High Dynamic Range

Collection of tone mapped HDR (High Dynamic Range) pictures. HDR image processing allows a greater dynamic range of exposure (the range of values between light and dark areas) in a single image than regular processing.

HDR images can be obtained by in 2 ways:
A)Capturing a single exposure using a sensor with a great native dynamic range;

OR
B) combining a set of photograph covering a range of different exposure values.

The pictures presented here are using the second procedure. A method referred as 'Tone Mapping' is then used to convert back the HDR image to a standard 8-bit image that can be displayed on computer screens.

In more simple words, this technique allows to keep more details in both the dark and light areas of an image. For example, it is possible to avoid completely blown white skies overexposed compared to the rest of the landscape, which is usually darker.

However, it is easy to overdo the effect and obtain <cartoonish> results.

The application I used at this time for the generation of the HDR images and the Tone Mapping is Photomatix.