100 Stunning HDR Images
When executed properly, High Dynamic Range (HDR) images can be absolutely beautiful. By combining the different exposures of light made available from the sun and the shadows it creates, some of these pictures become almost surreal. To show off some of the amazing HDR images that have been provided from many talented photographers, I present my collection of 100 Stunning HDR Images.
Boat In Skye | Light&Dark
Lava Streets | jpmiss
Monaco at Dusk: HDR from 5 exposures (-2, -1, 0, +1, +2)
HDR Photography | Apostolos Zabakas
Athens, Greece
Guardian Of The Fens | alexbrn
Broadway | HDRcreme
Room HDR | alex12m
Sunrise Before Work | ericschloegelir
River Ouse | vgm8383
Cutting Through | chessteralbert
A Love Of Old Cars | KaStBa
Three shot HDR taken at the Littlewick show.
Nature In HDR | HeretyczkaA
HDR – CS3 Experiment
Sleepy | HDRcreme
Glencoe HDR | ClintonKun
Glencoe, Scotland
Lost HDR | Ageel
On Track5 HDR | BIGGjeppe
HDR – 1 RAW to 9 jpg’s
South Africa IV: Dawn HDR | SieniMaagi
Rocks in Provideniales | wumpiewoo
Budapest In HDR | peter-n
Sunset Rocks HDR | crazyIvan969
Summer Time HDR | Initio
Lost HDR | BadiB
Saudi Arabia
Perth City HDR | LEANARDOdarwinCl
CityScape HDR | vazagothic
Cityscape of Seattle – merged in Photomatix to HDR.
HDR | poorjavaboy
Lucban Church in HDR.
Alnes HDR | dr-phoenix
12 exposures at f/9.
Amidst The Sand HDR | neilhr
The draining of an ocean bath in Bulli, Australia.
HDR Richmond | PeachGiant
HDR shot of Richmond’s skyline.
Chicago River HDR | delobbo
HDR interpretation of Clark Street Bridge, Chicago River.
Kaffjord HDR | AleckJo
Silo Sunrise HDR | Bjay70
Made from 8 shots with 3 exposure levels.
Cinta Senese | dorli
Pienza, Tuscany
Sunset Bridge HDR | HDRenesys
Made from 3 pictures AEB.
A Postcard For The Margarita Island | atrium09
Catedral de Malaga 2 | atrium09
Nature HDR | Mark1960
Graphic elaboration with technical HDR.
Tower Bridge HDR | MrArtsy
HDR shot of the Tower Bridge in London.
Devil Hotel | Valpopando
Boston In Red | werkunz1
Geneva | Alessandro Coiro Mas
De Graslei HDR | AyseSelen
Gent, Belgium
15 Bus | Paul The Silent
Boracay Cove | BadiB
Boracay, Philippines
Not Yellow Submarine HDR | ISIK5
Valencian HDR | MuffYz
Isle Skye | Light&Dark
Vintage Truck | red33_11
Going Nowhere | dfworks
Luxuries Of Modern Living | HDRcreme
Taken in Saginaw, Michigan with a Nikon D2X in combination with Photomatix.
Red Hot | HDRcreme
Marooned | HDRcreme
Lake Edith in Jasper National Park.
Wrecked | ryanz
Wreck at Fleetwood.
Eight | thomas
The Red Arrows | stoob
RAF Red Arrows display team.
Push | rgallaci
At Days End | mred1965
Sunset behind sunflower field in Newburyport, MA.
HDR Trees | Korbdog
Manhattan | Jason Lavengood
A view from Ellis Island.
Into The Light | digicam
Louisiana swamp.
From The Street | Jason Lavengood
New York City near Times Square.
Front | terawatt
Moraine Lake, Alberta | mharb
Junk Pile | larsen@photography
Lower Manhattan HDR | sp1te
The Other Side HDR | equinoxe7
Piazza Sant’oronzo | paride
Unknown | brainfoodgfx
Steel Flower | holaholamen
Bilbao, Spain
Douglas N12907 aka “Miss Piggy” | Carolinadoug
Basilica di S. Vitale, Ravenna | fabiogloria
Rudder | mndphotography
Bauernhaus in Kornelimünster bei Aachen | alduras
Sunset HDR | ilpavone2004
Hoover Dam | larsen@photography
Alitalia Wing | alessandro
Drink Coke | larsen@photography
Blessed HDR | ISIK5
Kazan Cathedral
Plane Crash | larsen@photography
New York | bat
Spurn Defenses | HDRcreme
Old and broken defenses at Spurn Point – Yorkshire, UK
Red House | HDRcreme
Panoramic HDR Test | equinoxe7
5 photos stitched together in Photoshop CS3.
White Rock Lake Pano | Michael Hawkins
Dallas, TX
Paltinis Panoramic HDR | joanchris
Buenos Aires Desde La Reserva | R@P I’m Back
Composed of 4 images.
Llyn Gwynant | gav_davies
6 images (3 photos per HDR image)
Cardiff Bay Panoramic HDR | Max-Design
Harbour Road Sydney | seccy
The Struggle | wreck-photography
A combination of 39 images total.
Hit The Deck… | wreck-photography
The Break Water | wreck-photography
Eastbourne Seafront
Winters Sunset | wreck-photography
Hamilton Pool Grotto Panorama | Gold41
Hamilton Pool outside Autin, TX. About 50 images merged together.
Port Of San Juan | robertrexdotcom
Sunflowers Final Edit | DividedSky46
Manhattan 360 | rawshooter72
Shot from Maintower, Frankfurt.
PR Convention Center District Panorama | robertrexdotcom
Av Eje Central | rgovea
Nightrise 2 | Brodie Ferguson
The Two Towers v1 | xavibarca
Shores Of Long Island Sound | slack12
More Resources
- HDR Flickr Group
- HDRcreme – Website devoted to HDR images.
- Merging HDR in Photoshop – Tutorial
- Creating HDR Images in Photoshop – Video Tutorial
6 Comments
+Add your commentYou have used two of my photos in here. The one titled “Manhattan” and the one titled “From the Street” I just wanted to thank you very much and also let you know that I have many more HDR photos that I consider better quality than this on my website. Please view them at http:www.ishphoto.com under the High Dynamic Range gallery. Thanks for using my photos in your excellent collection!
-Jason
Thanks for stopping by Jason. You have some incredible photos on your website. I will definitely use some in the next collection.
With all of the beautiful photography here, it’s an honor to have one of my photos included. Thank you very much.
amazing photos….i’d like to learn how you do it…
i want to learn and know the process of HDR. Reading the steps is smehow easy but as they say practice makes perfect.
I do have some friends who does HDR but somehow didn’t want to share the whole process.
Thanks to you…I may experiment on my own through your steps and maybe improve more.
I am 56 , and doesn’t know much about Photoshop. Its a long process and somehow will do what I can…slowly and surely I will try the best i can.
Hope to hear form you sir…Thank You very much! God Bless Shawn.
MONCH….that’s my nickname
I’m just amazed and blown away. I’ve never seen images like this until I happened to find them googling images for pictures of old houses. I’ve always imagined that eternal life would look like the images on this page…more dynamically colorful than what we see now in the world. :)