Help with 32 to 16 bit conversion in Photoshop

[Stub Mandrel]

I'm struggling with choosing the best way to do this.

Local equalisation gave me something that then allowed me to bring out a great deal of extra detail while controlling the stars, and great colour, but seemed to be a bit noisy.

Which of the four methods approach do you use? and what setting, if appropriate?

[geordie85]

I change local equalisation to exposure and gamma, and leave the rest alone. Never had any problems.

If my images start getting too noisy I use define 2 in the niks collection which does an amazing job. Just need to be careful as if I use it too strongly I loose details.