Examples of Beautiful HDR JAPAN Photography

In image processing, computer graphics, and photography, high-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI or just HDR) is a set of techniques that allow a greater dynamic range of luminance between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than current standard digital imaging techniques or photographic methods. This wide dynamic range allows HDR images to more accurately represent the range of intensity levels found in real scenes, ranging from direct sunlight to faint starlight.[1]




The two main sources of HDR imagery are computer renderings and merging of multiple photographs, the latter of which in turn are individually referred to as low-dynamic-range (LDR)[2] or standard-dynamic-range (SDR)[3] photographs.

Tone-mapping techniques, which reduce overall contrast to facilitate display of HDR images on devices with lower dynamic range, can be applied to produce images with preserved or exaggerated local contrast for artistic effect.













Cloudy day in Gotokuji



 

cranes. minato-mirai

Under the main gate of Zojo-ji temple

Restaurant boats at Odaiba - Tokyo bay

Ginza in old fashioned tints

Ginza in full colour

Tokyo Tower

Staring into the sun

Cranes at Tokyo bay

Cranes at Tokyo bay

Christmas decorations at Lala Port

Ichigaya sunset

On The Roof (Ebisu, Tokyo

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White Crown, Shibaura, Tokyo

Japanese White-Eye Hiding in Sakura

David A. LaSpina,

If you think this dragon looks more Chi­nese than Japan­ese, you’d be right. I’m not sure if it’s the art style or the color, but some­thing about it says China. This is actu­ally the sign to a chi­nese restaurant.

For those not famil­iar with the East, that is indeed a dragon. Drag­ons in Chinese/Japanese myth more resem­ble giant snakes than dinosaurs as they do in Euro­pean myth. They also tend to be nicer.

David A. LaSpina,

http://japandave.com/2010/07/hungry-dragon/

The title for this shot comes from The Wheel of Time. Look­ing at the photo, for some rea­son I’m reminded of a line from the sec­ond book: The Way out will come but once. Be steadfast.




If Shinto is to be believed, the shrine grounds where I took this photo may well be in a place of “over­lap” with another real­ity, where our world and the kami (kah-me / gods or spir­its) world meets. I say when enter­ing another world, it’s a good idea to remem­ber where the exits are.



Another older image below taken from the oppo­site view­point, this time look­ing into the shrine.

Textured Fall Landscape at the Oto River

 

Leaves Resting on Steps

 

                                                                                            

                      

Fashion photography

Fashion photography is a genre of photography devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items. Fashion photography is most often conducted for advertisements or fashion magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, or Allure. Over time, fashion photography has developed its own aesthetic in which the clothes and fashions are enhanced by the presence of exotic locations or accessories.




History


The Countess in a photo by Pierre-Louise Pierson (c. 1863/66)Photography was developed in the 1830s, but the earliest popular technique, the daguerreotype, was unsuitable for mass printing.[1] In 1856, Adolphe Braun published a book containing 288 photographs of Virginia Oldoini, Countess di Castiglione, a Tuscan noblewoman at the court of Napoleon III. The photos depict her in her official court garb, making her the first fashion model.[2]



In the first decade of the 20th century, advances in halftone printing allowed fashion photographs to be featured in magazines. Fashion photography made its first appearance in French magazines such as La mode practique. In 1909, Condé Nast took over Vogue magazine and also contributed to the beginnings of fashion photography. In 1911, photographer Edward Steichen was "dared" by Lucien Vogel, the publisher of Jardin des Modes and La Gazette du Bon Ton, to promote fashion as a fine art by the use of photography.[3] Steichen then took photos of gowns designed by couturier Paul Poiret.[3] These photographs were published in the April 1911 issue of the magazine Art et Décoration.[3] According to Jesse Alexander, This is "...now considered to be the first ever modern fashion photography shoot. That is, photographing the garments in such a way as to convey a sense of their physical quality as well as their formal appearance, as opposed to simply illustrating the object."[4] At this time, special emphasis was placed on staging the shots, a process first developed by Baron Adolf de Meyer, who shot his models in natural environments and poses. Vogue was followed by its rival, Harper's Bazaar, and the two companies were leaders in the field of fashion photography throughout the 1920s and 1930s. House photographers such as Edward Steichen, George Hoyningen-Huene, Horst P. Horst and Cecil Beaton transformed the genre into an outstanding art form. Europe, and especially Germany, was for a short time the leader in fashion photography.



But now with that change in time every country has taken considerable measures to promote the field of photography.



In the mid 1940s as World War II approached, the focus shifted to the United States, where Vogue and Harper's continued their old rivalry. House photographers such as Irving Penn, Martin Munkacsi, Richard Avedon, and Louise Dahl-Wolfe would shape the look of fashion photography for the following decades. Richard Avedon revolutionized fashion photography — and redefined the role of the fashion photographer — in the post-World War II era with his imaginative images of the modern woman. Today, his work is being exhibited in the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach, FL. This exhibition features more than 200 works and spans Avedon’s entire career, including vintage prints, contact sheets, and original magazines from Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and The New Yorker.



The artists abandoned their rigid forms for a much freer style. In 1936, Martin Munkacsi made the first photographs of models in sporty poses at the beach. Under the artistic direction of Alexey Brodovitch, the Harper's Bazaar quickly introduced this new style into its magazine.
In postwar London, John French pioneered a new form of fashion photography suited to reproduction in newsprint, involving where possible reflected natural light and low contrast.[5][6]


After the deaths of Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton and Herb Ritts, some of today's most famous fashion photographers are Patrick Demarchelier, Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Peter Lindbergh and Annie Leibovitz

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Fractalius plugin

Fractalius plugin creates unusual, eccentric artworks in a single step. The effects are based on extraction of so-called hidden fractal texture of an image. You can also simulate various types of exotic lightings and high realistic pencil sketches.

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TUTORIAL

Fractalius has four groups of settings. Starting at the bottom, the Presets will start you off. I suggest a moderate effect like Glow 50. The top two groups work contrast reliefs against each other to build the fibers.

Sharpness: an intense image sharpener

Line Width: defines the thickness of the fibers

Radius: transforms the oversharpened relief into ethereal fibers

Diffusion: blurs the minor fibers while enhancing the major fibers.

Adjust one group and then the other to create the overall desired effect.



The final group controls the application of the overall effect. Brightness & Saturation are pretty standard. But, Scale directly controls the amount of the effect applied to the image.

The best way to use this effect is to apply the full effect to a duplicate image layer. Then add a layer mask to the Fractalius layer and selectively reveal the original layer beneath. You can see the Photoshop layers and mask above.

Is this an effect for everyday? Probably not. But, if you want to add a dreamy, ethereal effect, Fractalius adds a very unique look that is very hard to create without it.

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