Wisteria Tree After ... Camera RAW adjustments for highlights, shadows, black & white, texture, clarity, sharpened in Topaz, removal tool and cloning on tree trunk, painted in contrast using TK-9, Make it Glow layer in TK-9 and a mask so it didn't affect grass.
Adjusted shadows and highjlights, plus a touch of vibrance and exposure increase. Added lens blur. Selected subject and increased texture, clarity, and exposure. Inverted the mask to select background and reduced exposure and highlights.
Evergreen Sky After editing straightened the building, lifted the shadows in the foreground a little (the real attraction is the sky), after hitting Auto
Edited in Lightroom
Straight out of camera
Adjusted shadows and highjlights, plus a touch of vibrance and exposure increase. Added lens blur. Selected subject and increased texture, clarity, and exposure. Inverted the mask to select background and reduced exposure and highlights.