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Amazing HDR photos of Sao Paulo

  • Minos
  • January 2, 2008 at 2:35 AM
  • Minos
    • January 2, 2008 at 2:35 AM
    • #1

    Hell, these are probably the most pretty HDR photos I have ever seen! Bloody amazing and inspirational!

    http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=563548

  • ⌐■_■
    • January 2, 2008 at 4:49 AM
    • #2

    im afraid im not as ''awed'' as you, but they look good

  • e-freak
    • January 2, 2008 at 11:59 AM
    • #3

    at first I was like "I could do better" but than ZOMG - the last picture before he goes under the bridge it started to become so awesome

  • Erratic
    • January 2, 2008 at 2:28 PM
    • #4

    That's one awesome bridge.

    I love how all these hdr photos look more like concept art than a photograph. Saving some of these.

  • Sa74n
    • January 2, 2008 at 2:49 PM
    • #5

    [Blocked Image: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/gutooo/HDR/italia03.jpg]

    i like this one the most. really cool atmosphere. on some of the rest the editing is really meh though

  • Thrik
    • January 2, 2008 at 4:57 PM
    • #6

    Yeah, same. I think it's because HDR photographs aren't really very realistically lighted (our eyes aren't HDR), which of course makes your brain think of the way CGI looks.

  • Minos
    • January 2, 2008 at 5:27 PM
    • #7

    Good theory thirk

    What I like about those photos is that the HDR isn't overdone as in most HDR photos. Just search for HDR on flickr and you will figure out what I mean

  • Blunkka
    • January 2, 2008 at 9:52 PM
    • #8
    Quote from Thrik

    Yeah, same. I think it's because HDR photographs aren't really very realistically lighted (our eyes aren't HDR), which of course makes your brain think of the way CGI looks.

    I sometimes like to think of it as being "more realistically" lighted. Human eye can see a dynamic range of about 10000:1 while a digital camera only captures 400:1.

    Nice images

  • Steppenwolf
    • January 3, 2008 at 8:26 AM
    • #9

    Looks more like some highpass photoshopping to me. I really dont like the look of these so called "HDR" photos. The pictures show some interesting stuff tho.

  • Thrik
    • January 3, 2008 at 9:39 AM
    • #10
    Quote from Blunkka

    I sometimes like to think of it as being "more realistically" lighted. Human eye can see a dynamic range of about 10000:1 while a digital camera only captures 400:1.

    Nice images

    The eye cannot see the whole range at once though, and similarly to a camera still has to adjust the light exposure. HDR images are designed to show the detail in all areas as if the camera could adjust the light exposure for all levels of light simultaneously (this is impossible).

  • zaphod
    • January 5, 2008 at 9:51 PM
    • #11

    r_fullbright "1"

  • e-freak
    • June 1, 2008 at 12:52 PM
    • #12

    Didn't know where to post this as these shots aren't mine. I just came accross this most awesome Foto-Portfolio:

    http://www.bilder-factory.com/main.htm Impressing and Inspiring stuff

  • Quakis
    • June 2, 2008 at 1:33 AM
    • #13
    Quote from e-freak

    http://www.bilder-factory.com/main.htm Impressing and Inspiring stuff

    Wow, great stuff there. The style of them is quite similar to the style I invision my Source project to look like in some ways.

  • -HP-
    • June 2, 2008 at 10:19 AM
    • #14
    Quote from Pericolos0

    Awesome, HDR photos always look like renders or ingame screenshots to me, really stange .

    Indeed, I can't explain it, they look so darn pretty.

  • Zeta
    • June 2, 2008 at 1:11 PM
    • #15
    Quote from e-freak

    Didn't know where to post this as these shots aren't mine. I just came accross this most awesome Foto-Portfolio:http://www.bilder-factory.com/main.htm Impressing and Inspiring stuff

    those are great

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