Thank you Steve - it's been awhile since I captured the original image and I ran it through a new filter package in CS6 - not quite as advanced/sophisticated as the tone mapping you are using however. Thanks for the nice compliment!
Thank you all. I have little to work on in Singapore. The other place, which I'll go, is the Nature Reserve - a 500 meter high hill of prime forest and walking treks. In this pic, the light was a bit feeble, not a bad thing, I imagine - feeble light still can make a feeble-light pic. I tried to keep the original RAW file as close to what I want as possible, to minimize deterioration. The white tree was quite white originally. Yes.
Thank you. I shot this at ISO1250. The light was dim, but I guess I could have done it at ISO 800 or ISO 1000. May be I don't mind the graininess too much in this shot. Could be wrong.
