Gadget Bag: High Dynamic Range Software

Use digital technology to make your photographs more like human vision

Jon Sienkiewicz

Updated November 2, 2016

High Dynamic Range—even the words sound exciting. Dynamic range describes the breadth of differences in luminance between the darkest (pure black) and lightest (absolute white) areas in an image.

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Originally Published June 8, 2010

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