Hi, Geoff, As you where the one and only responder I thank you for that.
I am only an amateur so I don't think I am really qualified to give an opinion but!!!
I hope there are going to be two photos below taken with a Canon 1Ds Mk II, 17-40mm Lens and of course a tripod was used.
I put the images through Lightroom 4 and just did a white balance correction to what was a total 7 images, then exported to the desktop as Jpegs I then ran the Jpegs through the two programs I like for natural looking photographs I did also correct lens perspective when doing the white balance correction. SNS-HDR and Machinery HDR are the two choices with the SNS-HDR photograph first up.
I feel that the Machinery HDR software drops away as there is a need for some contrast IMO in the photo, but I must point out they do advise this in there instructions for use.
Thanks Again
Russ