Crop, saturation, sharpen, dodge, burn, little o' neatimage, levels and curves. Rinse. Repeat.
Well, it looks horrid in 640 pixels compared to how incredibleit looks as a 36x30 print hanging in my front entrance.... Still, I'm marking it as my favorite for 2005 and entering it as such.
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Not too keen on the coloring in the light.. it reminds me of old illustrations in books before they had a pallette of more than 4 colors. Compositionally it is very interesting, and is probably a concious effort at a visual style, but I just don't like it.