HDR Photography – What Do You Think About It?

[Willie]

I was looking for an HDR plugin for GIMP and found this tutorial to create HDR images.
http://garmahis.com/tutorials/hdr-tutorial-free-software/

and here is another tutorial with the same software
http://digital-photography-school.com/assemble-hdr-sequences-qtpfsgui

Some examples of HDR photos
http://digital-photography-school.com/hdr-photography-what-do-you-think-about-it

[Tracey]

I personally like the HDR that is not overdone. On the Olympus users forum I visit there seem to be some real masters of this technique and I have seen some and they look stunningly realistic, but in places I have seen some that look so fake and overdone, that to me, they have spoilt what could have been a nice photo.

I have done one (yes, only one) just to try out some free software recommended to me when I was on my photography course. It is a 3 exposure of the Woolworth Building in New York. I hope its not overdone.
This was done using FDRTools software, which seems good for the price