Regular Mode vs. Rich Tone (HDR) Photos

[crester]

Have you guys noticed much difference between photos taken in Auto mode... and in Rich Tone HDR? I tried taking a couple photos in both modes and I'm really not seeing much of a difference. Are there certain scenarios you have to be in.... in order to get the most out of Rich Tone HDR?

 

[UJ95x]

Have you guys noticed much difference between photos taken in Auto mode... and in Rich Tone HDR? I tried taking a couple photos in both modes and I'm really not seeing much of a difference. Are there certain scenarios you have to be in.... in order to get the most out of Rich Tone HDR?

Yes, HDR makes the most difference when the lighting is different in different parts of the picture. Let's say you're indoors and it's sunny outside. You take a picture by the window, even though it's darker inside, the window will be overexposed. With HDR, it combines different exposures to get the best overall exposed shot possible. It will make the window you were next to appear less overexposed/less bright. It makes a big difference in certain situations. I looked through my Dropbox pics to post an example but I deleted the non-HDR image.

 

[UJ95x]

Found a good example on Google Images.

Notice how the HDR pic has even lighting throughout while at the top of the steps on the regular one, it's really white due to the overexposure. Ignore the Pro HDR...

 

[crester]

I know what HDR does in theory... and I used it successfully on the S3 I had before... but for some reason on the Note 3 I can't see much difference in all the photos I took with the RICH TONE feature.

 

[UJ95x]

I know what HDR does in theory... and I used it successfully on the S3 I had before... but for some reason on the Note 3 I can't see much difference in all the photos I took with the RICH TONE feature.

Depends on the setting, doesn't always make a huge difference
I always shoot in HDR anyway unless the subject is moving or it's a night scene in which I either use flash or night mode

 

[Vishwas Singh]

rich tone mode is awesome check this

 

[Paul Owens1]

Found a good example on Google Images.
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Notice how the HDR pic has even lighting throughout while at the top of the steps on the regular one, it's really white due to the overexposure. Ignore the Pro HDR...

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That is taken from a post. But take a picture yourself using HDR and see if you can see much of a difference. I can't.