Processing techniques

[ChrisJR]

That's a very poor tutorial with a shockingly clumsy workflow and the end result is pants too.  And as for the wretched clicking noise    
Also Dragan's work looks like HDR work to me, which is a very different technique.
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And that's the best I could find on the web    
I tried doing HDR on some portraits and the results look like nothing like Dragan's work. I give up!

[jjj]

Quite a few of the shots in this section Pixus are a little bit like the style you like. Done neither like Dragan, Dave Hill [http://www.davehillphoto.com/] or some HDR. I was just improvising with Photoshop many years ago and came up with this look, but all those pics were shot with a low res P+S camera [2.1M!], but if applied on a high res image would probably look a bit like the other techniques.
Just play around with PS, don't do things 'correctly' and see what happens.
Best way to learn, don't just copy someone's else's signature style.

[jjj]

Oh and one other thing, a large part of the look of say Dave Hill's photos is how image was shot/lit in first place. So it's not simply a PS technique.

[jjj]

Working on some shots today and I ended up with this variation of an image.



It's a 100% crop from a H3D-39 and I think MF quality and the lighting had a big effect on the look.
Very easy to do. Sharpening and two adjustment layers!

[haefnerphoto]

In the most recent Photoshop User there's an article that illustrates one way to accomplish this look.  It involves opening the image in Camera Raw (latest version) and  adjusting the sliders to your liking.  It works great!  The article suggests some extreme moves, they might not be necessary, it depends on the image.  Attached is an example I shot of my son at his All Star Game.  Good luck!  Jim[attachment=6908:attachment]