HDR photographs are taken in order to bring a digital image closer in saturation and details in highlights and shadows to how people see and perceive their surroundings. Because even the most perfect camera cannot convey a picture with one shot as our eye sees it, because it is much better at distinguishing colors and details in shadows and light at the same time, moreover, performing lightning-fast image adjustments in our brain.
Most often, HDR is needed just for shooting in low light conditions and with a large difference between light and dark areas in the image — to increase the final dynamic range of the image. As, for example, in this shot, where I was shooting a landscape on the seashore with a lighthouse, houses and bushes in the shade directly opposite the rising sun. Shooting against the sun is one of the most challenging tasks that HDR (exposure bracketing) does great.
This photo was taken from a DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone using AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) mode, which is useful exactly when you need to take an HDR photo. During this mode, the camera takes several pictures with different exposure settings, when in some shots poorly lit objects are clearly visible due to a slower shutter speed (but at the same time, strongly illuminated areas are completely overexposed, too bright), while in others the colors and details are clearly visible in bright areas of the shot (at the same time, those areas that are not well illuminated turn out to be too dark, there is practically nothing to be seen). Well, plus some shots with intermediate states. The resulting 5 pictures taken in this mode, after shooting are manually stitched into one HDR shot, after which they are processed further in a photo editor (I use Lightroom).
And so, in the final picture, you can see everything approximately as you could see, being next to me during that dawn :)
Often, the pictures shot in HDR mode are processed and stitched by the camera itself (in any device - a smartphone, in a camera or in a copter), and it does not always result in a really beautiful image, it often happens that the colors are too bright and saturated, therefore for a more artistic photography, it is better to stitch together and process the shots yourself. But for everyday life, for example, taking a picture on a smartphone to show it to my family and friends, the result is most often acceptable to me.
It's better to watch the photo in high resolution.
Camera: DJI Mavic 2 Pro
Aperture: F 11
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Focal length: 10.26 mm
35 mm equivalent: 28 mm
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