Muntanela, thanks for your opinion on the two photographs. The first one, the heavily edited one once it was finished was a surprise to me. It was a surprise because I liked it especially considering I'm very critical of my work. I think the original photo from which it was derived is alright but nothing special. Having worked on the original for a while, I got bored with it and started experimenting to alleviate my boredom. The highly edited photo looks pretty good printed large.
Sorry to interrupt the interruptions to this thread, carry on.