This is an attempt at an HDR shot, composed of 5 exposures of a single RAW file.
RAW file was exposed using Canon's software into JPEGs. Photomatix was used to combine the images and tone-map.
Then some dodging and burning in photoshop, adjustment to saturation, resize, unsharp mask, add border and save for web.
One thing I didn't know about combining images into HDR is how it amplifies the noise levels. I shot this at ISO 1250, which is relatively clean on a 40D, but the resulting HDR image was noisier than I would have liked. If I had a tripod handy I would have used it.
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I like the grandeur and the warmth you created with this shot. And yes, HDR creates its own noise in addition to amplifying anything you may have had already.
Cool perspective and good job getting the exposure right. I'm getting a bit of a color cast on my monitor; it seems yellow, probably due to the lights.
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