Looking to buy a nice HDR program. Anybody have any recommendations? Trying to stay under $100 (I can't see spending a fortune on HDR)

I'm sure there's some suggestions in this thread: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=153597

Sounds like, from that link, they all like Photomatix, its free...

one day, for the hell of it, i'm gonna pull an lgreen on that thread:

Photomatix has a free trial, but there are watermarks on the photos

regardless, photomatix pro still meets his sub $100 criteria

Thanks guys - tried it out today. Took some shots of the snowstorm at college and messed with one - also did one of a recent trip to Chichen Itza. I don't consider either of these great or novel shots, just wanted to see what it did with the shadows and highlights.