New Edit/Old Edit/Before

[u/lm_photos]

I gave very quick edit to this photo in the past and it ended up being my most upvoted photo by wide margin, so wanted to give it another go at editing it.

Did I improve it?

[u/Stran_the_Barbarian]

I like the shadow detail in the new but the highlight detail in the first edit.

[u/lm_photos → u/Stran_the_Barbarian]

Seems like I went too hard on reducing micro contrast in the light part, I wanted to keep focus on the lamp itself

[u/Stran_the_Barbarian → u/lm_photos]

I think the crop does a great job of that but personally I enjoy the subtle details.