1st try at an HDR

Hello Everyone!

This was my 1st attempt at creating an HDR. I am posting the original pics as well as the HDR. Let me know how it looks and/or what still needs to be done.

Under exposed:

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Just started playing with HDR myself, so I hope you don't mind. I took your first three images and processed them, to see what I could do with it. I like my version a bit better. Yours seemed a little flat.

Here's my Photomatix settings, so you can play & compare:
Strength: 70, Saturation: 36, Smoothing: High, Luminosity: +2, WP: 0, BP: .001, Gamma: 1.07, Microcontrast: +1. The rest defaults. Then color, levels in CS3, and a bit of sharpening.

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Thank you for the tips, I appreciate your info! In my version, I didn't use any photoshop, just photomatix. Next time I will play a little more with photoshop as well.

Nick