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Pro-tip: Dont use automatic tonal adjustments in photoshop. Do it manually.
Another tip, your first image suffers from the HDR "Halo" effect (for lack of better terms). Notice how there is a sharp gradient from light to dark to the right of the trees? Yea, avoid this.
My last tip: Learn what light levels are. HDR means high-dynamic-range lighting. Normal cameras capture somewhere in the area os about 5 light stops normally. The goal of HDR is to capture usually somewhere in the area of 12-18 light stops, and then tonal map them back down to 5-8 for a "cool effect." It really only works if you are in a situation in which there is a very VERY large degree of distance from the very brightest to the very darkest portion of the image.
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