diff --git a/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_hdr.cpp b/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_hdr.cpp
index a5aab3057b..288f73d1cd 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_hdr.cpp
+++ b/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_hdr.cpp
@@ -92,11 +92,9 @@ bool HdrDecoder::readData(Mat& img)
 
 bool HdrDecoder::checkSignature( const String& signature ) const
 {
-	if(signature.size() >= (m_signature.size()) && 
-	   !memcmp(signature.c_str(), m_signature.c_str(), m_signature.size()))
-	   return true;
-	if(signature.size() >= (m_signature.size()) && 
-	   !memcmp(signature.c_str(), m_signature_alt.c_str(), m_signature_alt.size()))
+	if(signature.size() >= m_signature.size() && 
+	   (!memcmp(signature.c_str(), m_signature.c_str(), m_signature.size()) || 
+	   !memcmp(signature.c_str(), m_signature_alt.c_str(), m_signature_alt.size())))
 	   return true;
 	return false;
 }
diff --git a/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp b/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
index 51d17cee71..abcd7de41b 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
+++ b/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 
 #include "precomp.hpp"
 #include "grfmt_tiff.hpp"
+#include <opencv2/imgproc.hpp>
 
 namespace cv
 {
@@ -413,22 +414,13 @@ bool TiffDecoder::readHdrData(Mat& img)
 		size -= strip_size * sizeof(float);
 	}
 	close();
-	ptr = img.ptr<float>();
-	for(size_t i = 0; i < img.total(); i++, ptr += 3) 
+	if(photometric == PHOTOMETRIC_LOGLUV) 
 	{
-		if(photometric == PHOTOMETRIC_LOGLUV) 
-		{
-			float r =  3.240479f * ptr[0] + -1.537150f * ptr[1] + -0.498535f * ptr[2];
-			float g = -0.969256f * ptr[0] +  1.875991f * ptr[1] +  0.041556f * ptr[2];
-			float b =  0.055648f * ptr[0] + -0.204043f * ptr[1] +  1.057311f * ptr[2];
-			ptr[0] = b; ptr[1] = g; ptr[2] = r;
-		} 
-		else 
-		{
-			float tmp = ptr[0];
-			ptr[0] = ptr[2];
-			ptr[2] = tmp;
-		}
+		cvtColor(img, img, COLOR_XYZ2BGR);
+	} 
+	else 
+	{
+		cvtColor(img, img, COLOR_RGB2BGR);
 	}
 	return true;
 }
@@ -614,16 +606,10 @@ bool  TiffEncoder::writeLibTiff( const Mat& img, const std::vector<int>& params)
     return true;
 }
 
-bool TiffEncoder::writeHdr(const Mat& img)
+bool TiffEncoder::writeHdr(const Mat& _img)
 {
-	float *ptr = const_cast<float*>(img.ptr<float>());
-	for(size_t i = 0; i < img.total(); i++, ptr += 3) 
-	{
-		float x = 0.412453f * ptr[2] + 0.357580f * ptr[1] + 0.180423f * ptr[0];
-		float y = 0.212671f * ptr[2] + 0.715160f * ptr[1] + 0.072169f * ptr[0];
-		float z = 0.019334f * ptr[2] + 0.119193f * ptr[1] + 0.950227f * ptr[0];
-		ptr[0] = x; ptr[1] = y; ptr[2] = z;
-	}
+	Mat img;
+	cvtColor(_img, img, COLOR_BGR2XYZ);
 	TIFF* tif = TIFFOpen(m_filename.c_str(), "w");
     if (!tif) 
 	{
@@ -638,7 +624,7 @@ bool TiffEncoder::writeHdr(const Mat& img)
 	TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_SGILOGDATAFMT, SGILOGDATAFMT_FLOAT);
 	TIFFSetField(tif, TIFFTAG_ROWSPERSTRIP, 1);	
 	int strip_size = 3 * img.cols;
-	ptr = const_cast<float*>(img.ptr<float>());
+	float *ptr = const_cast<float*>(img.ptr<float>());
 	for (int i = 0; i < img.rows; i++, ptr += strip_size) 
 	{
 		TIFFWriteEncodedStrip(tif, i, ptr, strip_size * sizeof(float));
diff --git a/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_tiff.hpp b/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_tiff.hpp
index b6f7fa099f..72547bdee7 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_tiff.hpp
+++ b/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_tiff.hpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ enum TiffCompression
 {
     TIFF_UNCOMP = 1,
     TIFF_HUFFMAN = 2,
-    TIFF_PACKBITS = 32773,
+    TIFF_PACKBITS = 32773
 };
 
 enum TiffByteOrder
diff --git a/modules/photo/include/opencv2/photo.hpp b/modules/photo/include/opencv2/photo.hpp
index b05140c96b..a4e5781fee 100644
--- a/modules/photo/include/opencv2/photo.hpp
+++ b/modules/photo/include/opencv2/photo.hpp
@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ enum
     INPAINT_TELEA = 1 // A. Telea algorithm
 };
 
+//! the tonemapping algorithm
+enum tonemap_algorithms
+{
+	TONEMAP_LINEAR,
+
+    TONEMAP_DRAGO,    // Adaptive Logarithmic Mapping For 
+				   	  // Displaying High Contrast Scenes
+	TONEMAP_REINHARD, // Dynamic Range Reduction Inspired 
+					  // by Photoreceptor Physiology
+    TONEMAP_DURAND,   // Fast Bilateral Filtering for the 
+					  // Display of High-Dynamic-Range Images
+	TONEMAP_COUNT 
+};
+
 //! restores the damaged image areas using one of the available intpainting algorithms
 CV_EXPORTS_W void inpaint( InputArray src, InputArray inpaintMask,
                            OutputArray dst, double inpaintRadius, int flags );
@@ -80,7 +94,9 @@ CV_EXPORTS_W void fastNlMeansDenoisingColoredMulti( InputArrayOfArrays srcImgs,
                                                     float h = 3, float hColor = 3,
                                                     int templateWindowSize = 7, int searchWindowSize = 21);
 
