I still find a need to bracket occasionally. But to your point... it seems that "HDR" means two different things these days. 1. A tool to expand the dynamic r

I still find a need to bracket occasionally. But to your point... it seems that "HDR" means two different things these days. 1. A tool to expand the dynamic range. 2. A style of tone mapping. These two things frequently coincide, but there's no reason for #1 to have crazy surreal tones, and #2 frequently comes from a single exposure.