Both photos were originally .jpg files from 2004, I believe that was the year.  

At the time I had little knowledge of enhancing the detail or detail of edges of photos.  Now, I see images which are not HDR but have that extreme look I associate with overdone.  Why? Edges are enhanced too much for me and the quality of the image is changed from a photo to something else, more painted and outlined for effect. Sure, some photos I see with that sort of post work handled with discretion are truly wonderful and very pleasing to these eyes. Others..well, lets say a nicely corrected photo would be more pleasing to me.

Both photos are saturated in color more than I normally do but at the approximate same amounts. The difference is detail enhancement.  **This first one uses high pass filter blended with overlay and opacity dropped to about 30%.
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The second image is enhanced with a software made to do that as gently or as garishly as one desires.   The detail enhancement was nearer the low end of the slider in the software.

Please let me know which you prefer and why.  Ok?

These are not "finished" products. I took the images from storage and did what is mentioned above, that is pretty much it.    Thanks for any comments.        Tom.

Photos taken in upper mid Ohio, USA, shot as .jpg.