-CV_EXPORTS_W void makeHDR(InputArrayOfArrays srcImgs, std::vector<float> expTimes, OutputArray dst);
+CV_EXPORTS_W void makeHDR(InputArrayOfArrays srcImgs, const std::vector<float>& exp_times, OutputArray dst);
+
+CV_EXPORTS_W void tonemap(InputArray src, OutputArray dst, tonemap_algorithms algorithm, std::vector<float>& params = std::vector<float>());
 
 } // cv
 
diff --git a/modules/photo/src/hdr_fusion.cpp b/modules/photo/src/hdr_fusion.cpp
index 23f8ecb1ad..2da13f55c1 100644
--- a/modules/photo/src/hdr_fusion.cpp
+++ b/modules/photo/src/hdr_fusion.cpp
@@ -64,29 +64,34 @@ static void generateResponce(float responce[])
     responce[0] = responce[1];
 }
 
-void makeHDR(InputArrayOfArrays _images, std::vector<float> exp_times, OutputArray _dst)
+void makeHDR(InputArrayOfArrays _images, const std::vector<float>& _exp_times, OutputArray _dst)
 {
 	std::vector<Mat> images;
     _images.getMatVector(images);
 	if(images.empty()) {
-		printf("Need at least one vector image.");
+		CV_Error(Error::StsBadArg, "Need at least one image");
 	}
-	if(images.size() != exp_times.size()) {
-		printf("Number of images and number of exposure times must be equal.");
+	if(images.size() != _exp_times.size()) {
+		CV_Error(Error::StsBadArg, "Number of images and number of exposure times must be equal.");
 	}
 	int width = images[0].cols;
 	int height = images[0].rows;
 	for(size_t i = 0; i < images.size(); i++) {
 
 		if(images[i].cols != width || images[i].rows != height) {
-			printf("Image dimensions must be equal.");
+			CV_Error(Error::StsBadArg, "Image dimensions must be equal.");
 		}
 		if(images[i].type() != CV_8UC3) {
-			printf("Images must have CV_8UC3 type.");
+			CV_Error(Error::StsBadArg, "Images must have CV_8UC3 type.");
 		}
 	}
 	_dst.create(images[0].size(), CV_32FC3);
 	Mat result = _dst.getMat();
+	std::vector<float> exp_times(_exp_times.size());
+	for(size_t i = 0; i < exp_times.size(); i++) {
+		exp_times[i] = log(_exp_times[i]);
+	}
+
 	float weights[256], responce[256];
 	triangleWeights(weights);
 	generateResponce(responce);
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ void makeHDR(InputArrayOfArrays _images, std::vector<float> exp_times, OutputArr
 				       weights[img_ptr[2]]) / 3;
 			weight_sum += w;
 			for(int channel = 0; channel < 3; channel++) {
-				sum[channel] += w * (responce[img_ptr[channel]] - log(exp_times[im]));
+				sum[channel] += w * (responce[img_ptr[channel]] - exp_times[im]);
 			}
 		}
 		for(int channel = 0; channel < 3; channel++) {
diff --git a/modules/photo/test/test_hdr.cpp b/modules/photo/test/test_hdr.cpp
index 6b93aab2c8..8e895000c8 100644
--- a/modules/photo/test/test_hdr.cpp
+++ b/modules/photo/test/test_hdr.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,41 @@ TEST(Photo_MakeHdr, regression)
 	
 	Mat result;
 	makeHDR(images, times, result);
-	double min = 0.0, max = 1.0;
-	minMaxLoc(abs(result - expected), &min, &max);
+	double max = 1.0;
+	minMaxLoc(abs(result - expected), NULL, &max);
 	ASSERT_TRUE(max < 0.01);
+}
+
+TEST(Photo_Tonemap, regression)
+{
+	string folder = string(cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path()) + "hdr/";
+	
+	vector<string>file_names(TONEMAP_COUNT);
+	file_names[TONEMAP_DRAGO] = folder + "grand_canal_drago_2.2.png";
+	file_names[TONEMAP_REINHARD] = folder + "grand_canal_reinhard_2.2.png";
+	file_names[TONEMAP_DURAND] = folder + "grand_canal_durand_2.2.png"; 
+	file_names[TONEMAP_LINEAR] = folder + "grand_canal_linear_map_2.2.png";
+
+	vector<Mat>images(TONEMAP_COUNT);
+	for(int i = 0; i < TONEMAP_COUNT; i++) {
+		images[i] = imread(file_names[i]);
+		ASSERT_FALSE(images[i].empty()) << "Could not load input image " << file_names[i];
+	}
+	
+	string hdr_file_name = folder + "grand_canal_rle.hdr";
+	Mat img = imread(hdr_file_name, -1);
+	ASSERT_FALSE(img.empty()) << "Could not load input image " << hdr_file_name;
+	
+	vector<float> param(1);
+	param[0] = 2.2f;
+
+	for(int i = TONEMAP_DURAND; i < TONEMAP_COUNT; i++) {
+		
+		Mat result;
+		tonemap(img, result, static_cast<tonemap_algorithms>(i), param);
+		result.convertTo(result, CV_8UC3, 255);
+		double max = 1.0;
+		minMaxLoc(abs(result - images[i]), NULL, &max);
+		ASSERT_FALSE(max > 0);
+	}
 }
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