I love hdr if you couldn't tell. For one thing it really helps with mixed lighting sources like in this environment. I mean in some of the shots I have 3 different types of artificial lighting plus daylight. Good luck balancing that with a conventional shot. I like the halo effect sometimes, but hate that I can't control it well if I want to. I'll probably look at getting Lucis Pro in the near future to see if that helps - kind of spendy though.