Beginner Hoverfly this morning.

[Orangecroc]

I've had a go at processing each of these slightly differently to one another.

These first two, I did by eye, basically until I thought they looked good to me.
Hoverfly (1) 030917 by Ben Gray, on Flickr
Hoverfly (3) 030917 by Ben Gray, on Flickr

This one was done using the histogram as a rigid guide. (also a small bump to pastel tones and saturation)
Hoverfly (4) Hist 030917 by Ben Gray, on Flickr

And this final one was done using the histogram and Tonal mapping.
Hoverfly (2) TM 030917 by Ben Gray, on Flickr

 

[alfbranch]

Well Ben the 3rd and 4th are much better so I suggest to keep an eye on that histogram with the 3rd being the best.

 

[Orangecroc]

Well Ben the 3rd and 4th are much better so I suggest to keep an eye on that histogram with the 3rd being the best.

I have to agree, I think the tone mapping is a bit much, might go back to it and reduce the tone mapping strength and see if I can get something closer to the third.