HDR: High Dynamic Range. It's a photography term that describes the flexibility of a particular exposure to capture a wide range of lighting. For instance, a bright blue sky AND a dark rockface. It can be very challenging with digital photography, which still lacks the dynamic exposure range of good old film. The solution for modern digital photographers is to snap multiple exposures, each optimized for a different lighting value in the frame, and then morph them together with software. The results are amazing.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirkpaessler/sets/72157600227418657/

WOW

Very awesome!!!!

I love HDR images. Here's some good AK/aviation ones:

http://www.akphotograph.com/Alaska%20Blog/?tag=hdr

mountainmatt wrote:I love HDR images. Here's some good AK/aviation ones:

http://www.akphotograph.com/Alaska%20Blog/?tag=hdr

Those are really nice.

I've dabbled with HDR. There are situations where I think it genuinely improves a photo. On the otherhand, HDR, saturation enhancement, and sharpening seem to be overdone at times. If you want to play around with the technique there are two free programs that are reported to do a good job: Qtpfsgui and FDRToolsBasic

As far as dynamic range is concerned, dslrs generally do better than film. Here's a good article if you are a photo nerd: http://www.clarkvision.com/imagedetail/dynamicrange2/

A good HDR discussion here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

tom

HDR can create some nice dramatic effects. Heres one I like.

Impressive Nofate.

^^ WOW. Desktop wallpaper candidate.

1SeventyZ wrote:^^ WOW. Desktop wallpaper candidate.

Its on my desktop.

I liked them so much I bought one: the Iceland shot of the mountain in the back and the lake in the forefront. It "spoke to me", I have one blank wall just waiting for this print to arrive. About 2'x3', I contacted the photographer, he directed me to his retailer, and voila, a few euros later it was done. Don't ask how much, I really don't know, a euro's worth what, a dime???10 bucks?? I guess I will be finding out when the VISA statement arrives.

courierguy wrote:I liked them so much I bought one: the Iceland shot of the mountain in the back and the lake in the forefront. It "spoke to me", I have one blank wall just waiting for this print to arrive. About 2'x3', I contacted the photographer, he directed me to his retailer, and voila, a few euros later it was done. Don't ask how much, I really don't know, a euro's worth what, a dime???10 bucks?? I guess I will be finding out when the VISA statement arrives.

That was one of the bad azz ones!!

Here's another site with an amazing collection.

http://www.hdrspotting.com/