I struggled to find an entry for this challenge and would not have gone through these contortions if I weren't in the DPC Olympics :)
cropped, levels, hue/sat, sharpened
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Neither a puzzle nor puzzling as the subject matter is obvious. Composition is rather poor here with no apparent concern as to the placement of the subject within the frame. Large areas of black space in the lower half of the photo tend to reinforce the harsh light hitting the tops of the leaves.