LOL - one man's treasure and all that. I LIKE the aura - and I assumed it was done in PS...I just could not figure it out. Its there on both images, but it is more pronounced on the 2nd shot (The Eastern Towhee). Let me ask you - now that you realize that the aura is there, would your druther be to re-process the photo? I am curious to see how it would look with a slightly stronger blur.

James

PS You wouldn't also want to share what the pre-processed not HDR image looked like originally, would you?