Beautiful desert shot!
Here is one from the other thread. This version is processed from the RAW file in Photomatix:
This one is processed from the same RAW image and +/-2ev versions were made in Lightroom before processing:
Very noisy, but a cool effect for the old bridge.
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The lobby shot redone a lot less extreme:
And the original source image:
This seems to be a case when the non-HDR image looks better than the HDR version. Perhaps things would be different if I had my tripod, but perhaps not.