I thought that one way of checking my progress in workflow would be to quickly rework an older image. I came upon this one, which I didn’t think worked well at all. I used Photoshop and the Nik Color Efex filters along with some of Vincent Versace’s lighting techniques to balance the leaf with the sunlight and create a more “closed composition. I don’t think it’s an image worth a lot more work, but I proved to myself that I’ve improved my editing eye and can return to images and improve the success of their composition. For comparison, the previous version is the smaller version at the right.