Highkey

[Michael Fontana]

shooting some white sculpture at highkey - there hasn't been any other possibilities - I worked on that converted RAW quite for a while; when comparing the RAW vs the edited, I wasn't sure anymore, which one is better:

Actually I like more the RAW one, straight out of the converter:

http://imago.macbay.de/OPF/highkeykey_raw.jpg


but then I think the edited one fits better for CMYK, having a better histogramm:

http://imago.macbay.de/OPF/highkey_edits.jpg


Any insights?
On the original tiffs, the difference is bigger, the downsampling for web made it weak.
As I've to work multiple sculptures, advices are welcome.