Tone Map: Photomatix Pro

Notes on Tone Mapping

When I opened the image, I noticed that there was a good deal of tonality, but there was a lot of noise present in the tone map. I adjusted the Strength and then increased the White Point, so that the image was a little brighter. I wanted it to be a little more realistic, so I moved the Smoothing slider over to the right side, and then to add a little more contrast, I increased the Microcontrast. Then, I adjusted the Gamma to compensate for the darkness that the Microcontrast adjustment made. A slight adjustment to Micro-smoothing brightened the image up enough to use.