I found this picture linked from APOD. The 2008 eclipse pictures on Miloslav Druckmüller’s site are by far the best use of HDR type photography I have seen. Most of the time people overdo the processing. This is perfect.

Praesepae, Mercury, Moon, Comet and Corona up to 20 solar radii (© 2008 Miloslav Druckmüller, Peter Aniol, Vojtech Rušin)

Praesepae, Mercury, Moon, Comet and Corona up to 20 solar radii
(© 2008 Miloslav Druckmüller, Peter Aniol, Vojtech Rušin)