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KidneyPi,

For the 2nd photo, I'd suggest a crop… only when I looked for him did I see that wolf.
 
You are wrong. First off, the poster of the glowing tree states he used THREE Jpegs using AEB. Jpegs work fine, I do lots of single jpeg hdrs, as well as single file RAWs. I prefer JPEG just because macs dont really have great support for my cameras RAW files...and they tend to look close, although the RAW still beats the JPEG by a bit. The glowing effect is not because its a jpeg, its because of the light. Some times they will get the glow, and some times youll get mega noise, its justa side effect of HDR.
 
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Canon EOS Digital Rebel
ISO 100
18 - 55 EFS lens at 18 mm
f/14

6 RAW images ranging from 1/4 to 1/40
Merged in Photomatix Pro, tonemapped. Published as JPEG in CS2
 
My first attempt...
Not sure if I like it, it's the same house that is in my 'how do I avoid photos like this' thread. For some reason the chimneys didn't align right and I couldn't figure out how to manually align the 2 photos in the photomatix demo (they were 2 handheld RAWs)
Handheld is not a good idea, since the two or three images must be perfectly aligned. That's why you should use a solid tripod. However, you may be able to PP one of the original RAW images with PSE6 as follows: pre-open and expose the image to your liking (this will be the properly exposed image). Notice the exposure level, and then save the image on the desktop or a folder. Then pre-open the same original image, under-expose it by 1 stop or so using the number for the previous image as base, and then save this second image in the same location as the previous. Finally, pre-open the same original image, an over-expose it by 1 stop or so, using the number from the first exposed image as base, and save it. Now you should have three identical but differently exposed images to play with, and everything should align perfectly.

Please note that I mentioned the words "pre-open" a few times. All it means is that you don't want to expose the photo, and then open it on the Desktop. PSE6 allows you to save it as an original RAW image without having to click on the "OPEN" button at the right bottom corner of the window. That SAVE option is located at the left bottom of the same window, so you can save it without having to fully open it.
 
I quite like that last one (the room interior). Nice work!
The top one could benefit from more light smoothing (assuming you're using Photomatix) to eliminate the slight halo around the cliff edges.
 
I figured I'd give another run at HDR. It is obviously a backyard.
 

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Canon Eos 10D, Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 fisheye.

this is one that I really like, it's so natural in colour.
and the round structure works in nice harmony with the fisheye.
 
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