Photofocus Podcast #59

Scott Bourne invited me as a guest on his Photofocus podcast, and we had a great time chatting about HDR, flash photography, super telephoto lenses, lenses for sports, cold weather shooting and other fun topics. If you have 45 minutes to burn, listen to Scott and I on the Photofocus Podcast #59.

Comments

[Aravind]

Question Thirteen – HDR Without Tone Mapping

I think that this one perhaps wasn't answered as fully as it should have. You are indeed correct that when most people refer to HDR, they are referring to Tone Mapping. Tone Mapping is a general term that refers to the mapping of one set of image values to another (in this case from a space which has very high dynamic range to a space which is lower). I would say that 'HDR' refers to ways in which one can compensate for the limited dynamic range of their capture device relative to the scene they are trying to capture. Tone Mapping is one way to overcome this limitation but Exposure Fusion is another (and just as viable). One could even argue that in some scenes Exposure Fusion produces results which are more natural (i.e. without exaggerated saturation, halo artifacts or color shifts) than Tone Mapping.

[Andy Biggs]

Thanks for the clarification, Aravind. I have to say that HDR really isn't my thing personally, but I do find ways of incorporating HDR tools into my workflow from time to time.