Luxembourg Gardens

(This is an edit of an earlier post. I decided to use a 2-exposure HDR, rather than the 3-exposure posted earlier. I think it gives richer colors and better focus--without inhibiting the artificiality of the scene)

I have been playing with High Dynamic Range imaging (HDR) to capture the luminescence in both the bright and shadowy part of a scene. Sometimes the results can look "painterly," as some commenters have noted. Sometimes it can look otherworldly--unreal. This picture, the product of two bracketed shots, was taken of a grassy area in front of a sunny area--all in the Luxembourg Gardens. I think I like the way the picnickers seem to have been dropped into a scene they really don't belong in.