HDR and the tone-mapped results of HDR images have been used somewhat interchangeably for the last while (go look at flickr or deviantart). When someone shows y

HDR and the tone-mapped results of HDR images have been used somewhat interchangeably for the last while (go look at flickr or deviantart). When someone shows you an 'HDR' image, its just 'understood' (or misunderstood...) as the result of tone mapping. Furthermore, when you start talking about video games, when people refer to HDR, it means that they're doing the tone-mapping on the fly.... and also conflating (an already conflated) HDR with light blooming. And yeah, automatic tone-mapping can (CAN!) result in some hideous looking images. Used aggressively and without care, skin just turns to porcelain and every building against the sky now has a crazy halo around it.