Quote Originally Posted by kevin99989 View Post
I agree with Marco - and i like the original image also (before processing).

What were your processing parameters - ie - how much fill light did you use? Did you bring up the contrast and saturation?
my suggestion would be to bring up the fill light parameters - there might be too much contrast in there now. But I see what you're trying to do....
I was just following a simple single-image HDR technique I found on YouTube.

I adjusted the color curves a little and made a duplicate layer with a mask. I made that layer B/W and inverted the colors and added a softglow. I then moved the opticy (spl) to about 75% and set to soft light. I then merged the layers and adjusted the color levels to my liking.

Does this make sense?