Taking a break

This has nothing to do with the last two edits, I just happened across this picture in the timeline on my hard drive. I love this guy’s wings!

The original was taken at a distance (with a crooked horizon) so I cropped in to see the wings in good detail (I love the scalloped edging!). I upped the saturation by +10, sharpened the picture and then did a slight noise reduction. I finished with a little vignetting. Here’s the original:

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