ok... here's my contribution on "postwork" with some "cheating" in it :p (should we be giving away our secrets like this? :/) i liked the above left one, except for the bottom, so i took the bottom of the right & "layered" & "blended" it onto the left... i don't usually do this but wanted it perfect... "merged, "copied" & used a plug-in called "nik Color Effects Pro! 1.0e- Monday Morning" to give it that radiant glow, then layered the softer glowing version on top of the sharper one & "erased" back the parts i wanted in focus, this technique i learned from another photographer in the gallery so i hope i'm not giving away some magical secret i shouldn't of course there's the added frame with the drop shadow from eyecandy, i've simplified describing my pw technique here & compressed this image to fit i know a lot of postwork, but i luv doing it :]