I stumbled across this. These are probably the best renderings I have scene, or are the not renderings?[
http://www.regal360.com/clients/devils/index.html](http://www.regal360.com/clients/devils/index.html)
Okay, upon further inspection, there is no way these are renderings. I think they are heavily photoshoped photos.
That’s so called “hdr photos”, where local contrast is exaggerated. Some people seem to like their photos to look like renders.
You can achieve this kind af result using the Redynamix photoshop plugin (or standalone) or the biggest product : Dynamic photo HDR.
http://www.mediachance.com/plugins/redynamix.html
With it you can make a pseudo HDR with a single shoot or use bracketed photos if you have. I use it often to boost my landscape photos.
Of course you can use it to boost your renders.
you can see an example on a pic i shoot last december in Tsitsikama national park, south africa (4:30 AM !).
You can also do it with NIK Color Efex, using the Tonal Contrast page, and/or Photoshop shadow/highlights adjust.