So I get one of the cutest images ever with Batgirl inspecting the new plants, and I discover that I had left the ISO at 800 so the image was totally washed out...AARRGGH! So, nothing to do but slap some overlays on and hope for the best :-)
Processing:
Color Efex Pro midnight filter
Color Efex Pro glamour glow filter
Scratchy window overlay (here) multiply mode, 60% opacity
Combine all to new layer
Color Efex Pro cross processing (L08, washes everything out and give a faded yellow tone that I love)
Another layer found (I can't yet find the link, but it's a gold wall by Andrea Rusky), overlay mode 40% opacity
Resize and add border by extending canvas size
It came out okay, but I sure wish the image was exposed properly so I didn't have to gunk it up like this :-)
Maybe if you let it 'rest' for a while, you will see how lovely it really is. (& choose a different frame, maybe). Not what you had in mind, but sometimes the fickle finger of fate stirs your coolaid in unexpected ways.