I have Photomatix but so far I haven't been able to get an image to look at all like any of the HDR images you guys post. Part of my problem is the images I've been trying probably haven't been suited to it, I've only played with it up till now, but part of it is I don't know how to do the tone mapping part, I've experimented with the sliders this way and that, but to no avail the image usually just comes out looking a horrible mess.
I've promised myself a good research/tutorial session for the future but need to squeeze it into my already busy schedule
any help and ideas you could post here would be more than gratefully received as you are clearly a HDR Master
Of course, I wouldn't expect you to post all your HDR secrets, maybe a few pointers?