Cool photo of my vette at night using HDR
 

Here's a cool shot I took of my Vette at night using HDR photography.

http://chris.hickens.com/pictures/corvette_hdr.jpg

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that is awesome looking, how much did that aftermarket hood run you? or am i stupid and just don't see the rest of the Z06 tell-tails?

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It costs $400 if you buy it with the Lingenfelter Supercharger kit. Only trouble is that the supercharger kit is $12K :)

Lingenfelter Supercharger and Hood

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That picture looks amazing...I love the effects. And by the way that is one nice looking car you have there.

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HOLY SNAPPIN' MOSES!!!! Wow, that's just unreal... how gorgeous!!!

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Man
that looks great!!
Love the effect. Now this may be a stupid question but what is HDR photography?
I know once you tell me i am going to feel stupid.

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Wow, may I use it as my wallpaper? It is stunning!

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HDR is High Dynamic Range. It's a technique that combines light information from several different version of the same photograph to produce cool looking images like this one. You can take pictures just like this one for yourself. Here's how:
1) On your digital camera, take 7-10 pictures in a row at different exposure setting (dark to light)
2) Download an HDR program like Adobe Photoshop or Photomatrix
3) Open all 7-10 images and use the "HDR" function in the program

I'm including a link to the original file here (looks a little fuzzy) for anyone that wants to use it as wallpaper.

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Coool....Wicked ride.

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There's one thing missing from that car. Me behind the wheel:D. Wow. Nice ride.

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Thanks for that info>
MAN!! again thats a great lookin picture. I'll have to give that a try one of these days.

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How did you get the lighting that way? Did you have a lot of lights near by? Did you use flash? How did you get that? That is an amazing picture brother man, I gotta hand it to you.

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The lighting isn't that great where I took the picture, and I didn't use a flash. I got the effect using HDR. Here's a page that explains how it works better than I could:
HDR Soft Site

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So what kind of camera did you use to take the picture? Any special features that aid in the imaging? How about the computer program? Anything special in it because I was looking on my picture software and I couldn't find anywhere where it mentioned anything about HDR Imaging?

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Thanks for that link, I'm definitely going to give that a try. Only question I have is did you use a tripod or freehand it?

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I actually propped my camera on a post, so it was the equivalent of a tripod. That's the only way I could've gotten that shot so late at night.

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Very Cool!

I'm on vacation and just got all excitemated about taking pics of my car this weekend.. and then I see this post.. thanks very much.

I'm gonna have to try this!

oh and I'm pretty sure it does have to be real stable..

tripods aren't too bad

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Nice! I've been looking for a good tripod, and even if that one sucks, it's only $20 ;)

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Not only is it only $20, but its also free shipping. I think I might be placing an order for one of those tonight.

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What are your car specs?

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Hey sorry Navy Flyboy, I realize I ignored this question.

I used a Canon S80 to take the picture. It's a compact camera that takes incredible pictures. No special lenses or features to aid in the imaging. Yes, the imaging software does use a special technology called Tone Mapping to get those rich shadows and colors while preserving contrast. Check out HRSoft's website for more info.

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Any problems with water if it rains with that hood?

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I haven't had any problems, and it's been driven in the rain.