[Blurker]

I'm sure that this might have been touched on in the DSLR thread, but I've been interested in this new fangled HDR thing. (New to me, at least)

I've googled and gotten a couple of tutorial type things and attempted a couple of images which didn't turn out much differently than the original.

I'm using Photoshop CS2 and the merge to HDR function and then tweaking after the downconvert from 32bit to 16bit. I don't have Photomatix, although a lot of the tutorials tie that in for tone mapping purposes.

I guess my question beyond the technical aspects of building the HDR image, what TYPE of image do those of you who shoot for HDR look for.

Most of the stuff I've seen online involve clouds. I've got to believe that you can do a pretty good HDR without clouds. Should I be shooting a wide range of color? Tone? What?

And yes, I know you should bracket shots, at least 3. I've got that part down, it's just subject matter that I'm having trouble with. (And time to shoot good HDR shots.)

When I get more time, I'll try to post the couple of first attempts for any advice.