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- Cytranic, on 10/12/2007, -5/+45Actually this is a picture taken with HDR. HDR would make Haiti look awesome..
- CupBeEmpty, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31This is "real" in the sense that it is a picture of Manhattan. However, it is done with a technique called HDRI or high dynamic range imaging. It is tagged as being in the Flickr HDR pool (http://flickr.com/groups/hdr/pool/) if you look down on the right.
http://flickr.com/photos/chieftain-y/107672309/ this is a great example of the technique.
Notice how the backlit sunflower is bright even though the bright sky behind it is not over exposed? This is because it is actually several exposures at different f-stops blended together to achieve a better range of lighting.
http://flickr.com/groups/hdr/pool/ the Flickr HDRI pool... and you can see how the pictures can range from very subtle blending to surrealistic. It is not hard to do even by hand and there are actions for it in Photoshop. Still this is a very well done example.
more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging
http://www.highpoly3d.com/writer/tutorials/hdri/hdri.htm
http://www.gregdowning.com/HDRI/stitched/ (the first image is a very good example of the effect) - NinjAlt, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23Sadly it gets slightly ruined by the stupid notes left on the picture itself.
- kremvax, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22And while theres a place called "City Island" in New York (lovely spot near Queens) New York City is on 3 islands, (Manhattan, Staten and Long) and the mainland. Manhattan is only 1/5 of New York City, gentle tourist.
- treed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Use of HDR.
- GravyTrain6, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16kind of like digg?
- QuorumCall, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I know, I was thinking to myself, who calls it New York City Island?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14http://flickr.com/photos/automatt/116560916/
Deciding between THIS one and the One used in the Topic.....
WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT!!!!! - manoftheisland, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12wish there was still the WTC
- MjrMjrMjrMjr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9While this is certainly a beautiful HDR photo, its content can by no means be described as "ALMOST the entire island of Manhattan." In fact, it's really only a tiny fraction, encompassing the southeastern portion of the island. The tall buildings in the foreground are midtown, right below Central Park. That means that all of Manhattan, from 59th to 215th (or so) is outside the scope of the image, not to mention the west side.
Of course, this has nothing to do with the beauty of the image, just the description. And City Island, whose image I had anticipated after reading the title, is, while not too far from Queens, off the coast of the Bronx (and is considered part of the Bronx). - digga, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Clearly you're not.
- karn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9where was this shot from? Sorta looks like the view from the observation deck at the empire state building. Zoomed in of course.
- digga, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Unfortunately the largest size reveals a softness and a seeming mismatch of the HDR layers. Note the fringing visible at the bottom left.
- Grimdotdotdot, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9So don't mouse over the photo.
- Mejogid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7http://static.flickr.com/52/117518796_2e87f2a86d_o.jpg
- junkking, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8They are awesome photos, they are HDR photos, so they are manipulated to some extent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging - DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Yes and no. HDR in Photoshop makes use of preferably 3 or more captures which generally means using a tripod.
Fuji, I believe, has a sensor technology that has extra pixels to capture the highlights making it's images higher in DR than most. The down side is a sometimes washed out appearance. - brianegge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6When did below 34th become 'ALMOST the entire island of Manhattan'?
- bpapa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6on flickr you can easily view it, click on the magnifying glass icon above the image to view all sizes.
- AM088, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7There's a little button on the top -"All Sizes"- no comments there!
http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=117518796&size=o - devindotcom, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9I hate to rain on the party, but I just want to throw in a dissenting opinion here...
I really think this photo is pretty ugly. The saturation and hue have been messed with too much, and there's a lot of artifacting from the compositing process. The lens produces a lot of noticable distortion as well, which is distracting and makes the photo even harder for the eye to accept. - DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5FYI, the same type of thing can be done with graduated filters on film cameras.
Here's an example of graduated filter use: http://www.singh-ray.com/singh13.jpg - keyrat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6ahhh alright i'm a retard thx
- eleazar123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Ok, so I am replying to myself (real cool, right?). It looks like you can order prints from his cafepress.com store. I found the link in his profile (for anyone wondering where I got it).
http://www.cafepress.com/automatt/ - Protoss, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Wow..Digg gets thumbnails of flickr posts too, thats pretty neat.
- quasipalm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"ALMOST the entire island of Manhattan"
ummm, no. From the looks of it, it's only everything south of 34th street and east of 6th Ave. It's a cool pic, but it's nowhere near the entire island. - LouBrown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Dugg for bringing to my knowledge what is HDR. I've been frustrated for some time by the too high contrast of my photographs. I'll start to toy around with HDR in Photoshop!
