I'll have a try with HDR on some shots like that, I did some water weir shots local to me, but I did have a variable ND filter which enabled me to play with the settings to see what aperture and speed settings did what as I'm still trying to get my head around the combinations of ISO, aperture and shutter speeds working with each other or against each other and did get some fair shots
Some places you can visit near me allow cameras but no flash, so this is where the DSLR will come out over my step up from my Fuji S1730 to my first SLR. Its just a pity I didn't have an SLR the last couple of times we went to Egypt as I had to use flash in a lot of places we had access to as they were pretty dark or overcast, not part of a tour but we just went where we wanted for as long as we wanted, no rush and had access to places where tours just wouldn't be allowed as there was only two of us so had more freedom to 'wander' unhindered and after bartering with the 'guard'