Golden Gate HDR

An HDR version of the Golden Gate Bridge during a break in a 3 day storm that hit San Francisco. The orignal, non-HDR version is here: flickr.com/photos/vgm8383/2371865686/

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[Because of the exposure of this photo and some very valid criticism about the noise and artifacts generated through my rudimentary HDR processing, I have taken another stab at this photo which can be found here: flickr.com/photos/vgm8383/2371803132/. In the newer photo, I converted the photos into a .tif file in Photoshop rather than using Photomatix to convert them. The result was much less noise. ]

I wanted to thank Paulo Antunes for his blog entry at Abduzeedo where he included this photo as one of 20 examples of HDR photography. I am honored to have my photo included with some truly remarkable captures and wanted to thank the author and allt he visitors from Abduzeedo for their kind words. abduzeedo.com/20-beautiful-hdr-pictures

Also, my thanks to Smashing Magazine for selecting this photo to accompany their story on the Best of February 2008. www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/29/best-of-february-2008/

Thanks also to SFTravel.com who has placed this photo on their front page: www.sftravel.com.

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mustafa nallıca says:

perfect...
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siebenspiegel says:

impressive!
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Sergio Parisi says:

Fantastic work !!!
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Great shot..
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This is great!
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Amazing shot and processing!
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An excellent image!
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supper shot and very nice work!
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Great shot !!
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great job..wonderful
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an unusual view, but great...
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mr.e's mom says:

Used to live here for ten years. Nice to see the incredible photo.. Wonderful fix and just perfect.. Makes me miss marin county........ I love it there then i had no good camera and no good photos. Boy sure wish i had another go at it........ Highway coastal one.... Redwoods at hendy woods and ave. Giants ... Napa valley. Oh you made me homesick..... Les
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bogdinamita says:

jaw drops()
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Bert V Jensen says:

great composition...like Sutro tower in the background...good stuff
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Wou
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d.photogal says:

awesome shot of the bridge
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Absolutely amazing! Thanks!
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oh ive been there so many times... this is indeed great shot and edit too... love it

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Incredible effect!

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sakamotophoto says:

Brilliant shot! One question, if you don't mind...how did you manage to bracket the shots without the cars blurring??? It's an incredible shot, and I can't even begin to imagine how it was accomplished!
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Sensational photograph, beautiful...
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Ispok says:

Wow!

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Oroño says:

Looks unnatural!!
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vgm8383 says:

sakamotophoto, thanks for the kind words. This shot was taken with 3 exposures. I had a couple of extra though and masked out some of the cars to deal with the ghosting. Also, Photomatix did a really nice job as well eliminating some of the ghosting.
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Nicely done, digger dugger
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Wow!

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This is Amazing!
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djali84 says:

the composition is great. i just love the clouds and the contrast with the red of the bridge.
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Eric Rousset says:

Very good HDR !!
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gjldickson says:

Outstanding!!!
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Wysterior says:

Awesome hdr - really great work - wow
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Time Grabber says:

Great clouds and HDR treatment
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riceb102 says:

surreal
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magee007 says:

what a great shot
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emilysr18 says:

no f-ing way.

that is WAY too surreal.

man, what an incredible shot.
congrats!
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vbake says:

nice
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Cool.

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Awesome shot! Love the processing...

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Just incredible!
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Tremendous photo. Gives a feeling of urgency or watchfulness.
Well done.
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