4hours shy from being eligible ;)

I decided this photo was good candidate to try my hand at the burning tool. At the moment of shooting the photo I wanted the background to blur and only get the forefront branch in focus. Turns out now I would've prefered more DOF, I'm still have mixed thoughts on that. Extra ps work: crop, curves, added a tad more blur to the background, resized and sharpened. Also did some cloning to to extend some of the branches which where lost in the burning process. The before photo "http://k.1asphost.com/TechoEP/DP/IMG_6643%20copy_frame.jpg"

Photo was taken handheld.

Exif:

2005:05:19 15:29:07
100mm
1/100 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Center-weighted average
Exp comp: +2/3
ISO: 400
AF mode: One-shot AF
Drive: Continuous: frame 1
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
File size: 2,721KB
Image size: 2336 x 3504
Picture Effect: Normal
Sharpness level: 0