OT: Indoor HDR's

This is a bit far from the nature and landscape photography world, but I have seen a fair bit of OT stuff recently and thought I'd add.

Here are a few HDR's I shot while traveling recently. I have not really done any HDR photography while indoors before, and while I realize that the outcomes don't always look photorealistic, I do like the effect sometimes and wonder what other people think.

These shots are from a recent trip to Morocco, with a brief side trip into Paris during a long layover. Thanks for looking.

-Jeff

Jeff, I really like the last two shots! Hard to believe they are HDR. What software did you use?

Thanks. All the HDR's were blended with Photomatix.

I have recently been doing some indoor photography for my work at a Denver architectural firm. I've found that HDR has allowed me to get results I wouldn't been able to achieve without an extensive (and expensive) lighting setup. My subjects weren't quite as impressive as Jeff's, but I was pretty happy with how they turned out. Here are a couple galleries: 1 2. For the most part, I used Photomatix in "Image Blend" mode, which seemed to give more realistic results in these situations. I used "Tone Compression" mode for only a couple images.

Since I don't quite trust myself yet, I've shot a number of options for each setup, including natural-light only, off-camera flash, and 5-shot HDR exposure, and have always found I get the best final result with HDR software. Maybe if I had better flashes and more experience I could improve my flash photography, but I'm just not there yet.

Jeff, I guess I should also mention that I love those shots. Great use of HDR.

Judging by your excellent examples and others I've seen, I could almost argue that hdr is a more potent tool for this type of photography than for landscape images. Really nice stuff.

These are all excellent, and only 1-2 show signs of HDR. Thanks for posting.

Great use of HDR. I don't think I'd think HDR at first glance unless I really considered the actual dynamic range. Nice job!

I love the last two and your processing looks really subtle and flawless, great job!

I've always felt that this type of shooting was better suited to HDR processing and your images are proof in the pudding. Well done!

What Guy said.
You did a fine job with the HDR. Helps when you have some excellent images to start with.

What Guy said.
You did a fine job with the HDR. Helps when you have some excellent images to start with.

Awesome! I really like #5, looking out the door towards the dunes. Pretty surreal.

The HDR work looks good, except for #1, which looks overdone imo.