Topaz Adjust

Topaz Adjust, originally uploaded by ted.sali.

Hey, how would you like HDR type photos without having to spend all that time mucking about with HDR?
Better yet, how about some very cool and dramatic enhancements on action shots? Kinda hard to get the whole world to stop while you bracket 3 images.
Topaz labs has a stopgap, a plugin called Topaz Adjust that nicely fits that bill.
I've been using the trial version for a month, and decided it was worth the 50 USD to get a liscence key to call it my very own.
Topaz is easy to use, and pulls a lot of detail out on raw files, not so awesome with JPG, but I tend to shoot almost everything raw anyway, even with my "little" camera which is my K110d with the kit lens on it that I have taken to dragging around with me pretty much everywhere I go.
Granted, I can be known to let the saturation get a little out of hand but it's hard to resist those candy-bright colours and electric skies. Sometimes, though, that's what you want, the world of photography is about making people see things the way you want them to see them.
Topaz adjust is just part of a whole suite of plugins available, and I may go back and get more, but for now I've come to rely like the looks I can get out of adjust, especially when I want emerald green cotton candy grass and leaves like this.
Adjust is only 50 USD, and the whole suite is a very affordable 135 USD, plus the trial version is completely functional and free for 30 days, so it's worth a bash.
Available for Photoshop on both Windows (32 and 64 bit) and Mac.

Ahh...unity!