<center><img src="http://locmedia.nwmls.com/DO_NOT_LINK/bigphoto/267/28102267_14.jpg?tsp=20080612224848"></center><p>photos of homes for sale all have a haze/waxy unreal tint to the photos. Is it done with a filter on the lens or via software? Starting noob with a new canon xti :)

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the photographer is heavy on shadow/highlights in Photoshop.

He probably also uses some lighting setup

The one with the view in the window is likely double-exposure merged (not very well) in Photoshop

I shoot homes for an interior design firm that stages them, as well as a guy who owns his RE firm. I use HDR in instances where the space has very tough lighting. I prefer natural ligth mixed with a three strobe off camera setup to properly light a room. That picture in your post looks like HDR.

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and I only use it where I have to...IE large, deep interiors with tricky lighting. Here is an example of an entry way I did recently. Not the best example, but not the worst. Decided to go with multiple exposures because my trigger/remotes started acting up. I could not get the flash to fire at teh top of the stairs, or in the room at the very end of the entry way. This was the last shot I took...and I had forgotten my spare batteries in my charger in my office :(

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plus it needed black and white point adj. I was easy on the dreamy effect.

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then convert to 3 images for HDR? Been reading up on HDR and it sounds like a pain unless there is a new program out there or a feature in the camera.

HDR, not done too well. Haze is due to lack of contrast, somewhat typical in HDR images.

Yes, I always shoot RAW.