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I like number 4 and 5 a lot. Number 3 has a very annoying Halo. Number 2 lacks contrast everywhere, and I can't imagine that HDR was appropriate (in my eyes) for this photos. The first one completely defeats the point though and no offence (because this is my opinion only) it looks rather horrid due to the HDR effect, while the highlights are still extremely blown.
Like you I tend to favour realism over cartoonish drug-addict colours and contrast. Have you considered doing manual exposure blending for some photos like the first one to bring out the details? Basically start with your multiple exposures and import them as layers on top of each other in Photoshop or GIMP or any other layer supporting photo editor, and rather than use brightness and contrast adjustments, mask layers in an out as appropriate.
Or in the case of the first one use a wide range of photos, and then set the radius of effect really large, and then play with the gamma.