Is there an outside view of the building?

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not all HDR looks like clown vomit. and this one only has a mild case

True, but so many people just throw it through photomatix and use a shitty preset and go DONE! There are plenty of nice HDRs, but they're just overshadowed by the ones that definitely AREN'T lol Yours are beautiful, though.

yeah thats what most people do because they either dont know better or are lazy.

in honesty though, the only part of your picture that bugs be is the floor. other than that i would say it looks fine.

and thanks ^^~ i went with a +1, =. -1 for my hdr pics. next time ill try for a greater difference and see what i can do with them

Agree with FenTera. This is only slightly overdone, toning down the saturation might help pull it back in line.

Just dropped the levels and I agree! Thanks.

That right there, is bordering on perfect! The halo'ed windows are unavoidable though, so I think this is the best that can be done. Great work Lan.

Nice old place, looks a bit like my local asylum

It's a pretty cool place, but the main building has been open to people vandalizing it for over 2 decades now. So, unfortunately, the place is pretty well sacked at this point and there's significant water damage all over to watch out for.

Haha yeah- one half of the asylum here has the roof missing and major floor collapses due to water ingress, and some little a-holes set fire to the other side and burnt the roof off, so that'll probably be the same in a few years shame, i spent last haloween there and it was AWESOME!!

Plus the usual graffiti, arson damage, water damage and neglect... The floors felt like they were made of jelly !! It's apparently going to be converted to flats but the with the money needed to just make it safe i think it might be a case of 'accidental damage neccessitating complete demolishment'

Anyways- i don't think it's a bad shot

Never heard the term clown vomit yet, thanks for the inspiration :)

Haha enjoy. The UE community on UER really seem to hate HDR and that's the most common term for it there lol

Nice how many brackets?

3 at -1/3, 0, and 1/3

Wow.

Just wow. <3

Thanks :] Been shooting anything lately yourself? Haven't seen anything on flickr for a while.

I haven't really had the time.

Guess what I just ordered from B&H, though~

What? :o

A tripod, some light reflectors, some backdrop paper, and a Holga. :B

Nice! Holga's are fun little things to play around with.

Man, that place looks gorgeous inside <3 I love the railing in the back.

Yeah, it's a slick little theater inside the sanatorium. The rest of the place was pretty trashed, but this room was incredible. There are some pretty cool tags on the back of the stage, too, but I haven't gotten around to editing those shots yet.

Nice. :3 Also, lol @ 'clown vomit'.

Thanks ;p

What a place to keep a kidnapped girl!

Dude, these pictures are awesome! I envy you finding a place like this to explore!

Though, what is "HDR"?

And as long as I give credit, may I use this as a background pic sometime?

HDR stands for High Dynamic Range imaging. Basically you take 2+ images (usually 3-5) and combine them into one shot. So this was 3 (one underexposed, one at normal exposure, and one overexposed). This allows you to get an image that's more like what your eyes see. Usually used in a scenario like this because if I had just taken a single exposure, the windows would have been blown out and you wouldn't be able to see anything through them and this option allows me to get that.

Go for it on the background. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lansia.....399462/sizes/o higher res here.

Thanks for the permission! AND the info! I've heard of doing that with a camera but never knew what it was called

Ewww, clown vomit. Please, at least use higher contrast. :D X3

most HDR that people spit out without really editing comes out with colors that really shouldn't be here. UGLY http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650.....59c43aa09f.jpg

Gack!!!

While I can see a bit of vomit, the picture is so cool it's justified! :)