In PS:
Brightness/Contrast
Burned the shadows of the background
Crop
Channel Mixer
Curves
Dodging and burning all over the kitty
Spot healing here and there
Resize
Sharpen
Save for Web
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This is just an awesome capture, an excellent fulfillment of the challenge. I wonder about the black background, though. It's like a black dress: it does the job, but no points for imagination. Still, when the foreground is so interesting, it might be the most appropriate thing. 9