Photo of the Day: Manhattan HDR

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Remember that high dynamic range shot we put up last week? Here's a whole set of them! By compositing multiple images in Photoshop CS2 (or Photomatix-- another program that does the same thing), Automatt was able to get some stunning skyline colors. Lots of shots from the Top of the Rock and around midtown. [Bonus: a fake-tilt shift of a fire taken by Esther, but manipulated by Matt-- very nice.]

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Aha, this explains Bierstadt's technique: his stuff is soooo PhotoShopped.

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half life 2: manhattan!

dunno if it's exactly HDRI, can't really tell. but here's a better reference as to what hdri is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDRI

Is Adobe paying Gothamist, or what?

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These pics in the link on flickr look like they are from the empire state building.

i think photomatix is a free download-- at least, i think there is a version that's free-- so you don't have to pay for CS2 if you want to get the effect.

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What kind of camera do you think he's using?

Thanks for enjoying my photos... These were shot with a Canon Digital Rebel XT and the Canon 10-22mm lens. Bracketed two stops in either direction, images combined and tonemapped in Photomatix. I don't use Photoshop.

Where can I get a large print of this?

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