<![CDATA[Kotaku: illuminating]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: illuminating]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/illuminating http://kotaku.com/tag/illuminating <![CDATA[ Ukrainian Restaurant is Straight Out of Oblivion ]]> Is it me, or does this shot of a "Secret Underground Ukrainian Restaurant" look like it came straight out of The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, from when you forget to remove your Ring of Light and stuff up close is all overexposed with bloom lighting? The picture is real, and the photographer took advantage of the same HDR (High Dynamic Range) principles we see in the videogame world.

While different techniques can be used to achieve this effect, usually the same shot is taken multiple times at different exposures. Then the light information is combined through post-production, sometimes resembling content from a popular rpg.

OK, I'm done boring the hell out of you now. Back to cock jokes and 8-bit genitalia.

The Secret Underground Ukrainian Restaurant [stuckincustoms]

]]> Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:40:34 MDT Mark Wilson http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=280223&view=rss&microfeed=true