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I agree with both the contradicting views I would settle for the intensity of the right top corner for the lower bottom corner in the original image. After 20 years of post processing I think brightness and contrast are very intriguing tools. It is not as simple as we think
Personally like this one better. No question. Preserves the sense of light and luminescence. The ethereal shades of a pure life and finally the brightness of attainment .
Art is about what is inside rather than what is outside