they almost look like something out of a high-powered video game....

The reason for that is that the human eye does not have the power to properly expose every single part of what is sees. Your brain actual completes the image based on partial data. With a camera, there is no brain to fix error so you get darkness and over exposure.

By shooting 5 pictures, exposing different areas of the subject and then blending the image you come out with the "perfect" Photograph.

It looks like a video game because drawn images in the games and movies often tend to lack exposure error and that takes away from realism as far as our eyes are concerned.

This is why in movies like Toy Story or Happy Feet, no matter how real the objects are, you tend to always know that there is something not right. They are too perfect.



HDR is the same, it looks awesome!!! But your mind tells you there is something not right.

I did not shoot this Photo.

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City hall

Downtown

OK, down town....

That just turns me on!!!!!!

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Me too!!


City Hall looks all gothic and 12 monkeys like...

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mpennsky i love the photos.

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mpennsky, What software are you using? I've been trying for years with my Photoshop (I haven't gone to cs2/3 yet) to do HDR with limited success. Any tips?

Photomatix

http://www.hdrsoft.com/

Wow!!! Just Wow!!!!

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