Sitting in Segafredo having a morning coffee today, just watching folk pass me by. What an activity... tunes in my ears, a good coffee in my left hand, and a D200 with a Sigma 70-200 in my right... some might call it heaven...
Anyhow, this pair of boots walked passed and screamed "CROSS PROCESS ME"... so I took their advice and found that despite the focus issue... here's another image I really like.
Processing...
Hue/Sat on Overlay mode
Cross process
B&W Layer at 70% (mask boots)
Curves (S)
Border
Save for web
Simple, sweet, works for me. I like how the boot is just ever so slightly removed from its shadow at this point. And I'm quite fond of the whole acid thing.
Minimalist and interesting. I'm not sure what cross-processing bought you here. It's mostly white -- maybe if I saw it without it. Whatever you did, you did right.