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- matrixneo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Man... this is so cool. Always interested in doing photographs like this.
- jjk5, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Huh? The whole point of HDR is to more accurately depict real life. When we view something with our eyes, it looks closer to an HDR representation than a typical photograph.
- e1337guy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8None of the photos in the gallery are HDR. If you look at the bottom of his high dynamic range tutorial he mentions it:
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/high-dynamic-range.htm - lightsoutfilms, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Dugg for the techniques, which are actually quite good. Nice step by step how-to, mostly using photoshop.
- yjacket12090, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7That website is definately the best I have seen concerning photography techniques.
- winterlungs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Your eyes already are HDR.
- shakin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"providing a tutorial on how to take a good photograph is simply rediculous. You're simply good at it, very good at it (from practice) or you suck: there's not much gray area."
That's the biggest load of bull I've heard in a long while and it also completely misses the point.
First of all, the point of photography tutorials is to help the average point-and-shooter get better family and vacation photos. Knowing some basic rules of composition and what to do in sub-par lighting conditions is a very good start for most people. They want great photos to show their family.
Second, it's quite possible for anyone to improve their technique by reading tutorials from professionals or experience amateurs. Even photographers who have an eye for composition don't naturally know how to capture a photo through glass in low light, for instance. People aren't born knowing about filters or f-stops. Many people are just now buying their first SLR since digital is making SLR a lot easier to get into (they can see the results without developing and it doesn't cost anything to take the same photo a dozen times until it's right).
Any photographer who's not a snobby ass will be happy that some average photographers might become inspired by an online gallery and take up the hobby. - aamer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Wow, this is seriously among the best photography I've ever seen. Will digg and probably buy a couple of prints too.
- kippie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3the tutorials are VERY good though.
- m00dy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8this is HDR photography, get on flickr and type HDR as a tag, theres alot of good ones there
- ricperry1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Okay, yes the photos are beautiful. The best part of the site though is the tutorials section.
- winterlungs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's not as simple as 'good or not.' Yes, you have the eye or you don't, but beyond that is a lot of technical stuff and education.
- sinfree, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The first words out of my mouth (yes I said it out loud) were, "Absolutely gorgeous!"
- jasyn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2open page in ie. ctrl-n for new page showing menu bar etc. view->source and divine the jpg URL.
easy way to bypass no-right-click javascript stuff.
and the photos are *amazing* - jtjenn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I really want to study photography in college.
- DAlighieri, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Wikipedia has an excellent article on HDR imaging.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging - whisk3rs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2in firefox you can disable right-click blocking somewhere under tools->options->content->javascript advanced. you'll never even find out that certain sites have right click blocked.
- LucasVB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Excellent site, great pics, great insight. I'd dig it twice if I could.
- rheaume, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Awesome site, great resource for anyone looking to get into DSLR and panoramic photography, thumbs up to submitter!
- Patty, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I have been working in professional photo labs for the last 10 years as a photo artist, when I started photoshop was still fresh and I used paint and brushes to touch up prints. His work is far more interesting than the crap I see come through on a general basis from "professionals" around the country, and the lab I work at receives work from some major photo journalists and studio photographers. Most professional photography looks like crap until people like me get our hands on it and photoshop the hell out of it. Even though some of his work may be photoshopped I find his selection of subjects to be erie and interesting, and I don't find it cold at all.
Either way GOOD photography should always evoke feeling...even if that feeling is cold (which I still wouldn't categorize his work as cold). - bbear, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Every photo on that site looks extremely fake. Is it supposed to look like they were created 100% in Photoshop without a camera ever being used in their creation? His photo composition is amazing but the colors are saturated to unrealistic levels. I expected to see a health and ammo bar along the bottom of screen and some kind of FPS meter at the top, which would probably be permanently stuck at 2 frames per second.
- guypeters, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2BRAVO!!!
- endgames, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's photographs like these that make me want to work harder. This is simply wonderful.
