High dynamic range photos (HDR) can be garish and ugly when done poorly, or be beautiful and striking expressionist-like photos when well done. Vandelay Design has put together a gallery of 25 beautiful examples of HDR photography.
HDR Photographs:
Wonderful Examples To Study
Click here for Vandelay Design’s gallery of HDR photographs
For those who love browsing through online photo galleries, HDR (High Dynamic Range) photographs are often some of the most intriguing. HDR photography involves taking several shots of the same subject at different exposures and then combining them in a program like Photoshop. (HDR effects can also be achieved using just one image with more post processing work.)
For more information on HDR photography and how to achieve the look with your own photography, you may be interested in visiting Stuck in Customs.
My friend Nate Siggard also has a good guide on taking HDR photographs.
What Does HDR Mean?
HDR is an acronym for High Dynamic Range and means that there is more light in an image than modern electronics and printers are capable of displaying. Luckily thanks to computer software and a few easy techniques we can reduce the amount of light in an HDR picture so that it can be seen on your computer screen or printed by a process called Tone-Mapping.
Traditional film photos have a dynamic light range of about 300:1 while the human eye has a dynamic light range of about 1,000,000:1. This is why photos can be over and underexposed compared what you saw with your eyes.
High dynamic range imaging is also a key reason that video games and movies with special effects look so real. As the technology advances for the big studios, there is no reason you shouldn’t be taking advantage of it as well.
Read more here, and take a look at Nate’s guide book on how to take HDR photographs.
