Hi,
I've beem experimenting with HDR and noticed that it obviously produces better quality in highlights, when viewed on HDR screen.
But, I've also noticed that it produces better quality in highlights on SDR display, in areas that are not clipping.
In SDR mode highlights are loosing saturation, and I was not able to have them more saturated.
But it can be helped using the following trick:
* enable HDR mode (you'll see highlights are more saturated)
* click edit the photo in Photoshop
* in photoshop go to Image->Mode->16 bit (as it was 32-bits, because of HDR export from Lightroom)
* select HDR toning method to "Exposure and Gamma"
* OK, Save, Close
Now in Lightroom you will have a much nicer, more saturated highlights, in SDR mode.
I was trying to achieve the same nicely saturated highlights using the original RAW file in SDR mode, but it's just impossible. Can't get such nice details no matter what I do with adjustments and curves.
Attached are files demonstrating it.
sdr.jpg is my edit of RAW file, exported in SDR
sdr-after-photoshop.jpg is the version after the procedure, exported in SDR
hdr.jpg is HDR versions of the edit, just for comparison. You will need HDR display to see it properly.
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