Bantam chickens which are very good layers, displaying their layered plumage.
Processing steps (involved layers, haha)
Open PSCS3
Crop and rotate to make the vertical doorway straight.
Duplicate layer
Topaz Detail - bold detail
Sharpen
Erase area behind chickens
Select background layer
Blur
Select areas of wire in background
Blur - blur more
Brightness/contrast - decrease brightness
Flatten
Clone out small white scratch on doorway
Increase saturation a little
Image size
Duplicate
Stroke
Flatten
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Interesting concept. Draw a line with your finger where your eye is lead around the image then ask yourself if that is what you would want in this image. My eye is naturally drawn to the chickens' eyes which is very close to the edge of the frame.
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