HDR Photography Resources
Posted by Ben in Blog
High dynamic range photography resources, what is HDR, why is it popular, how to make your own HDR images and some great examples and galleries.
What is HDR Photography?
The simple answer is when you blend an underexposed photo, a correctly exposed photo and an over-exposed photo together using software to create an image that shows a greater range between the lightest and darkest areas. The problem with HDR images is that they can't be display on standard computer screen. That is where tone mapping comes in; tone mapping is the process of converting HDR images into a viewable format. Tone mapping is done with computer software such as Photomatix or Photoshop.
Further reading:
High Dynamic Range imaging - Wikipedia definition
Tonemapping - Wikipedia definition
Why is HDR photography so popular?
Well, when you see a great example it will blow your socks off! They really have a bizarre quality that makes them look slightly out of this world, kind of like a video game with that 3d effect.
Stuck in Customs
35 Fantastic HDR Pictures
20 Beautiful HDR Pictures
Flickr: The Best of HDR pictures pool
Flickr: Top 100 HDR Images
How to make your own HDR images and photos
There are some great in-depth tutorials on the web to teach you how to create your own high dynamic range images.
How to create High Dynamic Range images using Photomatix
How to create professional HDR images
Stuck in Customs HDR Tutorial
HDR - High Dynamic Range - Workshop
How to create HDR photos - HDR/Photomatix tutorial
HDR Galleries, examples and sets
There are lots of examples of HDR images on the web. These are some of the better ones:
Stuck in Customs
35 Fantastic HDR Pictures
20 Beautiful HDR Pictures
Flickr: The Best of HDR pictures pool
Flickr: Top 100 HDR Images
Flickr: The Quality HDR Pool
New York City in HDR
Vanilla Days: HDR
Photo: Farewell India by Trey Ratcliff (www.stuckincustoms.com)
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