The following examples were used to compare the following High Dynamic Range Image formats: OpenEXR, Radiance RGBE and XYZE, 24-bit and 32-bit LogLuv TIFF, 48-bit scRGB, and 36-bit scRGB-nl and scYCC-nl. For details on our comparison methodology, go to the referring page.
Clicking on any of the small images will take you to a larger one. Clicking on the image name itself will take you to a high dynamic range version in Radiance RGBE format. (You should probably only control-click on those links, as most browsers do not know how to deal with HDR formatted images at this point.) Links are also provided under each image to the corresponding comparison page, where the image has been encoded in the above-mentioned formats, and we have conducted an error analysis of the results.
 Apartment_float.hdr
Apartment_float.hdr
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Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.7
 AtriumNight.hdr
AtriumNight.hdr
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Image courtesy Karol Myszkowski
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.1
 bigFogMap.hdr
bigFogMap.hdr
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Image courtesy Jack Tumblin
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 3.6
 dani_belgium.hdr
dani_belgium.hdr
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Image courtesy Dani Lischinski
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.1
 dani_cathedral.hdr
dani_cathedral.hdr
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Image courtesy Dani Lischinski
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.1
 dani_synagogue.hdr
dani_synagogue.hdr
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Image courtesy Dani Lischinski
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 2.0
 Desk.hdr
Desk.hdr
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Image courtesy ILM
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 5.2
 Display1000_float.hdr
Display1000_float.hdr
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Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 3.4
 memorial.hdr
memorial.hdr
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Image courtesy Paul Debevec
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Dynamic range (log10) 4.8
 Montreal_float.hdr
Montreal_float.hdr
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Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 3.1
 MtTamWest.hdr
MtTamWest.hdr
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Image courtesy ILM
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 3.4
 nave.hdr
nave.hdr
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Image courtesy Paul Debevec
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 6.0
 rend01.hdr
rend01.hdr
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Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 3.0
 rend02.hdr
rend02.hdr
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Image courtesy Charles Ehrlich
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 4.1
 rend03.hdr
rend03.hdr
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Image courtesy Charles Ehrlich
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 3.2
 rend04.hdr
rend04.hdr
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Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 4.5
 rend05.hdr
rend05.hdr
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Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 3.3
 rend06.hdr
rend06.hdr
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Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 3.6
 rend07.hdr
rend07.hdr
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Image courtesy Martin Moeck
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 8.9
 rend08.hdr
rend08.hdr
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Image courtesy Arup Lighting
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 3.7
 rend09.hdr
rend09.hdr
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Image courtesy Saba Rofchaei
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 3.9
 rend10.hdr
rend10.hdr
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Image courtesy Carlo Sequin
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 5.0
 rend11.hdr
rend11.hdr
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Image courtesy Saba Rofchaei
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 4.1
 rend12.hdr
rend12.hdr
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Image courtesy Charles Ehrlich
Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 8.9
 rend13.hdr
rend13.hdr
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Source simulation
Dynamic range (log10) 4.1
 rosette.hdr
rosette.hdr
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Image courtesy Paul Debevec
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.4
 Spheron3.hdr
Spheron3.hdr
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Image courtesy Spheron
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 5.8
 SpheronNapaValley.hdr
SpheronNapaValley.hdr
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Image courtesy Spheron
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 3.2
 SpheronNice.hdr
SpheronNice.hdr
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Image courtesy Spheron
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.7
 SpheronPriceWestern.hdr
SpheronPriceWestern.hdr
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Image courtesy Spheron
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 2.8
 SpheronSiggraph2001.hdr
SpheronSiggraph2001.hdr
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Image courtesy Spheron
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.5
 StillLife.hdr
StillLife.hdr
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Image courtesy ILM
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Dynamic range (log10) 6.1
 Tree.hdr
Tree.hdr
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Image courtesy ILM
Source photo
Dynamic range (log10) 4.4
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