Hmm...I'm not sure what happened there Ben. I'm thinking it was actually something to do with the noise software. I had it on full strength and it can do some strange things sometimes when it gets confused about what's supposed to be noise and what's supposed to be detail. That little black blob at the end of the bridge is a tree. Here the software recognised this as a detail area and the white hand rails in this zone were left with detail but on either side they got a bit blurred (you have to zoom in to %100 to see this). Similarly there's something funky going on between those pylons as you've noticed. See how they are blurry in between, that's not right, there should be detail in there. And I think it is the noise software that did this. If it was the HDR software then I'd expect halos around the trees on the horizon, around the white hand rails and around the nearest grass clump in the foreground. I'm not emphatic about this, you could be right.


Personally I find halos really displeasing, any tips to remove them are very welcome. I like your suggestion and will definitely give this a go - thanks!


It's good to show these images to people with such a keen eye and some helpful knowledge on ways to improve. Your feedback is invaluable because it helps everyone, not just the person who took the shot.