Duplicate-Lighten up colors, selective saturation (you'll see later that I destaurated entire image, but still wanted a few areas to be brighter still)-de-noise-merge-duplicate-effects,highpas set at 6.9,blend mode overlay-merge (this sharpens image) followed this tutorial for OOB:
http://www.pixeladdiction.com/bb/art...rticle&artid=3. Did some tiny touch ups. Added a border on the bottom to allow room for water. used Flaming Pear Flood plug in for water. added vingette. Used Niks Plug in Monday morning to change the overall look and desaturate. Added noise. used Flaming Pear Plug in for rough edges. AAA Foto frame for inner frame
Each added plug in was done on a different layer. This allows any changes that might need to be made. I always duplicate and make any changes ont hat layer and then merge when done. repeat for each step
Oh and lastly I somehow had chipped off the very top part of its head so I used the dropper tool to select the same yellow from another area and set my brush at 5 and painted anew top of his head on.
