Here is a faded flower in closeup.

HDR of a single image

Here is a before and after of our famous rainbow in DV shot. The before is tweaked as best I can in LR2. The After is post-processed using the HDR Tone Mapping adjustment in PS CS5. I'll probably try this again with Photomatix Pro sometime, as well. Apparently, tone mapping of a single high-bit image (16 bit based on 12 bit original capture) can be a big improvement. Who knew!

Before (top) and After (bottom)

Nice can

How about this alternative? (Cropped, multiplied, and darkened lower right corner.)

worn gasoline can

not my image but I like it a lot

A word can inspire a thousand pictures

“Reality always puts a texture on things, a chaotic topography of imperfections, that imagination had foreseen as smooth and featureless.”—C. J. Cherryh

Plane wear

Not pretty, but this is where you "lay your money down."

yellow chain and leaves

A yellow chain, a little worse for wear, but gleaming in a shaft of sun hitting a corner that caught some fallen leaves.