I like how this shot is is a breakout of sorts:
Breakout as in the breakout of a disease (in this case, the wild Nigerian spot disease that is rarely contracted from petting leopards)
Breakout as in an emergence from a restrictive condition or situation (in this case, a frame)
Breakout as in surpassing a previous achievment.
Breaking out of the box.
Editing:
Opened in RAW: Contrast, fill light, shadow contrast, highlight contrast, color balance, sharpness, bit of noise reduction.
Photoshop: crop, desaturate all colors except red and yellow, levels, crop (with slight perspective adjustment), canvas size (to get the border hopefully looking about them same on all sides), slight rotation, minor color balance, minor neat image, size 640, USM.
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very fun portrait. one of my favourites in the challenge. i see the image has been validated, so I would love to learn how did you manage to get your fingers in the frame with basic editing rules. thanks in advance.
Super creative and I can't wait to see how you did the border! Back to bump up to 8. Would have been even higher had the focus been a wee bit sharper but hey - an 8 never hurts!
awesome that you had this validated, because when I first saw this, I thought you were a gonna...awesome image and deserving of a ribbon...impactful, perfect, great framing and idea...10
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