Processing:
- HDR tonemap from RAW in qtpfsgui
- selective levels adjustment on background and bubble
- flatten
- clone out dust spots
- slight vertical stretch (around 2%) to make the bubble more symmetrical
- crop
- resize
- final levels adjustment
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The center presentation works for this, and I like the color theme. Slight noise that doesn't look quite right in this kind of photo (I'm not a noise hater, but these photos generally look better without it). But overall, very nice.