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Originally Posted by SebC
My first impressions of HDR was that it was for scenes where you can't capture the shot without washing out the brights or losing the shadows. So capture both and blend them. I don't get the appeal behind making daytime skies look way too dark, but I do understand why you would want them to be blue instead of white.
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This is what I believe HDR was designed for and why I use HDR. A large number of the HDR photos I create are ones where I'm shooting into the sunset or sunrise and want to retain detail in the foreground elements. It's almost impossible to capture the scene with the dynamic range of the camera. I would either have to expose for the sun or for the foreground. I could use a graduated filter but the type of shots I do it would be hard to line it up.
If the photo doesn't need to be HDR I stick with the single exposure because it saves me time and I get a cleaner (less noise) image. Even though I'm never afraid to do a lot of post production I actually try and do as little as I can to get the image I want.
I hope I don't come off as acting like I'm some expert of photography because I'm not. Its just something I love to do and like sharing what I know.