Capturing HDR on your phone: try it yourself

Aim

You should understand the problem HDR solves even if your particular phone performs the process automatically.

Do this step by step

1. Find a scene with a bright window or sky and darker foreground.
2. Tap on the main subject and take the normal photograph.
3. If your phone offers an HDR control, make a second version with it enabled. If HDR is automatic, simply note that and continue.
4. Make another version with the exposure reduced slightly to protect bright highlights.
5. Compare sky/highlight detail and shadow detail rather than saturation.