some beautiful photos and question

[barleymalt]

Was browsing on 1x and found these. Obviously some brilliant post processing and I doubt it can be reduced to one "effect" but could anyone point me in the right direction of how to achieve this kind of feel?

1X - Untitled by Mikko Lagerstedt
1X - Untitled by Mikko Lagerstedt
1X - Untitled by Mikko Lagerstedt

 

[DisasterDan]

High-dynamic-range imaging - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Or.

Adobe Photoshop Tutorials - Digital painting from photography

 

[KmH]

I don't see any HDR involved in any of those!

Just camera work and astute image editing.