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HDR Images

Here are a few images that have been posted to this blog that were HDR processed and tonemapped using various techniques.  For more information on how I process my HDR images, take a look at my Tutorial page.

All images are copyright and are the sole property of Jeff Revell and RevellPhotography.com  If you would like to use or purchase an image, please contact me via email by clicking here.

Wash at the base of the canyon

 

Ice falls on the canyon wall

 

Canyon Climber

 

Ice Box Canyon - Nevada

 

The old pine in Red Rock Canyon - Nevada

 

Cruiser Sunset HDR

 

Roanoke Island Lighthouse, North Carolina

 

Roanoke Island Lighthouse, North Carolina

 

Roanoke Island Lighthouse, North Carolina

 

livermore-34-sm.jpg

 

Tampa Convention Center

 

Storm clouds build over the Page, AZ power plant.

 

Water Tower after cropping and enhancement

 

Winter Sky

 

Photo by Jeff Revell, Creative Direction by Dave Moser

 

Building Shot Three

 

Building Shot Two

 

Stormy Skies

 

The Wave

 

Steps at the Presidio

 

Boat stern and rudder

 

Old Front Staircase

 

Black lamp and red walls

 

Apples at the farmer’s market

 

Festival Park

 

Morning Clouds

 

Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

 

Dead tree in the Coyote Buttes

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  1. Harold says:
    March 21, 2008 at 12:07 pm

    Nice work, especially those images that you can’t really tell they are HDR such as the one with the lone tree and the box of apples.

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  2. Jim Goldstein says:
    March 24, 2008 at 12:58 am

    Jeff I finally made it by to see some of your HDR photos. Having looked at photos for so long HDR, even as you’ve applied it, looks “off” to me. At first glance I can tell HDR is involved in almost all, but many are subtle. I think the apple box shot looks very good for HDR while the Wave looks too cartoony to me. Clearly styling your photos how you think they look best is all that matters. Thanks for reading my blog and checking in. I’ll be adding your blog to my reader. Here’s to many more comments :)

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  3. invogled says:
    April 14, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    A common thread throughout these pictures seems to be that although the dynamic range seems quite deep, the range of colors seems compressed: many photos have that ‘hand-tinted’ look. Wondering if this is a deliberate effect, something done deliberately or if it’s an artifact of the processing.

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  4. Serrator says:
    April 25, 2008 at 12:44 am

    Jeff,
    You have some excellent images and your use of HDR is above average in my opinion. You have a few that are over the top from natural to me but not by much.

    In Jim’s comment he mentions that the images look “off” since he has looked at so many photos…well what would be the point if your photos all looked like low dynamic range images (LDR)! By their very nature they should look different and by different I mean more true toned or natural. So perhaps it was Jim’s way of acknowledging they are good!!

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  5. jeff says:
    April 25, 2008 at 7:08 am

    Thanks Serrator. Sometimes I like to push things a little far but it’s a conscious decision. For the most part I do try to keep my images looking photographic in nature. Sometimes it’s just fun to be creative. Thanks for the comments.

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  6. Nat says:
    May 13, 2008 at 4:55 pm

    One Word. Amazing. I have been inspired by your work and would love to know everything you do about HDR. My equipment consist of a Canon 5D and PC Notebook with CS3. Teach me.

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  7. Tom says:
    August 6, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    I think they all are fantastic. I like this style and the amount you “pushed” the HDR. IMO they are right on!

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  8. Jeff Lynch says:
    October 3, 2008 at 7:03 pm

    Jeff,

    I’ve just got to ask. How did you process your “Presidio Steps” image? There is something about this image that really grabs me and draws me into the details. Honestly, it’s the best HGR image I’ve seen and I’d love to get a fine art print if you sell them. Maybe something from Mpix?

    Jeff Lynch
    Sugar Land, TX

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  9. Eric says:
    November 21, 2008 at 9:41 am

    Very good selection, nice HDRs !

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  10. Terry Reinert says:
    November 25, 2008 at 12:34 pm

    Very well done! I really like a lot of the images in the collection above. Great work!

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  11. Daniel says:
    December 17, 2008 at 3:53 am

    Wonderful HDRs Jeff…love the way you have processed them. Keep up the good work.

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  12. Anton says:
    April 22, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    Just wanted to say thanks for the tutorials… I do a fair amount of product photography and the realistic high quality effects you focus on is very helpful.

    Cheers,

    Anton

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  13. okinawa living says:
    May 5, 2009 at 10:46 pm

    Wow, you do wonderful HDR work. Would you ever be interested in writing a guest blog/tutorial for us over at Okinawa HDR?

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  14. tony anastasi says:
    May 31, 2009 at 10:17 pm

    WOW! – love your work here! you rock bro!

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  15. Canon Chick Kimmy says:
    October 30, 2009 at 11:53 pm

    Addicted to HDR – I will be the 1st to say it. I don’t have a tripod and have not been able to get the multiple pict HDR’s even when adjusting the exposure in the same image then saving as 3 different then reprocessing them as pseudo HDR’s I have better luck with tone mapping single images. However, I can NEVER get them to look like yours. Mine always look overdone, but depending on what it is, I like it. Its ART and its subjective.

    I think you are excellent jeff. Thank you so much for your input to our community.

    Thanks again. Any points, let me know!

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  16. Will Pateman Photography says:
    November 1, 2009 at 8:54 am

    Love these images they have so much more impact and dynamic range than a normal file.
    Could you apply this to wedding photography

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    • jeff says:
      November 1, 2009 at 11:45 pm

      I don’t see why you couldn’t but be careful when applying HDR techniques to people. It has a way of emphasizing facial imperfections and blemishes that might never have been noticed.

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  17. Ken Toney says:
    December 6, 2009 at 9:19 am

    The 3 part tutorial on one photo HDR really helped me. I reprocessed some of my photos on my blog at http://www.kentoneyphoto.com and they really look better. Thanks for the tip. Sometimes when I use multiple photos they look a little over done.

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  18. Paul Godard says:
    March 22, 2010 at 6:33 am

    Hi Jeff,
    I have just discovered your website yesterday and I am really impressed by the amount of good information and tutorial. Really great. Thank you for sharing! Some of your HDR photos are really stunning!
    I am very new to HDR. As a nature photographer, I like to minimize the editing on my photos. I am now busy with a time-lapse project which focus on remarkable trees around Southern Africa. I have played around a bit with HDR, and I am very tempted to use it for this project, as well as for some other images.
    I have some questions…
    In your tutorial, you prone the use of Photoshop for merging to HDR. I agree that the details are better (I have done some tests too). I am still using CS3 (I don’t know if that makes a difference). Following your advise, I took 3 raw files (DNG converted from NEF – -1/0/+1 EV) and processed them in PSD CS3, saved the HDR file, then opened this file in PhotoMatix 3.2.7, and toned-map with details enhancer (with a saved preset) and finally saved the tonemapped file as a tif 8 bits. My previous workflow was only using PM to do the job and applying the same saved preset for details enhancer. The two methods give very different results : the PM-PM file is vibrant and well saturated (nice looking but pushed too much) and the PSD-PM file is more dull and the blue sky slightly more violet. However the details and overall sharpness is better in the PSD-PM file.
    a/ Why? Does merge to HDR in PSD or generate HDR in PM do some color change?
    b/ The merge to HDR is 5-10 times longer on my MacBook Pro 2×2.5 4 Gb then generate HDR in PM. Is that normal?
    c/ The PSD-PM is obviously much longer. For time-lapse, I often have over 3×1000 images to convert HDR… is it possible to automate the whole process PSD-PM like it is in batch mode in PM?

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