Well, it wouldn't hurt the well exposed part of the image since (ideally) it wouldn't even touch it, Visar. It would just mix up the good regions of exposure into a single image. There are many techniques for that but the general method is to combine many well exposed parts of doffernt images into a single one.
BTW, the other way appears much better and simpler to me. Just get a Mamiya and forget about (most) complicated surgeries. The palette of available films in the medium format region is smaller but it is much much much finer. It is much like replacing the uncivilized capitalistic plentitude by the fineness of silent artistic quality...
What can I tell you, bro? I tried only 4 different films for medium format up to now and I already saw why they had to push such a complicated nonsense for making just a good image. They had to, I guess. They had to give us all those "indirect" ways for approximating what a Mamiya can give you right out of the box - provided we are willing to also think a little bit.
But I think that I am only trying to describe to you what you already know.
what i mean Nick, is to have details from the dark part of your composition, however might they be- only not to have it this dark. now, regarding HDR, i only know the concept of it but i have never tried it. do you think it might harm the well exposed part of the image?!
the Yellow Sea or the Dark abyss!! though, i must say, that dark part of the image, which i cannot refer as anything else but dark- and it could be good only to be called so, does a great deal in only balancing the composition and at the same time it extinguishes the sparkling of golden glow of the leaves.
perhaps a double exposure, for that part might have helped a bit Nick!?
I like the diagonal composition of this one, Nick, and the contrast between shadow and light, even though a few highlights in the leaves are blown out. Dave.
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