the hotel room at night hdr photograph by arthakker
TITLE: the hotel room at night
LOCATION: blakes hotel in london, we got a complimentary upgrade to the best room in the house for free! little did i know it was HDR heaven with that wonderful lighting as well as being beautifully designed.
CAMERA SETTINGS: Aperture priority, f4.5 infinity, ISO 200, auto white balance but changed to “cloudy” in lightroom afterwards as it gave a better light. 7 exposures from -3EV to +3EV. i also used my gorilla pod tripod for this shot as i was travelling, i strongly advise 1 of those when a full sized tripod isn suitable.
HOW DID I PROCESS THE IMAGE: the 7 exposures were taken into photomatix and tone-mapped using my own preset which i saved for interiors with amazing lighting. this image maybe a bit over-processed to be honest, as i over cranked topaz adjust “photo pop” on purpose, but i dont care as sometimes that look suits the mood. i needed topaz de-noise to smooth out the textures in the wood and the smoothness of the linen covering the table, and then a final glamour glow to give the place the feeling i had when i was there.
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I WANNA TAKE A SHOT HERE TOO:
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HDR Processing 
Spectacular!!
fantastic!
I like your process and thoughts – if it looks good to the camera man then it’s good! The fairy-tale or surreal effects of HDR have me hooked
many thanks Andrew, hope to catch up with you more frequently, have a cool weekend