The weather has been pretty good lately, save for the occasional rainy day, but I have managed to get out and go for a couple 3-hour walks around the neighbourhood. Well alright a 3-hour walk around the neighbourhood, isn’t really the immediate neighbourhood, though who is keeping track?

I have not done any proper HDR (high dynamic range) photographs in a while so I thought I would try to capture a couple of scenes around Vancouver on my walks as best I could without the use of a tripod.

The following photos are all 3 exposure HDRs processed primarily with PhotomatixPro.

#1 – Howe Street – Looking south up Howe from Canada Place

#2 – Vancouver Train Yard – Shot from the little area between Vancouver Sun and Waterfront Station

#3 – Port of Vancouver – Shot from Canada Place. My favorite cruise line (Royal Caribbean) also in the photo.

#4 – Small waterfall – Near the Vancouver Aquarium

Overall I really enjoy creating HDR photographs. Sometimes they don’t turn out, other times they do turn out. I find they usually turn out best on partially cloudy days, but not overly cloudy that the colours look too dull. The clouds I also find help to create a better mood within the HDR photos as well.

What do you think? Have you tried your hand at creating HDR photos? How did they turn out?

I also just totally noticed something out of place! I uploaded 1024 pixel wide images, where normally I would upload at 800 pixels wide. This skews the aspect ratio of 2 of the images up top (#2 and #3), which is ashame as they look a bit distorted here on my photoblog. It would be an awesome addition to Flickr if they offered 800 pixel wide images. Currently they only offer 500 pixel and 1024 pixel wide images for use else where on the internet.