The Perils Of HDR

Following up on yesterday's post, another peril of getting caught up in HDR processing.... Is getting caught up in HDR processing.  Instead of concentrating on taking "good" photos, one could easily get caught up in trying to take ordinary photos and make them look "better." A good example follows, where I took an ordinary photo, cropped it, and then played around... And then realized that I could waste too much time trying to fix ordinary photos instead of getting off my butt, getting outside, and trying to improve my "skills"...

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Nikon D40, Nikkor 55-200 DX VR