Palm tree frond shot in front yard, in RAW format.
Post Processing:
Adobe Camera Raw
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o Changed temperature to 5350
o Shadows: 5
o Brightness: 33
o Contrast: 0
o Saturation: +55
o Tweaked the tone curve
o Calibrate: Shadow Tint: -16; Green Saturation: +58; Blue Saturation: +35
o Saved as 16-bit TIFF
NeatImage
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Processed and saved copy as 16-bit TIFF
Photoshop
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o Cropped
o Cloned out sensor speck (left edge, quarter of the way up from bottom)
o Tweaked Levels (green and blue channels)
o Tweaked Hue/Saturation
o Tweaked Shadow/Highlight
o Resized image (reserving room for border)
o Added 10px border (R:226 G:226 B:255)
o Save for web (size priority)
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I might have cropped 1/4 off each the left and top (to keep the ratio and to strengthen the diagonals.) But, on the whole, it's a clear and pure image that I really like.