Why Would You Do It?

I can almost hear you ask, "why take a photograph of a dilapidated building"? Answer: because it was there, of course. No that wasn't the reason. The real reason was because I needed an object to practice HDR post processing techniques. The camera can only capture so much range of lights and darks in an image. To capture what the human eye can see, the photographer sometimes needs to take multiple images. Each image taken at a different exposure. The collection of exposures are then blended together to present a fuller range of lights and dark detail in the photo. Aren't you glad you asked? Oh, HDR stands for High Dynamic Range.