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Nice set indeed 
- on a few the processing is a bit aggressive for my liking. A great project though
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Agreed. @Klick is there any chance you could make available the original and DOP for the first one and we can try to demonstrate how to get rid of the âHDR with halosâ look? Unless that is intentional, of course.
Thank you for your feedback!
Yes, I admit, I sometimes work hard on the edge, so to speak. 
But itâs always fun and the editing can be changed at any time.
@Joanna : Of course, Joanna. Iâll look for the files. You are welcome to experiment with them.
So, here come the files:
_DSX0598.NEF (25,9 MB)
_DSX0598.NEF.dop (11,1 KB)
I took the pictures with my very old D3X - so that it wouldnât get rusty. (Electronics can also age. âŠ)
Thank you @Joanna , an interesting variation. You show the motif in a rather âfactualâ, âdocumentaryâ way.
Of course, my version is exaggerated, but when I saw the âglowâ I liked it quite a bit and I wanted to emphasize the foreground on the ground.
Your processing also shows a certain desolation well, which fits well.
I almost never like over-processed images, but in your series, I really like it, it somehow fits the surreal location, like your running around on some overdose in that clinic.
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I think, the initial halos were caused by the opposite sliders
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converted in Nik SEP 7
also with focus on the foreground but overall less dark than your version
Gee, someone else here shooting with a D3, but I think the âxâ had 24 megapixels or so.
Curious - looking at the âHDR with halosâ, to me it looks like you deliberately made things âglowâ. Part of me thinks that is damaging the effect of the image, but another part of me thinks it is very effective in making your images, well, glow. Lots of images have some very effective editing - like youâre trying to make a âdeadâ image into something that is âaliveâ.
There are three versions of the D3, the D3 that came first, a D3x, and a D3s. I was just watching a YouTube video about them a few days ago. My D3 was one of the very first batch of D3 cameras that was going to arrive at B&H camera in NYC. I ordered it sight unseen, just as I had with the D2h/D2x fiasco. I love this camera much more than I probably ought to; Iâve probably used it more than any other camera Iâve ever owned.
I was going to leave some comments about the other photos â one that stood out was the painting hanging on an angle on a wall. I liked all the other images more than that one. I had the feeling you were shooting through cob-webs to capture the images. Very nice!!!
Original image:
For a properly exposed, technically correct image, I think Joanna and Wolfgang improved the originalâŠ
âŠbut the original version almost looks three dimensional. I like it the most, far more interesting for me to look at. By comparison, the other two versions are âboringâ. To me.
There is no right or wrong. Thatâs how different tastes are.
Thank you, Wolfgang. Yes, it is very possible that the halos were caused by the selective sliders. Even though they werenât intentional, I like them.
And that is what is important 
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So, I couldnât resist. If you want âartisticâ, try messing around with the Tone CurveâŠ
⊠to giveâŠ
Negative shadows? 
Ah yes, I remember seeing this idea in a DxO video by Dan Hughes. Something I hadnât remembered. Thanks for the food for thought! Even if it is a little âheavyâ , it is an interesting approach.