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Seen quite a few now and the novelty has worn off. Some of then are quite good (changed my desktop to a photo of Chicago) but some are not. In the wrong hands the results look a bit like those paintings you get done on velvet. Normally of a unicorn or a waterfall or something.I take it HDR is a bit closer to how our eyes see a landscape than an ordinary photo of it? Thats why its a big thing in 3d modelling packages and in games like Half Life 2.

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OK, I'm confused. (NOT a rare occurrence) What I've read thusfar has indicated the process of HDR requires Adobe PotoShop Creative Suite2. How is THAT free?

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Ever since I saw my first HDR image ive been very curious about it all...i do find this style of Photography very very appealing, in fact i find all "good" photos appealing.I have always been facinated with the whole "bloom" lighting ever since Valve introduced it in Half-Life: Lost Coast.(i just wanted to put my thoughts out here):)

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Dude photoshop is free for EDUCATIONAL purposes. Unless of course, if you are running MAC, then you are screwed.

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yeah its junk food. Because we dont have expensive equipment and thousands of dollars of lighting equipment and so on and so forth. So the alternative which give the same results, is hdr.

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can we have a hdr category so I can filter these stories out ??Its great to see one or two a month.. but do we need a "HDR image of ____" thread for every city, etc Digg for compiling though :D

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Totally amazing! Anyway Digg should have a pictures section.

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All you need is a half decent digital SLR, a cheap tripod (hell, look at eBay for an Amvona) and download the Photomatrix Basic version (<a class="user" href="http://www.hdrsoft.com/download.html)&quot;&gt;http://www.hdrsoft.com/download.html)&lt;/a&gt; and you are set. The whole thing isn't as hard as most people here seem to think it is.

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A very good read - please feel free to add to www.photographyvoter.com - the Digg-like photography website

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I also shoot HDR photography, some of the work can be seen here: <a class="user" href="http://www.johninjapan.com&quot;&gt;http://www.johninjapan.com&lt;/a&gt;

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MY hdr photography tutorial is up at <a class="user" href="http://www.hdrjapan.com&quot;&gt;http://www.hdrjapan.com&lt;/a&gt;

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MY hdr photography tutorial is up at <a class="user" href="http://www.hdrjapan.com&quot;&gt;http://www.hdrjapan.com&lt;/a&gt;

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Killer HDR Photography from Japan: <a class="user" href="http://www.hdrjapan.com&quot;&gt;http://www.hdrjapan.com&lt;/a&gt;

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I do that too

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If I had a good way to dispose of the mercury, I'd probably give that a try.

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I just make a HDR tutorial on my HDR blog...but its simple and fast HDR...not as complete as theirs..wanna check out?here at: <a class="user" href="http://momoc.sumasu.com/hdr-tutorial/&quot; rel="nofollow">http://momoc.sumasu.com/hdr-tutorial/&lt;/a&gt;

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