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What about this?

Pure tonemappingF>

This is so cute! I'd take the bone, no problem he is sweetie :-) One of your best Ray!best regardsFilip

You have no idea how much work is hidden behind ;-) Adobe is a leader in development and research as well. They buy every young creative brain which they find on conferences. To tune up a single...

It is similar to oil painter, still using my own tool :-) Thank you for your feedback, really appreciated. But I think your way is better....have a nice dayFilip

My totally artificial try :-)F>

Ah I see, the orignal seems artificial as well :-) so this explains many things :-)thank youFilip

Hi Ray, I'm big fan of you, but in this time the horse skin seems to artificial for me. Do you have an original image somewhere for play?best regardsFilip

I dont feel lucky by F>

Just hanging around ...F>

Too noisy, sorry.F>

Select your favorite :-)F>

Thank you Sue. It was not a big deal. I deblurred the image with several parameters -> I got about 4 different images and I fused them together manually.Filip

Thank you :-) appreciated. Btw the name is Filip ... it is Czech equivalent to PhilipF>

This is bad. There is not correct single focus plane, you took nice picture, but you were too close ...My tryF>

Everyone here beat you ;-) Moreover one put you to ignore list. Cool result.F>

Sure, you are the master. Just kidding, sorry ;-)I like the original spirit of the photo, your version is overcooked and blurred.

Some more edits :-)F>

Automatic approach :-) For some better smudge ask Ray, he is a Pro.F>