March 24 - Before and After HDR

It's the weekend so I thought I'd do something fun with this post. During the search for pics yesterday, I ran across a pic that shows off how HDR can really bring out information that a normal photo cannot. The following two pics show a "before" and "after" presentation of HDR techniques. Unfortunately, I can only link to them because the blogging function for them appears broken...Twin Cities Bridge at night in non-HDR version and HDR version. Kinda shows how HDR can affect things, in this case very positively I think.

March 23, 2007 HDR Thriller (bridge)

Charles Bridge, Vltava and Hradcany, Prague, originally uploaded by stevacek. Click on pic, see it in Flickr.

Pretty sublime pic here that shows off HDR's capabilities very well. See it in large and its even better.

March 23, 2007 HDR Chiller (bridge)

Near Sparta, Wisconsin. Uploaded by Luap777. CLick on Pic, see it in Flickr.

There are oops and then there are oops. But look at this shadow and help me figure something out...where is the photographer? Conceptually, you could use a timer and sneak away so your shadow was not in the pic. Okay, so your shadow is not in the pic...what about the tripod? WTF? Maybe Luap777 thought about it and used a timer to improve on one of his previous efforts (!?).