How to take reflective looking HDR photos with an app on iPhone 4?

The Flying

Here are the pictures;
http://farukkorkmaz.posterous.com/amazing-high-dynamic-range-result-with-a-phot
You can swap between the original and the modified version. This was done with the picture from the iPhone, and I think it was done all on the iPhone, but maybe not. Please help? It looks like a cool NFSMW picture. :)
I know there are HDR effects (might not be the real thing) on the iPhone 4. It takes 3 different pictures and puts them together, so you get the original looking picture. My question is how do I take a regular picture like the plain one and turn it into the colorful looking modified one??

Answer
You can't do true HDR with a single photo.

This is just a pseudo HDR effect - basically it's crap.

If you want to do proper HDR, you need to take at least 3 different (bracketed) exposures. Then they need to be merged with image editing software to create an HDR image. Then the HDR image has to be tone mapped using software to convert it from 32bits down to 16 or 8bits so you can view it on a computer screen.

Software for creating HDR images and tone mapping:
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Dynamic Photo HDR
Photomatix
Luminance HDR (Open Source) - free!!!

Pro HDR app for iPhone?

Bruce

Hi! Does the Pro HDR app allow you to chose 2 photos from your library and merge them, or do you have to use the in app camera? thanks!
Thanks for your answer Rain Man, but I don't have a pc. iPad only! Thanks.

Answer
I recommend using a computer HDR program like Photomatix. It merges better and will allow you to process them 10x better than an iPhone app. Thats just me though. You can always sync your photos to your computer from your phone

EDIT: Oh I'm sorry. If you have an iPad 2 or the 3rd one recently came out. I guess the program is good then. I'll link you some topics about that. I have an iPad 2 as well and sometimes I take photos with my DSLR Nikon and I purchased from Apple a SD card transfer. What it is its basically a little slot where you can put your SD/memory card inside the slot that goes where you charger your iPad. You know on the bottom of the iPad, iPhone, iPod touch etc. It will sync your camera photos onto iPhoto on your iPad. You can use any camera too! I recommend using a camera instead of iPad camera, then you upload to your iPhoto and have your HDR program do the work! :) Here's some links

HDR programs for apple - http://theappwhisperer.com/2011/04/05/top-10-hdr-iphone-photography-apps/

iPad SD transfer slot - http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC531ZM/A

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