Super New York

Sometimes, you just want to gaze.

The photo was created by 'Automatt' using a technique called High Dynamic Range, which can be done using some versions of Photoshop. Essentially you're taking multiple photos of the same scene, then combining them into one 'super-photo' that contains all the visual information of the multiple photos.

The Wikipedia entry explains that this process gives photos on two-dimensional surfaces like monitors/paper the luminosity and 'realness' your eyes capture.

Yeah, the more photos I take, the more I realize it's first and foremost about the light. Under certain light conditions, that luminosity comes through easier, and the resulting photos always look much better than you expect.

But nothing like these.

Photos by Automatt, from New Amsterdam collection.