Photoshop Tutorials

Description

A lot of HDR photos look surreal and artistic. They’re usually seen as high contrast with bright and obvious halos. This set of photos shows the opposite; HDR tone mapping used to enhance the details while keeping the realistic look of the photo. Here are 8 examples of HDR tone mapped photos that looks so realistic you probably wouldn’t have known they were tone mapped if we haven’t told you.

Please do not republish these photos on other websites without permission from the authors or license from their agents.

View of Half Dome with Bridaleveil falls | David Nestico

Stone Arch Bridge at Night | Geoffrey Kuchera

Lausanne skyline 02, Switzerland | Mihai-bogdan Lazar

Neuschwanstein castle | Sebastian Czapnik

Sunset | Andrey Kiselev

Bay Bridge, San Francisco at dusk | Can Balcioglu

Winter landscape, HDR | Oleksandr Smushko

Spray Road | Bevs Photos

HDR Tone Mapping Photoshop Tutorial

If you’d like to learn how to create your own natural-looking HDR tone mapped photos, read our HDR Tone Mapping with Layers Photoshop tutorial.