It's an interesting shot. What it's "missing" is the subtle gradations. +2, 0, -2 is HUGE steps. Try this; do a new HDR on it using +2, +1.5, +1, +0.5, 0, -0.5, -1, -1.5, -2 and tone map THAT.
Also experiment with laying the +2 TIFF on top of the tone mapped version, and setting the layer mode to "lighten", then watch what happens as you fade the layer opacity. Ditto the -2 exposure, set to "darken" mode, and so forth.
You can accomplish a LOT of interesting detail work by merging straight TIFF files with Tone mapped files in various layer modes. You can learn a lot about HDRI but looking at the differences between HDRI images generated from the same extremes but with more (or fewer) interim steps.
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