This is a photo from a couple years ago I wanted to use to experiment some post processing ideas. I have been playing around with things like this for a while. I usually don't post the photos but this time I figured I would just to share. In the second photo you can see before and after editing

1:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/embark_cola/7524775666/http://www.flickr.com/photos/embark_cola/7524775666/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/embark_cola/, on Flickr

2:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/embark_cola/7524829916/http://www.flickr.com/photos/embark_cola/7524829916/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/embark_cola/, on Flickr