The image above is a full, five-frame HDR image, processed via PhotomatixPro. My goal was to capture subtle detail from inside the room. It is important to only grab as much tonal depth as you need when creating an HDR. The non HDR version of the above photograph was not able to show any detail inside the room. But a full, 4stop blast around the meter setting will provide too much data on the light end making the texture on the foreground wall look very unnatural. I prefer that the photo not look like an HDR, but more like a natural expression of the subtleties of a scene. It is very easy to over do it with an HDR (take it from me), I have discovered that a light touch yields much better results.
So, set your bracket carefully, don’t get more detail than you need.
