I don't use a photobucket account, but that makes sense, as several of the photography forums I belong to mention that photobucket at times displays the images different, for whatever reason.
I have a account through
www.fatcow.com, I get my own domain name (I use to run a 1950's rock'n roll website), I simply upload all of my photo's there. It is $99 a year, but worth it to me, as my email accounts also come from here.
The shots you just posted are great, the car is sharper. I like me some sharp images, with the subject tact sharp, but again, that is a personal preference, sometimes depending on the scene, a soft focus on the subject works.
Some might say my images are too sharp also. (me and my son debate this all the time, he actually has more HDR experience then I do)
Here is a HDR image of my Chantilly Lace, I don't think anybody really snapped that it was, but the HDR was subtle enough to pull out more detail in the shadow areas.
This image was tricky, as I was in a garage, if I exposed for the car, the blue lights got blown out, if I exposed for the blue lights, the car was too dim, the scene under exposed, so I wound up shooting 3 exposures (mild ev changes) and made a very subtle HDR image to make the overall scene more pleasing, and bring out some shadow detail in the black paint of the car, also maintaining very sharp focus.
This was shot with my Sony A65 using a 35mm f/1.8 prime lens.
