My original is here.

MidnightPlatinum's remastered version, reduced in resolution to the same as the original is posted in the gallery, is here. The originals are 4000 x 3000, and there seems little point in posting those unless someone here has a monitor of that resolution.

(Both links should open in new tabs, or maybe new windows depending on your browser.)

The truth? I prefer the original. I think it's fair to say that, since this is a not-entirely-realistic image, personal taste comes into play a lot more than it might on a photograph. It's supposed to be a simulation of another artist's oil painting of a quasi-realistic scene which probably never existed;  I doubt that Jack Vettriano painted his models on the beach. I shouldn't rule out the possibility that my colour perception is carp, and this whole exercise has gone entirely over my head, in which case I apologise for wasting your time. :')

But seriously, this would have been educational whether I liked the result or not, and that was my reason for volunteering. I've probably learned more from this outcome than if my image had been magically transformed into some glowing artifact which made my heart skip a beat - and I wasn't expecting that.

So, thanks again for your hard work. It really is appreciated, my comments notwithstanding. I hope you really did want honesty. If anyone else in this thread wants to chip in with their views, I'd like to hear them.