Well truthfully, it is my second
but when i first tried it i had no idea what i was doing.
i have a small idea now haha

When i first saw and read about HDR, i decided i would have to try it for myself.

here it is:

i didn't take the photo, so i couldn't set different exposures and everything, so i just made 5 different versions and changed them with curves,
then "merged to HDR" and did all the magic

what do you think?
NOTE* if you want to see some other ones,
go here: Flickr: The HDR Pool

 

updated!
now i can do it!

 

i'm excited about this, so i also did a picture of mr-cappy's car.

before:


after:

 

they look good. what prog are you using?
care to share your processing with the hdr program before you switch to cs2 and do final adjustments?

 

i think this should help:
HDR photo software & plugin - Tone Mapping, Exposure Blending & HDR Imaging for photography

its called Photomatix
it makes hdr really easy

 

Pics look awesome! Tried my 1st HDR last week but it didn't turn out that well. Gonna give it another go when I have time.

 

if you used photoshop to actually make the hdr, then thats why!
its so hard in cs3!
but with photomatix, its unbelievably easy!

when you try it again, post it in here!
i would really like to see it

 

turn down the saturation and vibrance in photoshop... you took a good photo and made it look cartoonish and awkward IMO.. but i'm kinda anal about photography stuff.