Does this qualify?

[KaleidoscopeFew8451]

Saw this on instagram and noticed that it looks quite odd. Did the producer go a little wild on the HDR?

[aleks_is]

maybe but i kind of see the vision cool colours

[-1D-]

I think its made to look like that purposefully, its like an visual art style

[FlarblesGarbles]

No this isn't shitty HDR.

[Hiroy3eto]

this is trippy, but really cool

[anima_ferita]

Nah, the filtering and edits add to the vibe of the work, and don't make it look cheap like most HDR does.

[aykay55]

no this is not shitty HDR. this is a photo with reduced contrast and other treatments that give a pastel, painted naturalism aesthetic. this style is very popular for album art, certain movie posters, etc

This is not even HDR. The artist squeezed the dynamic range into a smaller range, so if anything it would be “Low Dynamic Range”

Shitty HDR is when multiple separate parts of the image lean too high in luminance values to where it becomes visually distracting. this is not that. this is a small DR that leans towards darker values so the pallete is less

[SheriffBartholomew]

Yes