BoB_18_2009 Sunset Beach HDR 01 May 08 2009

BoB_18_2009 Sunset Beach HDR 01 May 08 2009, originally uploaded by VancouverDoug.

Here is a cool nearly cartoon-like rendition of the buildings you'd see as you drive into downtown Vancouver over the Burrard Street Bridge. The shot was taken from Sunset Beach and is an HDR composite of 7 images.

HDR cameras are beginning to emerge but I expect that while they will dramatically expand the dynamic range you can capture there will still be the need for the artistic touch that comes during the tone mapping phase of the composition process.