High Dynamic Range Imaging

So David Reid has a killer desktop background that looks like a game screenshot from Half Life 2. Turns out, it's a real photo and it was done using multiple exposure/composite techniques, something known as "high dynamic range" imaging. There's more info about that here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging

Here are some nice ones that I have found on flickr and elsewhere:

• http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2071/2271947578_5b09f10150_o.jpg
  
• http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2002/2236003621_ac35fb1a3e_o.jpg
  
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Trencin_hdr_001.jpg
  
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/New_York_City_at_night_HDR.jpg
  
• http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2157/2186079657_a970c3e4ea_o.jpg
• http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2004/2079908663_85832e9461_o.jpg
  
• http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2030/1524399896_a93560592b_o.jpg
  
• http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2056/1552881168_2cf7411b84_o.jpg
  
• http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/232598586_bf083fbe68_o.jpg
  
• http://farm1.static.flickr.com/55/108078035_eabc7da078_o.jpg
  

I still haven't found the one that is on his desktop background, but when I do, I'll post a link :-)

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