clbd39
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The photo is certainly tone mapped, but it's not likely an HDR, which is made from multiple exposures. That would explain the runners.
Software like Topaz Adjust can make a single, tone mapped image look like an HDR.
The scene did not require multiple exposures because it doesn't have that much dynamic range.
By the way, HDR's can be made of moving objects, but it's not easy.
HDR just stands for high dynamic range. There is nothing in there about multiple exposures. It's just a different way of representing a scene that is more easily displayed on a computer monitor or in print. Multiple exposures contribute to an HDR picture having less noise and more detail, but it's not completely necessary.
Correct me if i'm wrong but...
Actually, you can't create an "HDR" from one shot, even if in RAW. What you're doing in RAW is uncovering what's already in the properly exposed photo (you just can't see it because of the middle-ground light processing). With a real negative or positive exposure you're generating data that wouldn't even be there with a proper exposure. There is simply no way to fake an HDR, it must be multiple-exposure.
Anything that shows a tonal range, not possible with a single exposure is HDR by definition. However, no one is going to tone map 5 exposures in LR to make an HDR, if they're going that far they know how to do it right, and will do so.