Not bad at all!! And a "perfect" place to try it at too!! Well done!
You can't post something that good and not explain how you did it. I'm familiar with the HDR process, just wanting to know how YOU did it.
Nice shot! Have you tried correcting the wide angle disortion?
I did it in Photoshop - I had taken two identical shots with the camera on the tripod - one being fairly underexposed. I merged them together using the HDR in CS2. It kind of came out with that sort of cartoony look HDR sometimes has (IMHO) so I played with the levels to make it look more natural. Not sure if I undid some of the effect there but I liked the end result. Thanks.
Excellent HDR work. Were these yours?
I have this on my Ulead package but have never bothered with it so I have just given it ago.
Original photo
after using the HDR
I did have to sharpen it but it's not too bad. Will have a play later with my night time shots.
Nice. How exactly did you do this?