24 Wonderful Photographs in HDR

Everyone of us has taken pictures and sometimes we stumble upon difficulties in capturing a particular image, especially those that involve great contrast differences. The classic example of taking a photo through a window, for instance. If we want to capture what's going on outside, the entire room becomes dark, whereas if we want the room to be well lit, the exterior explodes into light.

This behaviour comes from the fact that photo-sensitive materials don't have the amazing capacity of the the human eye and are, consequently, only able to comprise a small range of contrasts. The photographer is then forced to choose the area he wants to focus the photographic composition on, which stays within the limits of the material's light-capturing ability. It's the classic problem in photography and there are several ways around it that are able to produce amazing images.

Still, wouldn't it be amazing if we could have the ability of the human eye and were able to capture everything? The high lights, the shadows, every detail that makes a landscape truly emotional and spectacular?

That's where HDR (High Dynamic Range) comes in. It's a technique which, through photographs of a range of exposures between light and dark areas of a scene, can create a middle image, or equalized, from two distinct images. The result is a picture that has a wide range of exposure and reveals every detail from both images.

To spike up your interest in this technique, here are some truly impressive pictures, created using the HDR technique. They can all be found at Flickr.

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Comment by Alyssa Anda on February 28, 2011 at 1:23pm: @Jean-Michael-thank you for sharing! :) You have taken wonderful photos.

Comment by Marica on February 27, 2011 at 10:04am: @ Jean-Michel - thanks for sharing your work,that's really awesome!

Comment by Jean-Michel Leclercq on February 27, 2011 at 12:21am: Great Collection.. HDR Rocks ! Here's my work http://photos.jmleclercq.com/hdr

Comment by Alyssa Anda on February 25, 2011 at 3:50pm: @Lynn-you are so welcome :) Enjoy your weekend!

Comment by Lynn Anderson on February 25, 2011 at 3:48pm: thanks very much, alyssa. i am saving this info. have a wonderful weekend

Comment by Alyssa Anda on February 23, 2011 at 11:24am: @Lynn-I hope this helps: http://www.visualphotoguide.com/taking-high-dynamic-range-hdr-photos/

Comment by Lynn Anderson on February 23, 2011 at 10:04am: these are absolutely amazing. so, how do you learn to do HDR photography?

Comment by Cathryn on January 12, 2011 at 2:20pm: wow these are amazing and thanks for the explanation

Comment by Alyssa Anda on December 14, 2010 at 9:05am: I have completely fallen in love with HDR! The colors are so vibrant! It really brings each picture to life. It's like looking out a window :) Thank you for the post! :))

Comment by Jim Miller on November 14, 2010 at 10:17am: Every one of these photos is fascinating. I've been browsing your site since last night and it looks like most of today, too. Thanks!