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I have always loved the Nik plug-ins – they run very smoothly even on older computers. This is true of all their plug-ins – give them a try.
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As far as the HDR Efex Pro 2 goes, as Scott Kelby says, try it as it has a little different look from other HDR software and you might really like it.
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Hope you will download this Google (Nik) collection of plug-ins – you will not be disappointed. Here is another example using the previous version, Nik HDR Efex Pro – I really liked how this image turned out – it the used Grannys Attic preset, but it had some different parameters in the first edition, which was also very nice.
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The London of Parliament image taken several years ago used both the free Nik HDR Pro Efex 2 and free Nik Silver Efex Pro 2 (see my Make an Ordinary Image Interesting Tidbits Blog for info on how to do this.) Just another good example of how this looks. Here is an image that used the Nik HDR Efex Pro 2 plug-in that was done a while back. Also the slight blue chromatic aberration edging in the small sky in the upper left was removed by using the technique in my A New Look at Chromatic Aberration blog – worked beautifully. (See my Smoothing Out Those Waterfalls blog on how to do this.) In this case, two Motion Blur layers were created since the water flows in a couple different directions. To finish up the image, the waterfall was blurred so it looks a little more like a long exposure. He says it is the magic that really pulls the realistic HDR effect together and does not look over-the-top. Apply the HDR effect and then take the resulting effect into Nik Color Efex Pro 4 (another wonderful plug-in and is included in the download bundle) and select the Glamour Glow filter set to the default preset.
Here is a tip from one of my favorite Photoshop people, Scott Kelby, which he offered in his videos on this plug-in. (If you duplicate the Smart Object and rasterize the layer, turn the eye off the bottom Smart Object layer, and now change the mode, select Don’t Merge Layers, the Smart Object info can be retained in the layer that is turned off – sort of a hassle, but it can be done.) This causes the file to be merged down and the Smart Object is rasterized. I change it to 16 or 8 bit mode so I can do things as in the next step. Note this image is now set to 32-Bits/Channel – this is a huge file and lots of PS effects and actions will not run on it. The above image used the Deep 2 preset to start. If you find a combination you, just create a preset by pressing the (+) sign in the Custom section on the left. All the other sliders can create some nice effects. Method Strength slider goes from very weak to very crunchy looking. Tone Compression is the amount of HDR effect seen – set all the way left there is no HDR effect. Experiment with the sliders on the right. 
Now the fun is going through all the presets and see which one(s) look best on the image.
The Default preset is automatically applied to the image. Now just presss Create HDR – a tiff file is created. Always check Remove Chromatic Aberration. Same with Ghost Reduction – move slider at bottom to show image that shows image with movement that looks best as in clouds or trees. Check Alignment if images not shot on a tripod. (Can apply plug-in from LR by going to File -> Export with Preset -> Merge to HDR Efex Pro2.) You can click the check box for Create Smart Object so you can go back in and adjust effect. 
Next the plug-in was opened in Photoshop by going to File -> Automate -> Merge to HDR Efex Pro2 – press the “Add open file” and then the Merge Dialog button. From Lightroom, all the images were selected and opened in Photoshop as individual files. So here were the quick steps that got this effect: I had done a previous review years ago (see my Digital Lady Syd Reviews Nik HDR Efex Pro 2 blog) and still love the plug-in as much as before. If you like to shoot HDR, I would definitely check out this software – it is different from both Lightroom’s and Photomatix Pro’s HDR results. I do not do much HDR shooting anymore, but here is an image taken a few years ago that used 5 bracketed shots. 
This week I thought I would just show a quick image that used Nik HDR Efex Pro 2, one of the 7 plug-ins in the now free Google (Nik) Collection.
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