20 Amazing HDR Travel Images From Around the Globe
By dorotix, November 26th 2009 in Travel Photos Comments (19)
Look at the world from a new perspective - check out our selection of the most amazing HDR travel images that shed some new unique light on familiar vistas from around our globe. For some, HDR (High Dynamic Range) pictures may seem unreal, but in fact they do make a great impression, though the line between reality and illusion is sometimes hard to define.
1. The glacier near the southern tip of Argentina and the edge of Chile.
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2. Playa de Las Canteras. Gran Canaria. Spain.
3. Eiffel Tower. Paris. France.
4. Matsumoto Castle. Japan.
5. Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco. The USA.
6. Sunset over Barcelona. Spain.
7. Angkor Wat. Cambodia.
8. Forest in Zelem, Belgium.
9. Cinderella Castle Dream Lights. Disneyland.
10. Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy.
11. Hvalneshorn. Iceland.
12. National History Museum, London, Great Britain.
13. Three Wise Monkeys Pub. Sydney, Australia.
14. Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo, Japan.
15. Sunflower field, Canada.
16. Millennium Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral. London. Great Britain.
17. Igreja da Penha. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
18. The Gardens of Chateau de Chamarande. France.
19. Yokohama, Japan.
20. New York City at Night.
The HDR technique, which combines different exposures (brightest, mid and darkest areas of the image) into one picture, is gaining more and more fans. For many, such richly colored pictures look breathtakingly beautiful, others think HDR images are too surreal and fake. And what about you? Are you pro or against it?
So beautiful! How do one do to make such pictures?
I love the way they look and I like creating them.
I think they look too fake. The colors are unrealistic and I think it detracts from the beauty of real life. I just posted my travel photos of New Zealand here - www.nativefoodandwine.com
I have to agree with Amber. I prefer more realistic depictions... I don't even like turning up the saturation too much on photos, like so many are prone to do. They are, nonetheless, very pretty.
Its amazing..... but something I noticed was, tht most of the pics seemed to be have been taken when it was extremely cloudy or stormy.... why is that?
Nonetheless, these pics are a clear reminder of the fact that how just a change of perspective can change a whole picture.... make it more lively, beautiful, engaging... and more.
hi sweet really awesome photo really i like it
Great Pics.. Wonderful shots...
Pictures are unreal. Congratulations
When will HDR mature to the point when it actually enhances a photo rather making it cartoonish? A couple of these were extremely clumsy and another couple weren't even HDR.
It's funny you say they look fake...High Dynamic Range photographs are much closer to the way the human eye sees than normal photographs. They capture a more accurate view of the way the world is than single exposure photographs that we've come to accept as representations. I think they reveal more than they exaggerate. Beautiful work!
While these are mostly not too realistic, I still find the subject matter of all of them entertaining. Event insignificant things can look amazing when shot in HDR. Weather you like the "cartoon drawing" look or the "realistic" look, HDR photography is such an amazingly fun technique to work with and look at. I’ve also been experimenting with what I call HDR Hybrids. This is where I use the hdr image compiled of 3-9 bracketed shots and then run a couple of the original shots through lightroom with different effects and brush in parts of those in photoshop to create a little more realistic but still intriguing shot. I have some examples of these under my HDR gallery on my website. Particularly of New York City. Please check them out if you get a chance. A lot of them don’t “look” HDR but I assure you they are. Thanks again for the great article!
hey, they are awesome photos...I love it...
Absolutely amazing..even if it does appear a little surreal.
photo #9 is from Walt Disney World, not Disneyland
Great shots although this could do with updating. Stuckincustoms has many more newer pictures which are even more amazing.
I love HDR it's really helps to bring out all the shadows and details from each situation, though there are definatly times where HDR works better than others
Beautiful pics to share....so many places I haven't been to or seen....love it!
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