The story of this photo
This is an image of the world-famous Metéora site – an amazing place where six monasteries have been built on top of bizarre rock formations. In this image, you actually see three of them. UNESCO has put this place onto the World Heritage List. The term Metéora actually [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “Rosánou Abbey – Metéora (HDR)“. In the top row, you see the six original source images straight out of the camera. This image is based on a 6-shot semi-autobracketing series with -3, -2, [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “The Library (HDR Vertorama)“. The final image was created from 7×3 TIFF files (series of 3 autobracketed RAW images, +2, 0, -2ev that were converted to TIFFs using Abobe Camera RAW). You can see the 21 source images in the left three columns. These images were merged [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “The Alley (HDR)“. In the top row, you see the original source images straight out of the camera. This image is based on a 3-shot autobracketing series with -2, 0 and +2 EV. On the left side on the bottom row, you see the result of merging [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “A Room with a View – Bebenhausen Abbey, Germany (HDR)“. In the top row, you see the original source images straight out of the camera. This image is based on a 3-shot autobracketing series with 0, -2 [...]
This is the before-and-after comparison of “The Blue Room – Bebenhausen Palace, Germany (HDR)“. In the top row, you see the original source images straight out of the camera. This image is based on a 3-shot autobracketing series with 0, -2 and +2 ev. On the left side on the bottom row, you [...]
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Hi! I am Klaus Herrmann. I take photos - I create, write and teach.
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