High Dynamic Range Imaging

To be honest, when i first heard HDR it has nothing to do with photography. or digital imaging. it had to do with games. Yes and until today, the most realistic games like Crysis and Far Cry 2 uses HDRI in their graphics engine to create that kind of surreal environment that you see in games.

And after reading some chunks of material on the net (i thought i was damn difficult to do), i decided to try it out myself. yes i know i look like i'm damn free but it's all well planned ok. i'm preparing myself for the aussie trip so i can shoot nice pics over there, IF i get to borrow the SLR over... 

Anyways, during my orchard trip as some of you might have seen on facebook, i managed to take some pictures of the supreme court and some skyline using the auto exposure bracketing feature of the camera to get 3 pictures with 3 different exposures together. Merge them in photoshop and walla! here are some pics.. click to enlarge it is damn sharp. 

This is the old supreme court of Singapore.. which in my honest opinion, looks much nicer than the stupid new disc structure. That's why i didnt even bother taking its picture tho it's just next door.. 

The skyline of Singapore as seen from clarke quay. the HDR makes it almost surreal, emphasizing the dramatic sky and saturating the color so vivid it looks like a painting. i hope to catch the opera house in action during my trip.. HAHA.. !!

there you go. HDR makes up wonderful images tho i think that i still have loads to learn as an amateur..