Might as well finish these off -
These were shot at the same time & place as:
https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php?t=1049785
1. 3 RAWs to Photoshop
2. 3 RAWs to Photomatix
Spike44 Goldmember 2,155 posts Likes: 3 Joined Dec 2007 More info | Jun 05, 2011 19:25 | #1 Might as well finish these off - 2. 3 RAWs to Photomatix
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J-Blake Great Googley Moogley!  More info | Jun 05, 2011 22:24 | #2 Sorry Spike, your linked original post slipped by me. I like them all. Very naturally done. A slight bit oversaturated for me, but at least a few others on here which won't mind that at all. Jon
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navydoc Cream of the Crop  More info | Nicely done Spike. As Jon said, these are very natural. Too bad you didn't have a bit more dramatic lighting and or clouds at the time you took these. Gene - My Photo Gallery ||
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kirkt Cream of the Crop More info | Jun 06, 2011 09:55 | #4 Spike - the first shot has some really nice detail, especially in the tractor. On my display, the contrast looks flat and the elements in the tractor, especially, could use a little spiffing up to show them off. Especially the innards of the motor and the treads on the tires. Also, the tonemapping has left the overall contrast flat, a consequence of trying to compress and emphasize the local contrast.  This was created using Image J - a once-mac-only image processing application (NIH Image), now comes in all flavors: http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/index.html  and here is the edited image, with some local adjustments (mostly of the dodge and burn type) to the tractor.  and the original, for comparison: I get the feel that the image was taken in the morningish time, and that it was getting hot out - I let the sky and highlights get sort of a hazy-ish diffuse glow to them to try to get that feel. Neat image, thanks for sharing - hope you don't mind my tinkering. Kirk Kirk
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Jun 06, 2011 22:47 | #5 J-Blake wrote in post #12542741 Sorry Spike, your linked original post slipped by me. I like them all. Very naturally done. A slight bit oversaturated for me, but at least a few others on here which won't mind that at all. Hi Jon - no worries. Yes, a couple of these were heavily PP'd after the tone mapping which tended to bring out a strong colour. Interestingly, I rarely boost saturation but do use Topaz and similar plugins for detail treatment. Thanks Jon. navydoc wrote in post #12543395 Nicely done Spike. As Jon said, these are very natural. Too bad you didn't have a bit more dramatic lighting and or clouds at the time you took these. Gene - don't get me started on the skies and lighting....I have been waiting for a year to get some of the clouds/skies you get on your shots. Finally we had a good day but by the time I drove out to the country there were only a few clouds left. As for lighting, you are right - I should have waited later in the day (see image below). Thanks for comment. kirkt wrote in post #12545038 Spike - the first shot has some really nice detail, especially in the tractor. On my display, the contrast looks flat and the elements in the tractor, especially, could use a little spiffing up to show them off. Especially the innards of the motor and the treads on the tires. Also, the tonemapping has left the overall contrast flat, a consequence of trying to compress and emphasize the local contrast. I took your image and ran it through some homebrewed process i am experimenting with to recapture a global contrast layer. I am essentially converting the image to grayscale and then running it through a bandpass filter to emphasize larger areas of dark and light. This image can then be blended back into the original image to reestablish some of the global areas of contrast that get flat in the tonemapping process. I get the feel that the image was taken in the morningish time, and that it was getting hot out - I let the sky and highlights get sort of a hazy-ish diffuse glow to them to try to get that feel. Neat image, thanks for sharing - hope you don't mind my tinkering. Kirk Kirk - you got me! After I posted these two and saw them together I realized the 1st was a tad flat esp in the trees upper right. I have no excuse and your reason for the haze is so close - check what I had to work with below (0 EV "good exposure" at the left). Note the flare and therefore sun position 
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Normally, I always run everything through a local contrast bump at about 30% in my workflow so not sure how this happened. Regardless, your homebrewed process looks intriguing based on the result - your edit is much better. BTW - feel free to tinker anytime.