Jason, not sure when & how I happened across your site, but I've visited a couple of times and was just looking at this album. My wife Lisa and I did the same cruise (on Star Princess) in May/June 2009 to the same ports, and Venice was definitely a highlight - along w/ Dubrovnik. This is an awesome shot, I've only started to do some experimenting w/ HDR recently. How many exposures is this (Canon is typically 3 by default) and what s/w did you use? I personally use Photomatrix Pro (v4.0) and have been playing w/ PS CS5 but I don't find the results as good.