :3

As for the branches - you very well could be on to something, there. :o Though I'm not normally one for such drastic editing.

So apparently I'm not skilled enough in zee Photoshop to pull of such a feat. :u

It is one of those times when the "healing" brush is your friend and you sit quietly in a room at 1:1 pixels doing a sampling, healing, resampling, healing, undoing, switching to clone stamp, resample, swap to healing...

Sadly, it isn't always easy, and since you have a very soft gradient it makes it much harder to get right. Even I have problems with it which is why I tend to look at everything in the viewfinder before snapping a picture.

Oh well.. Time to find coyotes in the snow... Have fun.

Lovely! Looks like the high desert. :3

You are exactly right, good sir! :O Fossil Falls in California, to be precise, if you know where that is.

So apparently I'm not skilled enough in zee Photoshop to pull of such a feat. :u

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