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You've ruined what was a good image to start off with by blowing everything to grey via the Ph*t*m*t*x routine.
Be very, very careful with the shadows/highlight tool; this one is way overused and its tell-tale signs are readily visible in the way it ruins contrast in an image. It is a destructive tool in that in itself it cannot be applied as an adjustment layer unless you create a visible/merged stamp first, copy that stamp layer, and then play with shadows/highlights -- of course, with a layer mask, with the layer itself set to very low opacities.
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