Breathtaking HDR Photography (25 pic)

HDR (wiki) is short for High Dynamic Range. It is a post-processing of taking either one image or a series of images, combining them, and adjusting the contrast ratios to do things that are virtually impossible with a single aperture and shutter speed.

Photography purists might see many HDR images as gaudy & cartoonish but I really dig the way they bring out a new experience of the subject. The hyper-realism of some HDR compositions seems to almost virtualize the world blurring the lines even further between real & synthetic.

Image Resource: geekiz, stuckincustoms, flickr

To take your own HDR photos, check tutorial here and here

To create your HDR looking photo in photoshop, check here and here