Photomatix - Increase the dynamic range of your photographs

If you have ever photographed a high contrast scene, you know that even the best exposure will typically have blown out highlights and flat shadows. Photomatix offers two ways to solve this problem:

› Exposure Blending: Merge differently exposed photographs into one image with increased dynamic range. › Tone Mapping: Reveal highlight and shadow details in an HDR image created from multiple exposures. The tone mapped image is ready for printing while showing the complete dynamic range captured.

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FAQ on HDR imaging for photography

Photomatix Pro is a stand-alone program that runs on Mac OS X and Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista. The Tone Mapping tool is also available separately as a plugin compatible with Photoshop CS2.

One license for Photomatix Pro costs US$99 or €75. One license for the Tone Mapping Plug-In costs US$69 or €55.

The benefits of using Photomatix Pro include...Full Info Here

20 Beautiful HDR Pictures

There are some photography techniques that really give me the goose bumps, but the good ones. HDR is one of those techniques... and you'll probably love these as much as I do...Here

HDR Tutorial - New and Improved for 2008!

I hope this tutorial describing my evolving HDR techniques proves useful to you! I receive a lot of emails from people who stumble across my photography asking how I do this. Rather than sending a super-long response, I made this little tutorial because I was feeling particularly open-source one day. I keep this blog and try to post one interesting picture per day. About 75% of my work is HDR, so if you hang out on StuckInCustoms.com, I’ll do my best to keep fresh images for you to see every day!

Also, many of you come here JUST to swipe my Photomatix Coupon Code - it is “StuckInCustoms” and here is the discount link. The nice people there were nice enough to give my fans a discount code, so I am happy to share it since I believe in their product.

Okay let’s get started!...Here

35 Fantastic HDR Pictures

Saw this and was starting to wonder about HDR. Even played with a couple of images to see how it worked with photomatrix.

Well there seems to be a controversy about HDR being real Photography or just a gimmick.

Well I posted to the D40 club at flickr to see the responses.

Take a look here and decided for yourself.

My First HDR - beginners group
Realistic HDRs - 2° Realistic HDR Contest WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
Realistic HDR Images
How To HDR
HDR Panoramas

Codename Wukong

"Wukong" is the code name for our revolutionary HDR Tone Mapping software. The name "wukong" (meaning "aware of emptiness") comes from the playful monkey king in ancient Chinese mythology. He is extremely intelligent, powerful, versatile, and is known for breaking all the rules in the Heavenly Kingdom...Read about Here

The High Dynamic Range (HDR) Landscape Photography Tutorial

Table of Contents

1.	Overview
	The Situation
	A New(-ish) Approach
2.	What is HDR?
	Definition of HDR
	HDR vs. 8- or 16-bit Formats
	Capturing HDR Image Data
	What Is HDR Good For?
3.	Setting Up the Input Images
	Physical Setup
	Camera Setup
	Determining the Exposure Sequence
	RAW Conversion
	Single Frame Scenes vs. Multi-frame Stitched Panoramas
4.	Processing a Single Frame HDR Image
	Tools Used
	Workflow 1 – Photoshop CS2
	Workflow 2 – Photomatix Pro
	Comparison of Workflow Results
5.	Processing a Multi-Frame Stitched HDR Image
	Tools Used
	Differences from the Single Frame Workflow
	Workflow Overview
6.	Gallery of HDR Images
7.	Conclusion
	Wish List
	References Howto...Here