hi kim, it was a scanned image (still a photo as "painted with light").
I don't remember what i did. I tend to just do it as I go along, but it involved layering the image then treating the layers to different colour treatments in Photoshop then using blending modes.
Flick.
Thanks for your kind comment, Flick. I'm wondering about your processing here; this is remarkable. Is it a single effect applied to a photograph, or scanned image? Is your method a secret? :-) Very nice.