"Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous."- T. McKenna
I still have photomatix running although I very rarely use it after probably over using it too much when I first got it.
The shot was at something like 1200 iso so there was a fair bit of noise but I needed a quick shutter speed as I had to hand hold the camera (no tripods allowed). I only took 1 shot/exposure (RAW) and just ran that straight through photomatix.
The settings - can't remember the photomatix settings but don't think I used anything too extreme. I think I played around with the highlights and shadows softening to get a nice glow from the lighting.
Sorry I can't give you the exact settings but I think you'd figure it out if you played around with it.
Oh yeah - after photomatix, I ran it through PS - just a noise reduction and maybe a touch of levels but nothing too drastic. I tried sharpening but it looked to craggy so didn't bother with it.