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Amazing HDR Pictures

Posted in: Inspiration by Julian on December 23, 2009 | No Comments

Amazing HDR PicturesHigh Dynamic Range (HDR) is a set of techniques that allows for a greater dynamic range of values between dark and light areas than normal digital imaging techniques. In other words, dynamic range means the photo contrast.

High Dynamic Range Imaging is commonly associated “fake” or unrealistically colorful. The real purpose of HDR photography is to produce a higher quality image than that of a normal photo (LDR). The purpose of HDR is to rise above the limitations of camera equipment.

An HDR image is created by merging several images taken at different exposures. If there are enough exposures, each part of the image has optimal exposure in several shots.

This article covers 95 exceptionally beautiful HDR pictures. Some of them might look unreal, magical or even fake, but they are not. They all have been developed out of normal pictures.

Every image displayed below is linked to the original source from which it was taken.

Chicago Skyline

New York

Clouds

Bay

Colors

Boat

Cadaques

time travel in color

The Cow Whisperer

The stair of Carlos V

go ahead

let there be light

remains of the day ii

Lookout

Amsterdam

Stuck in India

Barcelona HDR

darmstadtium

Joep R.

Casa Comalat - Barcelona

Houses of Parliament London

Looking out over the Thames

Red boat - Venice

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Gritty HDR

Fake HDR Photoshop Tutorial

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How to Easily Fake an HDR Effect in Photoshop

Fake HDR Effect Using Photoshop

Achieve HDR Style Effects Using Photoshop and the Lucis Art Filter

Attractive e-Commerce Website Designs

Posted in: Inspiration, Web Design by Julian on November 23, 2009 | No Comments

Attractive e-Commerce Website DesignsOnline stores are frequently considered being unappealing or badly designed. Often products are clutter all over the place with little to differentiate the design from any other web sites. You might argue that selling products is more important to an online store than having an attractive design, but these 60+ examples prove that some of the e-commerce sites managed to combine usefulness with beauty.

Opera Ma-Ge

Shop101

Crate and Barrel

Crate
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50+ Creative Business Cards

Posted in: Blog, Graphic Design, Inspiration by Julian on November 13, 2009 | No Comments

Creative Business CardsNo matter what business you are in, and especially if you’re in the design field, a business card can be as essential as your website. A business card produces a connection between you or your business and your clients. Creatively designed business cards convey your businesses image and leave a long lasting feeling.

Just like your website, business cards can be converted into great interactive elements, with real textures, diverse materials and shapes.

In this article, I’ve selected more than fifty truly exceptional creative business card designs which prove that there are really no restrictions to the design of a business card.

axiom
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Stunning Web Design

Posted in: Blog, Inspiration, Web Design by Julian on November 9, 2009 | No Comments

Stunning Web DesignWhen you’re in the process of designing a website the important thing to consider is to pick a style that matches your customer brand. Off course, this is not written in stone. There’s no reason why you need to get fixated to one particular style. Several different styles can be combined together perfectly as you’ll notice in some of the showcase below.

Carsonified

carsonified

Owltastic

owltastic
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