Quote Originally Posted by maloner


If you want to get picky about semantics, then there isn't a single HDR image on this thread, just tone-mapped jpgs.



How do you know?


The two images I posted are both created from 3 RAW exposures, 2 stops apart and using Photomatix. The second one just had the bottom half replaced with the +2EC image to reduce the strong tones.


Quote Originally Posted by maloner
I'm not a fan of the "pseudo" term when the workflow I used to create this image is the exact same as what I would use with two, three, or ten exposures. It's one thing if you're using curves and layers and blending to try to make a jpg look like it's more than it is, because that process has nothing to do with HDR imaging, but a RAW file already has more data than can be displayed in it, so the pushing and pulling of a single frame is really quite the same as pushing and pulling multiple exposures.



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There is some truth here, but surely its largely semantics? [^o)]