After going back to your previous post there is a improvement in your repo with more detail in the arms. I have not used HDR although I sat through a lengthy talk on the subject, I use mask blend on images like M42 and shadow highlight in p/s for objects with less extreme levels of brightness. I don't know anyone converting a rgb one shot colour to lab mode then sharpening the L channel, done this with mono lrgb to keep noise low in the rgb channels and detail high in the Lum. Seems to work well for you though.
Clear skies Ken.
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