I wonder if there's a possibility that this technology may be built in high-end digital cameras. - finkployd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4@patik
Oh! You mean Queens and Brooklyn? (really, I posted this line at the same time you seemed to have)
Since we can't joke, let's then also add Roosevelt Island, Randalls Island, Governers Island, Ellis Island (or is that technically in NJ?). There is also that really big island that runs down much of Park Ave to keep the people driving north from hitting those driving south, but that's man made - bpapa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3yep, it's empire state. easy way to tell is because of where the flatiron building is.
- freshyill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yes, what a slum... it's totally obvious from this aerial shot. Have you ever even been there, jackass?
- DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3In my opinion, it makes a great web photo at small sizes but the equipment and the post processing could be improved. I looked at the original. That's got to be one of the worst lenses I have seen! It wouldn't be too noticeable on a 4x6 print but anything larger would show a lot of problems. The blurring almost makes it look like multiple shots taken without a tripod were merged.
But, this is pixel peeping. I wish I was there with my camera to take the same photo. - freshyill, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"ALMOST the entire island"... if Manhattan started at midtown.
- 21.0, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4=O bury me.
- planckstudios, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Exactly - The novel thing about this picture is the 11mm lens used, not the HDR technique. Once you've played around with HDR and you're over the shock value, you come to see how poor the quality of this image actually is.
1. Look at the original image - when printed it would look horrible - there is too much play in the separate images used to build the final HDR image. Look at the blur on the building edges and duplicate edges on some. Check the golden spire to the right. Fuzzy.
2. Noise (dots) in areas with one consistent color - sky and clouds. Tell tale sign of color values pushed too far w/ little technique.
3. CA (Chromatic Aberration) - look at the lower left hand corner - areas of high contrast have a false color (purple in this case) on the border. Poor optics. - robnoxious, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3And while theres a place called "City Island" in New York (lovely spot near Queens) New York City is on 3 islands, (Manhattan, Staten and Long) and the mainland. Manhattan is only 1/5 of New York City, gentle tourist.
+ You are forgetting the Bronx. North of Manhattan. - DKasler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Ohh look, I can almost see my house from here. (Bay Ridge)
- JackHallows, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This was on Digg a few months ago... and it was really popular. It's still cool but I wish people would search a little more thoroughly. *sigh*
- Twinny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2had to make wallpaper out of this one.
- kremvax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@finkployd
Brooklyn and Queens are on an island known as... Long Island. The Bronx, well, that's attached, as they say. - ajamison, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah, I was about to say the same thing. Not even close to being the whole of Manhattan.
- gflammer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Nice when viewed small... but note the stuttered edges if you download the original size... taking a great HDR picture is hard.
- CupBeEmpty, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Daffy:
A lot of cameras can take "bracketed" exposures. This means they take a couple expoures lighter than what you "take" and a couple darker. This is possible because of the speed at which CCD's can capture light and store it to the buffer. It literally makes it possible to do HDR hand held (although this usually sucks). - CupBeEmpty, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2That is really the challenge for HDR. It is able to radically alter the range of the photo in situations where saturation would otherwise make the shot impossible. The tradeoff is "believability" and sharpness.
I would look through the Flickr pool before casting too much judgement. It will give you a good idea of who are the subtle artists and who is using HDR as a blunt instrument. - CupBeEmpty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1OH COME ON! The city is wonderful but we do put our trash directly in the streets for the most part. I will say that the slumminess combined with the grandeur is what makes America's first city so impressive/
- Spec8472, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@CupBeEmpty
The sunflower image also had another light source offset from the camera (above, and to the left) - possibly a reflector, but most likely a flash or lamp of some sort. (There's shadowing from one of the petals overlaying another, plus shadows under the leaves etc that are not the result of the sunlight in the background)
Nontheless, it's a great pic and good info :) - ylph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually if this is shot from the Empire State Building as it appears, which is on 34th street (technically south of the midtown area), it's only the south 1/3 of the island at best (the streets go up to 220 in Manhattan)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Whats with all the NY pics lately on Digg? Make a new thread called Photos or something, Im tired of having them in the Design section. Sounds like the Republicans are trying another method of saying 911 and getting votes this Nov by showing pics of NY all over the damn net.
- eleazar123, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wow, that one is equally amazing. I wish I could order prints of both!
I am new to flickr, how would one go about checking to see if he allows prints of his photos? - Thuktun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@finkployd
Ellis Island used to be in NY (sort of) but is now officially in NJ.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/supcourt/stories/ap052698.htm - CupBeEmpty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Also this can be done in development with dodging and multiple exposures. It is really a pain in the a-- though and photoshop with a digital camera is by far the preferred method.
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