Can it be post # 300 already? WOW! Thanks for your support and input over the last year.

This image was my first post on SC, but I've never been satisfied with it - the rich barn board just didn't have the "pop" it should have. But it was on track for my portfolio anyway - it was just waiting for... what?... Tonemapping!  Now I know what it needed - that rich microcontrast enhancement which tonemapping can provide. After tonemapping the original RAW file, I found that there was too much "pop" - so much so that it competed with the window. So I layed and blended the two versions together until I achieved what I've been struggling to achieve. Here's the original:

               http://nyiri.shutterchance.com/photoblog/Autumn_Reflections_in_a_Broken_Window_/

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