I can highly recommend this piece of software!
Here is my version of the shot Guy showed above. Note I waited about three more minutes after Guy was done to get the last kiss of light on the bushes in mine (hehehehehe) -- BUT the light was falling fast and in the time it took me to get all 4 captures, the light on the bushes had gone in full shadow. However, since I grabbed the close focus frame first, it is the one blended in and thus the lightest of all 4
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Anyway, I'd normally recommend 6 or more frames for a landscape, but I had a time constraint so this is only 4 frames merged with Helicon using the default method B, 8/4 settings, then processed without any other work in Helicon -- and it is superb! Then I sent the file to CS4 where I quickly tweaked the final and did some minor dodge and burn for posting here. There was so much detail in this 1200 pixel jpeg, I had to dial compression down to 8 in CS4 to get the image under a 500k file size! (Usually in one of my 1200 pixel jpegs, a 10 will be around 500k, but the added detail from the blend keeps the size larger.)
This image is sharp from my feet to the rock in the background. Here are some crops to show it better -- note that this reasonably priced piece of software (full version only $250) will probably eliminate my needs for a tilt lens or technical camera, saving me thousands of dollars in gear, and a lot less to carry in my bag!:
Cheers,