HDR photography allows capturing a wider dynamic range of lighting in a scene. Recent advances in hardware and software, like gain maps, now make it possible to create HDR images from a single raw file.
To experiment with this, I reworked some photos from my Japan trip into an HDR gallery. The ~20 photos here were taken on my Ricoh GR IIIx camera and edited using 2–3 stops of HDR range in Lightroom. No bracketing required!
Notice how light sources pop on HDR displays. The photos are best viewed on recent Apple, Pixel, Galaxy and other devices that support HDR using a Chromium-based browser.
Enjoy this glimpse of Japan in enhanced dynamic range! Click any image to start the full-screen gallery.
P.S. Since I edited these solely for HDR with no thought for SDR compatibility, they may look overly processed on non-HDR screens.
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