Develop the raw with photoshop. PP: levels, crop, clone out a lot of little point and a reflection on the shoe, dodge a little area on the left-upper side, selective blur on the background,selective sharpening.
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When this image came up in my queue for critique, I giggled again.
It was funny the first time, and it is still funny and cute.
Unfortunately with a total of 13 low scoring 1,2, and 3 votes you just weren't going to score very well. It is too bad, because you know and I know there is nothing wrong with this image.
It meets the Challenge, it is original, creative and it is technically competent.
I'm glad you entered it and enjoyed this second look.
I personally think the woody thing is a bit overdone. It's a great toy for personal figure studies and posing. Perhaps it would be great used as a part of a series. The picture on the other hand is very good. Such rich colors are hard to get with the white background. You got great exposure.