[Peter S]

On the face of it this looks like a stinker.
Very dark!
Loads of jpeg artifacts etc!
So this is a twofold challenge for you all,
Bring out the details.
Artify it!!!1

have Fun

Peter

[zganie]

I made 3 layers middle on desaturated and a curves adjustment,top layer overlayed flattened then lightened a bit

[CathyH]

I did some of that smudge painting to this. and blurred the background.

[lkroll]

Attached is a lower quality crop. Here's the complete rendering.

[Swampy]

Peter... creepy crawlys! Fun!

[manta1900]

Grrr. That is tough!

[Peter S]

CathyH love the smudge - will have to learn that.
Swampy - have you give my Lizzie a suede coat??????
lkroll - keep em coming, thats colourful.
zganie - nice moody feel.
manta1900 - don't get angry now it was that hard really was it???

Peter