It’s impossible these days to turn a page, click a link, or compete without encountering photographs we commonly call HDR. Love it or hate it, it’s everywhere. I noticed photos described as HDR popping up with increasing frequency on the web in 2008. Wikipedia’s first entry on HDR dates 2003. The first photo I could find on flickr.com with the HDR tag appeared in 2005. Both Photoshop and Photomatix appeared on the scene in 2007 with HDR capabilities that made technology accessible to photographers. (more…)