Friday, February 11, 2011

The HDR Chapel


HDR stands for "high dynamic range" — the range between the lightest and darkest areas of an image, and the idea is that it looks more similar to what you see in reality than than regular photographs. The images are achieved by blending several photos with different exposures, usually at least over-exposed and one under-exposed.  The hyperreal nature of the result makes it look like a video game cutscene.

Using that technique, an HDR camera was used to shoot inside a protestant temple in Zeliszów, Poland, built in 1796 and designed by Karl Langhans. There's also a behind the scenes look at how it was made.

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