[charliewallace]

Ultra HDR - I predict it will cause a revolution in photography. This isn't the old HDR that was all about capturing a wider range of brightness; it refers to display of a wider range of brightness. It's built into Android 14 and you can now capture Ultra HDR images with the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro. Ultra HDR is really just jpg, uses the standard jpg extension and works the same as a regular jpg, unless your display software knows about the "HDR mask" that's embedded in the metadata, AND your display supports extra brightness. Chrome supports the format, and you can view images that look SO REALISTIC on most recent phones and desktops/laptops that support HDR display, both macs and PCs. The look just like reality. BUT - now I need a way to convert my big camera's HDR images into the Ultra HDR format, and I haven't found a way. Really just need to create and embed a brightness mask. Looks like Adobe is adding support to lightroom...

[charliewallace]

Here's a link to a Google Photos album with some scenic photos I took using Ultra HDR, mostly in Yosemite last week. For this to work you will need to view it in Chrome on a device such as a fairly recent phone - I believe android or iPhone should work. Even better is a laptop that supports HDR display. Be sure to enable the HDR. Note that the album thumbnail view doesn't show the extra-bright highlights, you need to open a photo. If your device doesn't support HDR display, you'll still see the photos, just not with super bright highlights. https://photos.app.goo.gl/tizNFDFgbC5mzGCU9

[great_psy]

Can you post some example photos that you found to be a good representation of this format used tastefully ?

[charliewallace]

There's also an Apple variant, where the hdr mask is embedded in an HEIF file...