well, well, well, then it would be so good that i don't want to take my hands on it in PS, just kidding...

but seriously spoken, maybe someone else shares his thoughts too... IMO if the subject and the principal, overall 'outlook' of the photo is interesting then the worse quality almost demands some sort of photoshopping confrontation. and, at least, the worse quality of the photo at the very beginning is MUCH of the (lets call it so) 'artisitc' quality it might get/have (hopefully) at the end.

think i wouldn't have achieved this result (which i'm very happy with) if the shot was in the quality u would wish for it to persist as a 'good' photograph alone.