From raw to end result

[StormChaser]

I've finally received my PS full version and the raw converter plug-in and its a big step up from the PS elements i've been using sofar. Just a litlle example of a raw camera output and its finished brother.
This is the original.

[StormChaser]

And this is the finished version, using the settings in USM I've picked up here, thanks for sharing everybody.

[Seabass]

out of curiosity, what USM settings did you use?

[StormChaser]

I've been messing about with the settings for a while now, but thanks to one of the threads on the S2 site I found a comment and a example that had settings of: amount 49% , Radius 0.7 pixels and 0 levels Threshold.
It worked for me.

[StormChaser]

Here's a different setting I saw that you use (seabass), the whole USM thing is quite new to me so I'm happy to experiment with it.
What I did :
-Import into PS, raw with 30 shadow added
-USM 20-190-0
-Hue/Saturation H=0 S=-35 L=-10