Dear 3reefers,
I just wanted to share with you the outcome of my "photographic experiments" with leather coral. I'm truly amazed! I bought my lens for 133 EURO (which is very cheap, the lens is Tamron 70-300 EX f/4.0-5.6 with macro function) and the level of detail of HDR photos is amazing

! (you will find more about HDR
here ). Please check
my HDR-blog entry if you want to see some of the sample images! Very many entry camera models are capable of shooting HDR-ready (auto-bracketed) photos! I'm going to take some more shots tonight! If you got any questions about my setup + processing! I'm more than happy to help!
Cheerio!