Off the beaten path

Off the beaten path, a photo by Tony DeSantis Photography on Flickr.

Another HDR/Painted photo.
This was taken in a industrial section off of LA. I found this area intriguing because of the road leading to the city skyline. Once again this photo is taken just before sunrise the only time to be taking photo's in LA without traffic and of course a small thing like getting run over while taking shots in the middle of the street.
I am enjoying running through past shots and working the new processing and figuring out which ones it works on and the others it really doesn't.

Here is some of the post processing steps taken:

Standard 3 shot HDR +2, 0, -2
>Photomatix-Detail Enhancer

CS-5:
>Blend in -2 ev of the original shots to remove noise in sky and overdone lamp glare from HDR processing
>Topaz adjust-To bring back color and detail
>Nik Color Efex Pro 4.0
>Oil Painting
>Sized and framed for posting