HDR?

Same source photo, different processing.
Both like sheet >.<

The "HDR"Shadows/Highlights + Curves on Underexposed shot

About blocks...
My level of anxiety is somewhere between..
Oh crap there's a ticking sound under my bed.
and
Oh look, a ransom note!
"You have a week to blablablabla before the ticking STOPS."
and then i think, "WHEW!"
then i realize its dated a week ago.

feckfeckfeck.