- akira117, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Another great example of what would go in the Images section....
http://digg.com/offbeat_news/There_should_be_a_Photo_Section_on_digg! - bolivar13, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4The site is beautiful, but the right click nonsense is driving me up the wall. Why don't people understand that many of us like to use mouse gestures. That and I'll screencap anything I want. Argh
- Egotrippin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, amazing, lighting is absolutley perfect in all the photos.
- SIGINT, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah, I'd figure that as well. One thing I love about Opera, it doesn't give a hoot about weird IE Javascripting nonsense.
- jpenn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The dynamic range master!
- kippie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3i actually disagree. they are actually nice images but they have been over photoshopped. if i saw something like this on an advertisement i would laugh at the poor quality of the masking and the sharpening.
- goggleBOX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Not if you go around wearing VR goggles all of the time.
- nyccharlie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Absolutely beautiful.
- ddegner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1ckol, I couldn't agree more. Pretty photos of buildings are just pretty, they have no meaning or purpose. If you want to see some truly great photography check out some of the legendary agencies such as:
http://www.viiphoto.com/
http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/
http://www.digitaljournalist.org/
http://www.blueeyesmagazine.com/
http://www.worldpressphoto.com/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=blogsection&id=16&Itemid=137&bandwidth=high
http://www.anarchyimages.com/ - oslointhesummer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2A lot of games use HDR these days, so that would make sense.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Also, show only your best work. Even the best photographers produce some crap - they just get rid of it!
- fatdog789, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I would suggest the GIMP for a more legal approach. You can do *almost* everything that you can do in Photoshop, it just takes longer and isn't intuitive in the slightest. There's also PaintShopPro (shareware), which is sufficient for the tutorials and the pictures on the website, though not for high-end professional work.
- endgames, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Art is comprised of technical elements that don't always reveal themselves on the surface. In appreciating art one can choose to view the technical aspects of the piece or ignore them. But just because you can't or won't see the technical depths of a piece doesn't mean they don't exist. And it doesn't necessarily mean that you appreciate the art any less.
- whisk3rs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm into digital photography and I gotta say those tutorials are great (the curves one is especially valuable to me, since I've always used it but without thinking about it)
Dugg! - JRBlack10, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In FireFox, just ignore the right-click protection popup, and choose "save image as" form the FireFox menu popup. Works sweet.
- nightstar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1My two pennies.... WOW!
- TitoJackson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2No, get on Flickr and type in HDR, theres a lot of BAD ones on there. 99% of the so called HDR photos are just horribly ham-handed smashing togethers of a few exposures. They look flat, comical and uninteresting. The images in this Digg article, on the other hand, show what a powerful tool in the hands of an artist can do.
- alceria, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I found this site a couple months ago when I was researching HDR for use in interior photography for work. I agree that it's gorgeous stuff, but after awhile I personally start missing contrast. After you look at enough HDR images, their fakeness kinda tugs at you.
Then again, I spent years professionally correcting prints and restoring photos in PS, so maybe I'm just too picky. - gd007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1one word : delicious!
- painperdu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Looks nice but I can't tell because the fonts are too small.
- sonicworx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0My jaw dropped on the floor looking at these photos. Absolutely inspiring!
- feucht, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So how is a tutorial going to help then??
- GotGold, on 02/22/2008, -0/+0Awesome site, very well done! The tutorial section is the best part of the site. For more digital photography tips, try http://digitalphotographyguy.com lots of articles and tips on various types of digital photography
- cklol, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4Great photographs, to an extent. I find most of those photographs to be cold and storyless, as many architecture (though there are some that aren't architecture) photos are. Maybe it's because I'm a bit biased, being a photojournalism major starting this fall. Also, providing a tutorial on how to take a good photograph is simply rediculous. You're simply good at it, very good at it (from practice) or you suck: there's not much gray area.
Don't get me wrong, those pictures are very amazing for what they are, but they lack the final step to make them amazing. - n1cza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I agree 100%, it's over-done.
- actillion, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Picture gallery is simply superb - tutorials seem a bit too technical. Photography is after all an art
- abhicho, on 06/14/2009, -0/+0Thanks for the info.
http://www.countrywiderate.info/
http://www.suzuki-hayabusa.org/ -
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