Nice shots dude. Definitely start practicing with stitching instead of using HDR. Don't get caught up with using that, it's a hard habit to break. I'd also practice taking yourself out of the pics, that one side shot shouldn't be too hard to do, you've got pretty similar lines on both sides of you. Keep it up man, you're doing great.

As usual, the RSX looks great. Some 10mm spacers would do wonders.