A device for camera processing is configured to receive a preview image, and determine if the preview image is a high dynamic range (HDR) scene based on brightness values of pixels of the preview image. The device may further determine to use a single frame image capture technique based on a determination that the preview image is not an HDR scene, and determine to use one of a plurality of HDR image capture techniques based on a determination that the preview image is an HDR scene, and further based on motion detected in the preview image. The device may then generate an output image using one or more images captured using the single frame image capture technique or one of the plurality of HDR image capture techniques.