HDR stands for High Dynamic Range photography. The above image of The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes in Spokane is a combination of 5 different exposures. I had one middle-exposed photo and then an exposure was taken 2 stops up and 2 stops down. There are ways to combine them manually using Photoshop or GIMP, but to get the above effect I used a free software called HDRtist. It takes the different exposures and combines using it's own tone-mapping algorithms. The result is this sort of surreal, painting-like effect. I wish I had more control of some of the parameters, but hey, it does it for free.
This image is just a block from our home. These are some condos and townhouses in the new Kendall Yards development. They are building at lightning speed!
This is the US Post Office in downtown Spokane. I believe it just celebrated it's 100th birthday (although I'm sure it was never properly born).
This is an apartment building on Riverside in Spokane.
