Originally posted by tuco Oh, is that what we're calling HDR?
You still haven't added anymore light then what the camera captured in a single exposure. How do you get more highlights when they've possibly been clipped due to a high contrast scene, for example.
Yea, but you wont get the full DR unless you process with HDR. I don't know if Les processes for HDR or tone mapping. But you can get 'some' HDR from 1 image processed into 3 with PP.
Here is the proof...
jpeg / RAW
RAW turned into 3 exposures with LR processed with HDR
Maybe you can do the same thing with masking? I don't know. But you are not going to get the DR without using HDR technology...so it
is HDR to me as long as you get more DR out of an image. Sure, it is not as HDR as 9 exposures stacked. But it is HDR none the same.
I did the same treatment in my $1.50 ink jet shootout thread. Had to process the scans as HDR with 1 to 3 or the scans lacked shadow to match the originals.
Anyway, if you don't believe it is HDR from 1 RAW, then just call it tone mapped image.
BTW, even with movement, you can pick and choose 'sometimes' what to leave out of the image stack.