A sample of what HDR and a good filter in LR2 can do…

Here’s an example of what applying HDR to an Image can do alongside a good filter in Lightroom 2.

The image on the left is the original photo taken with Canon 450D in Raw. Then in Lightroom I made 2 clones and changed the exposures in both clones (one lower and one higher), then Imported the image into Photomatix and accepted the default tone mapped image. Back into Lightroom I experimented with different developer filters until I found the one that looked most suitable.. The final image on the right is the end result, and I have to say, this is my favourite image that I took in 2009.