Opened in Adobe RAW.
Tweaked.
Opened in PS & duplicated.
Levels.
Curves.
Brightness/contrast.
Reduce noise.
Crop.
Sharpen.
Stroke.
Resize.
Save for web.
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There is an absolute TON of jpeg compression in this image that is killing clarity and detail. Always save your challenge entries at the largest size/lowest compression level possible without going over the challenge limit. Your image is 16k in size, and the challenge limit is 300k. With some more detail visible, I think this would do a good amount better than it will. Hope that helps, but PM me if I can offer more explanation.