Exposure fusion with Enfuse...

kelly1

Interesting article here about an alternative to HDR for merging exposures. Seems to give a far more natural looking result.

http://www.digital-photography-school.com/exposure-fusion-what-is-it-how-does-it-compare-to-hdr-how-do-i-do-it

Lightroom plugin download: http://www.photographers-toolbox.com/products/lrenfuse.php

Full version is available for a donation.

CabanSail

You have to read the comments too. The OP makes some silly statements along with some good information. To say this is not HDR is pure tosh and to go on to say it's an LDR image does make you question the credibility all together.

The discussion is a good read. I like the guy that points out that he's been doing this for years via layers and masks in Photoshop.

Tl:dr Enfuse is another HDR method which gives results which look more normal thansome other methods.

chisel

I've been using enfuse for quite a while and like it very much. I find it aligns better than photomatix and gives a very natural look - although iirc you can make it give the hdr look. Well worth the few euro donation.