Griffith Observatory - HDR

I started doing HDR images about a year ago and it definitely takes patience and skill to get the look I have in mind. I don't always like the crazy surreal look but other times I do. I bracket to get 3 images of different exposures and use a program called PhotoMatix to merge them into an HDR image. Photoshop also can do this but I find PhotoMatix works better for me. I then bring them into Photoshop for a few more minor adjustments to get it just right.