Multiple image capture and processing

A camera system comprising:

• a camera hardware system;
• a processor;
• and
• a storage device holding instructions that when executed by the processor:
• adjust settings of the camera hardware system to capture a plurality of images of a scene, where image metadata associated with each image of the plurality of images includes image characteristics of that image, and where each image has a different set of values of image characteristics;
• receive a request for an image of the plurality of images of the scene that most closely matches a specified image characteristic profile that defines one or more values of one or more image characteristics;
• and
• provide a processed image generated from the plurality of images of the scene having image characteristics that most closely match the image characteristic profile based on a comparison of the image characteristic profile with the image metadata of each of the plurality of images.

A method for generating a high dynamic range image from a plurality of images captured by a camera, the method comprising:

• receiving a range of values of one or more image characteristics;
• providing a subset of images of a scene selected from a plurality of image of the scene captured by the camera, where each image of the plurality of images of the scene has a different set of values of image characteristics, and where each image of the subset of images of the scene has a value of the one or more image characteristics within the range of values;
• and
• generating a high dynamic range image of the scene from a plurality of images of the subset of images.