Orange Glow

@Amir: Thanks, but of course, I'm not going to post any of my mistakes. It is an hdr image. A lot of people seem to dislike hdr but I'm not one of them. Hdr is often the only way of reproducing what I saw in a scene that motivated me to take the photo in the first place. This makes sense since our sight has a greater dynamic range than the instruments we use to take photographs. Every image is different and needs to be processed with the techniques most appropriate to the photographer's vision. To use hdr on every image would be facile Hdr can be wielded like a scalpel or a club. And sometimes you need a club and other times you need a scalpel. In the end, it's all a matter of personal taste.

@colin ogilvie: Thank you.

@Markus: Thanks. I see your blog has many images of the States. How did you like it over here?

@stijn: Thank you. Yes, it's hdr. See my comments to Amir about hdr above. I tend to like it best when the viewer can't tell for sure whether or not an image is hdr.

@MaryB: Thank you. I guess that's not entirely inappropriate since Houston was once more linked to the US Space Program than it seems to be today --as in "Houston, we have a problem," from the movie Apollo 13. I myself tend to think of it more of an oil town.

@colinjones25: Thanks. Your images are inspirational. They make me feel like a real slacker.

@Will: When I started with it I used it on everything and took it too far. Eventually you learn where it works best and where it is unnecessary. However, even where you're not really increasing the dynamic range, it sometimes has it uses as a short-cut for other more laborious techniques.