Welcome to LuLa land, AJ!
I am particularly intrigued with your first shot. This is a difficult high dynamic range situation and would require some adjustment to avoid blowing the lights and stuffing the darks. I suppose if the blacks/shadows were opened up just a tad, I could live with the highlights if that was your intent.
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As Eric states below, it is the most evocative. Good word.
