Hope or doom... it's like a glass half full or half empty Day 293

Testing HDR Efex Pro by Nik. I'm curious how good is it in converting one RAW file to a natural looking HDR or as I like to put it as my eyes saw it (well would if my eyesight was that sharp LOL).

For now my impressions on HDR Efex Pro:
- very capable and truly all in one software, curves and levels are integrated therefore you do not need to run back to PS for extra work.
- it has an option of creating a HDR from one file but after test running it I realized that making 3 (or more) files from one RAW file created far superior image than taking just one file. Well, that's not really surprising, huh?
- I noticed that if there is a slight chance that the image needs noise reduction, especially colour noise reduction, the said reduction NEEDS to be done before running HDR Efex because later it cannot be removed by any noise reduction program, not even Define from Nik.

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