Jide Alakija

It's a lie! I'm the first to leave a line? I'm so honoured!

Just wondering, Thank God for HDR. Is it possible to see the preprocessed pictures? At least then we'd be able to do a before and after thing. I never know and still dont grab the amount of work that goes into these things even with the post processing info you leave after each post.

Lovely though looks like the real thing.

really cool blurry background...nice texture and color on the metal..well done

Are you sure this is the same picture?
Amazing.

nice rusty colors

Awesome colors!! The original is no way near how this one looks.. great work Jide!

I dont use HDR, but i dont consider it as cheating. Just another method of digital manipulation, which everybody does!

I like the HDR effect. Not too crazy about the original.

I prefer the original, this is a bit too colourful and distractive.

Hmmmmmmmmmm, I appreciate this photo much more now that I was able to view the original..........Beautiful *muah*

Great rust colors! I like the pattern the gate creates.

There is very nie feel to this image which I find hard to put in words.

I don't know HDR is, but it looks very cool. I don't know if captive is the right way to describe it, but I would imagine that some car owners fell their car is being held captive by Red Ken's traffic system in London?

Jide, I Know i owe you a picture of a cake...coming very soon

I like the way you brought out the colours and texture in the rust, but the funky colours in the background are kinda weird.

i've yet to work out RAW let alone HDR but the differnce it's made to these photos is simply amazing. i'm on the "technique" side of the argument, i might not want to do it myself but i certainly don't see it as a cheat.

quite a huge contrast from the original. The original looks pretty bland if you ask me. I prefer the vibrancy of the rusty colour. Seems more realistic. Well done

Great picture, I'll continue the visit of your photoblog...

The HDR is quite an improvement on the original. I like what you are doing with the digital manipulation of your images.

Great post-processing work.

I've read that HDR works best when you combine two or more images of the same scene that are exposed differently for different areas of the image, in particular high contrast images, to create a more evenly (or properly) exposed image.
This result is very pleasing, however it was achieved.

And to any who think certain kinds of manipulation is cheating, well cheating suggests deceit for one's own gain at someone else's expense. Who loses when an image is improved? No one, I think. Who gains? Every viewer who appreciates the result. There is no cheating here.

I like your use of DOF in this one. Looks a little fuzzy on the right hand side, but I like it alot.

I like the HDR effect and you have made good use of the DOF. Rusty subjects always attract my attention. A nice shot.

oh Yeah! this is a great one! the rust really stands out.. the DOF is just wonderful!

Love the coloring. HDR is pretty cool- I'll have to try it sometime when I have a few hours

Awesome shot! You can't go wrong with Rust!!

Ok this is simply wow... makes me wanna pick up a camera and play catch up!

The b4 shot adds to the brilliance of the processed piece.
U sure u didn't play with the original to enhance the contrast? ;-)... Just kidding!

Very nice enhancement! Good work.

I'm not a true believer of HDR images yet. I've seen some really impressive ones and some that don't really work for me. That said, I really like the composition. Regards, Brent

i like it. makes you see that u can see beauty even in things that can be described as past their best eg ur grandma wrinkles if u look closer

Redemption Song, That's all I ever had, was songs of freedom. I feel you truly have captured the right moment. The way that it is rusted, it's brightness, it's tale that it so courageously shouts with pride, of what was once and now (physically) is no more.

I love the colors and the behin grid view ! Very good

Nice processing , love the colors