I used the original LARGE photo.
Here is a version with the 'oil painting' option.

I like Infanview because its free and does all the simple editing I need.
+ACI-John Byrns+ACI- +ADw-byrnsj+AEA-sbcglobal.net+AD4- wrote in message
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+AD4- Hi Terry,
+AD4-
+AD4- That was my first digital photograph, for some reason it came out
+AD4- unreasonably dark with the camera on autopilot. The actual scene was
+AD4- nowhere near as dark looking in reality, as I rechecked it after seeing
+AD4- the photo. I think the Irfanview processing took the overall brightness
+AD4- back toward what the actual scene looked like, so that is good.
+AD4- Unfortunately Irfanview also distorted the colors in the process, making
+AD4- the reds and browns more orange than they actually were/are. I think
+AD4- the colors in the original were pretty close to what they should be, the
+AD4- excess darkness was the main problem that needed fixing. I will have to
+AD4- read the camera manual to see if there is a way to deal with this
+AD4- problem, or maybe it was simply the dirty window I was shooting through.
+AD4-
+AD4- Thanks for the effort at cleaning the photo up, did you start with the
+AD4- ginormous version I posted first, before I realized how big it was, or
+AD4- did you use the shrunken version of the photo I posted later?
+AD4-
+AD4-
+AD4- Regards,
+AD4-
+AD4- John Byrns
+AD4-
+AD4-
+AD4- In article +ADw-T5ednY0lSMPUK-fanZ2dnUVZ+AF8-g-dnZ2d+AEA-comcast.com+AD4-,
+AD4- +ACI-TerryJ+ACI- +ADw-suptjudatcomcastdotnet+AD4- wrote:
+AD4-
+AD4APg- John's photo with colors auto enhanced with Infanview and a bit of
+AD4APg- sharpening.
+AD4APg- +ACI-John Byrns+ACI- +ADw-byrnsj+AEA-sbcglobal.net+AD4- wrote in message
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+AD4APg- +AD4- OK, well that was a little bit ginormous. Please pardon my lack of
+AD4APg- +AD4- experience with digital photography, I am just learning how to operate
+AD4APg- +AD4- the new camera my wife got for Christmas. Hopefully this reduced size
+AD4APg- +AD4- version of the photo will work better.
+AD4APg- +AD4-
+AD4APg- +AD4- Happy New Year.
+AD4APg- +AD4-
+AD4APg- +AD4-
+AD4APg- +AD4- Regards,
+AD4APg- +AD4-
+AD4APg- +AD4- John Byrns
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