I took this image into photoshop and made 3 different exposures with it, then i opened and combined them in photomatrix. I used the tone mapping and then saved it and reopened it in photoshop. then...
cropped
levels
desat
curves
Gaussian blur background
blur brush plants touching house
dodge/burn
unsharp mask
bright/contrast
feathered edges
and... if you look close enough you might see some ghosts
saved for web and here it is..
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