Flex your image processing muscles with HDR exercise

HDR....
Highlight Detail Recovery  AKA High Dynamic Range

Seems like everything nowadays has initials; ADD, COPD, JPG, NEF, CR2, ED, IBS, STD.. etc

 HDR is out there in Qimage Ultimate, now in it's upgraded form, and seems to be very mysterious to many.

In simple terms, HDR explains itself. You need to make an image lighter because of some dark and deep shadows, and in doing so, you lose detail in highlights. (Wedding dress with lace detail. Clouds that were dramatic and part of the image are now just white blobs.)
I could go on and on... but simply put, we add fill light to open the blocked shadow areas, and add HDR to taste to recover anything we lost in the bright areas while adding Fill light.
Here's an exercise to give some practice doing a really tough one.
Try this out on some images that might improve using this exercise.
Enjoy,

https://youtu.be/W5BlqxfLc7s

Fred

Thank you Fred and Terry for your videos showing how to use Fill, HDR2, and SC.  I have a better understanding of the relationship of Fill and HDR.

Vlady

Thanks, Vlady

That was the point of the exercise, to make use of a really sophisticated tool that Mike spruced up for us.
Terry took the advanced class, and I took the basic class, hoping to get more people to appreciate and use HDR when needed.
Just remember, HDR means Highlight Detail Recovery. If you didn't do anything to lose detail, then there's nothing yet to recover.

Enjoy,
Fred