Does anyone find my borders annoying? Would you prefer it if there were no borders? Also, is this image too bright?

 

Again, at what seems to be my usual spot, practicing. This time on a clear night …. I seem to prefer clouds. I know I overcooked the colors a lot but when I decreased the contrast and de-saturated the colors I just didn’t care for it much. I’m going to try and tone down future images, or at least limit HDR, and / or try to make it hard to determine if HDR was even used. I’m just playing around and experimenting.

 

EDIT: This is a sunset. I should have mentioned it. Sorry.

 

Thanks for taking the time to view my image. :)

 

Camera: Canon 40D

Lens: Tokina 11-16 f/2.8 (16mm)

Tripod: Manfrotto 055XPROB + Manfrotto 498RC2 Ball Head

Tokina 11-16 ( 16 mm)

HDR (3 exposures)

ISO Speed 100

Software: Adobe Lightroom 3, hdrsoft Photomatix Pro 3.2, Adobe Photoshop CS5

Dell U2311H 23" IPS LCD Monitor ...Uncalibrated ... sorry :(