This was an old hidden gem in my archives. The original file looked terrible, but I was working on a baby wild cat series for my daughter and processed it anyway. The result is probably my favorite cat shot to date.
Processing: adjust WB, saturation, USM, distort slightly to straighten, crop, clone out a few marks around edges and a small block on left side, slight curves for contrast, gaussian blur and fade to soften fur, burn bottom edge to tone down dirt.
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