Patent ID: 7791656

Claim:
An image sensing apparatus comprising: an image sensing device for sensing light representing a subject image; a first component extractor for extracting a first component having a predetermined frequency out of a photographic image obtained by the image sensing device; a second component extractor for extracting a second component having a frequency higher than the frequency of the first component out of the photographic image; a compressor for compressing a dynamic range of the first component extracted by the first component extractor with a predetermined compression ratio; an image generator for generating an image based on a compressed first component obtained by compressing the dynamic range of the first component by the compressor, and the second component extracted by the second component extractor; and a level value setter for setting a level value of the first component to a predetermined value, wherein the level value setter sets a value of the first component equal to or larger than a main subject luminance representing a luminance of a main subject image, as the level value of the first component, and the compressor compresses the dynamic range of the first component in an area where a value of the first component is equal to or larger than the level value of the first component set by the level value setter.