80 More Top-End HDR Photos

After a whole year, some HDR photography inspiration is back. Sit back and enjoy the best true HDR photos and tone mapped images on the internet.

HDR images…. A recap

If you missed last years article then here is a slight recap. HDR is a high-dynamic-range photography which is achieved by capturing multiple standard photographs, using different exposures. Then software, such as Photoshop or Photomatrix, is used to merge them together. HDR images can be taken with any camera that allows you to over and under expose a photo.

Tone mapped images on the other hand are fake HDR’s. The photographer has to edit the photos to create a overexposed and unexposed image before merging them together. Any scene containing fast action is usually tone mapped as scenes like that make it impossible to shoot two or more identical images.

Where can I find last years examples?

If you wish to view last years collection of images, have a good look here: 80 Examples of Stunning HDR Photography

Raymond Larose

Raymond Larose started shooting landscapes in 2008. In his gallery, he had a large collection of true HDR as well as tone mapped images. These images below show what can be done when using multiple exposures and not going over the top with the effect.

Have a look at his full gallery here.

David Burch

After using photography as an excuse to get outside and hike more often, David Burch caught the photo bug and has spend many hours taking photos of landscapes. Along with his landscape photography, his gallery contains a large handful of HDR tone mapped images: showing you what you can do with the power of just one RAW file.

Have a look at his full gallery here.

MorBCN

With 600+ HDR’s currently uploaded on his flickr account we may have just met the HDR king.

Check out his full gallery here.

Mark Verlijsdonk

The thing I like best about Marks’ photos is that none of them look like they are HDR images. They just appear to be perfectly exposured images. Have a look at his full gallery for more.

Maschinenraum

Machinenraum is an executive and entrepreneur in the music technology industry, but this doesn’t stop him from being creative and snapping a huge amount of stunning HDR images.

Have look at his full gallery here.

Trey Ratcliff

Trey Ratcliff is a master of HDR work. His online tutorial “Everything you need to know about HDR photography” has been read by thousands. There’s a good chance you have already seen his work with 45 Million hits on his flickr account alone.

Check out his website and tutorial here.

Marcp_dmoz

Marc loves to take and develop HDR images. You can see that in his amazing photography. Most of his work is true HDR with combined multiple exposure shots.

Vxside

A Romanian photographer who processes his HDR images with from just 1 image. This is tone mapping to its full potential.

Check out his full gallery here.

Slack12

After years of misunderstanding the art of photography, slack12 (or Houser) bought a camera and started shooting. Here are some of his strongest images in his gallery.

Check out his website here.

Colin Berry – Unnamed

TGIGreeny – London Skyline HDR

Samuel Briškár – EST Swingo

ISIK5 – The Ferris Wheel HDR

Snowsoft – Clouds Over Hurricane Ridge

Dandude666 – Louvre

New York City at night HDR

Alexkess – Miranda Car Park HDR

Luke Andrew – Bristol City Centre at Night (HDR)

Lifes a stream HDR

Elite PhotoArt – High water at the mill

Lipjin – Lily Pond HDR

Toni Rodrigo – Museo Principe Felipe

Farstar90 – The Magic of the Lake 2

Amassaf – Winding Azrieli Towers

MisterDedication – Petronas Twin Towers HDR 2

Tony Rodrigo – Torre de Francia

Woodbridge – tone mapped

Henrik Hansson – Pudong HDR

Arsenikk – Old mining cart

Any.colour.you.like – Palude HDR Decay

Linh_rOm – Sydney Opera house HDR Sydney Australia

Carl Jones – Llyn Padarn HDR

DailyM – Ship in lock IJmuiden [HDR]

Guervos – Mi primer hdr

Max – Pink Clouds At Perch Rock HDR

The Icy pitt to hell

New York, New York

Werner Kunz – Siegestor in Munich at Night

Williamcho – Lower Pierce Reservoir in HDR

Thanks For Reading!

If you have taken any more HDR’s in the last year, please post them in the comment. Also, if you have a favorite HDR photographer, give them some love by posting links to their work as well!