Junco (AuroraHDR, Graphic Novel filter) -- Photomatix Fusion vs Photoshop Layering

I decided to process today's image twice for the sake of comparison, using the graphic novel images of varying light levels that I normally layer together in Photoshop Elements, merging them as a separate image in Photomatix. 

Here is the original image, processed by AuroraHDR:

Here is the Aurora image, edited with Photoshop Elements:

This is the Photomatix image, in which 6 images were fused together:

This is the Photoshop Graphic Novel image, in which the same images were layered together at varying levels of opacity:

(The Photomatix version definitely has more of an 'HDR' feel to it. The Photoshop version is lighter.)

Here is the colorized Photomatix version:

And here is the colorized Photoshop Elements layered Graphic Novel version:

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