Beach Burn

It was one afternoon, the sun was about to set behind the Emirates Palace. I thought the beach side shore was burning; it was lit up. Took a bracketed shot. Available sunlight was too much at that time that the light was way beyond the camera's dynamic range almost damaging the sensor, and most of the shots i took had overly dark foreground. So I tried the exposure bracket real quick with the 3fps drive mode. this is my first try on high dynamic range and a little bit of tonemapping. Still the sun was too bright. Not that good at all, but well, there has to be a first on anything. Hope its ok. I'd love all your constructive comments, tutorials and suggestions. A noob like me needs a lot of teaching. Ciao.

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Equip: EOS 400D and Sigma 18-200mm DC OS
Post Process: HDRShop v1 Free version with tonemapper plugin, Adobe Photoshop CS3

[Camera Settings]
Shutter Speed: 1/500
Exposure Time: 1/500 Sec
Aperture F-number: f/8
ISO Speed: iso 200
Date: 2/7/2008
Time: 5:55pm - around the [Golden Hour of Photography ]