HDR photos of Chicago

[delobbo]

got into HDR photography within the past month or so. have a look - comments welcome.

 

[delobbo]

 

[Joey D]

How in the hell do you take pictures like that? Those are some of the coolest pictures I've ever seen.

 

[CDailey]

Holy shizzle. Amazing photography man. 👍 👍

You wouldn't happen to have numbers 1,2,5,7,8,9, and 11 in 1920x1200 (or whatever is close) without the watermark would you? I would love to use them as wallpapers.

How in the hell do you take pictures like that?

You take several pictures of the same subject at different exposure levels to capture different levels of light and then merge them a certain way in photo editing programs.

 

[Joey D]

You take several pictures of the same subject at different exposure levels to capture different levels of light and then merge them a certain way in photo editing programs.

Cool thanks, I'm going to have to attempt this.

 

[delobbo]

if you want to read about how to do HDR, everything you need to know is here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging
http://www.vanilladays.com/hdr-guide/
http://www.hdrsoft.com/support/faq_photomatix.html#tips
http://www.popphoto.com/hdr

This gives you a good idea of the kinds of exposures you should get with your shots:
http://www.hdrsoft.com/examples.html

If you don't have the Photomatix software, you can download the Trial version and use that - it will put a Photomatix watermark in the pic but at least you can try it out.

Here is info on Merging to HDR using Photoshop CS3:
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/photoshop-cs3/hdr-high-dynamic-range/index.html

I am not affiliated with any of these pages or products.

 

[RouWa]

Can you post the single pictures or their EXIF data for one of the HDR images?

 

[F1GTR]

1st Shot:
Canon EOS 5D
f/4
ISO 100
24mm

 

[Flerbizky]

OMG... That is some seriously beautiful pictures...

Very well done there !...