Currently comparing the processing abilities of DXO Photolab 6 with Lightroom Classic, this HDR raw image that I took with my Nikon Zfc that had completely blown highlights and too dark shadows seemed like a challenging photo to compare the two programs with.
I do also enjoy using Nikon NX Studio as well a raw editor, however I wasn't really able to improve on this shot too well. I've had my best go so far using PL6 and LrC.
I'm a huge fan of the noise reduction on PL6, which definitely exceeds LrC usually. Photos have been resized to upload here, so the difference in noise reduction may not be as apparent, but there was a distinct win for PL6 when zoomed in on the full res images.
First up a Jpg of how the raw file originally looked:
Processed with Lightroom Classic
Any opinions on which program has produced a better result? I'm still figuring out how to work with HDR images on both programs and have a lot to learn still.