Photomatix Pro:
Single file raw conversion to radiance RGBE; tone map; 8 bit resize; save as default - 16 bit tiff.
Photoshop CS2: All normal - spot hotpixals; sharpen; levels; brightness/contrast; convert to wide gamut; channel mixer b&w conversion; curves - colour tonality; resize to 640x; contrast/sharpen; save for web.
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Was this taken at night? B/c it seems to be way dark. The crisp edge on the metal is nice, and bring through the challenge. But the lighting really stills from your shot.