my take on it( definitely hope to get better when i get a tablet) i didn't do much with it just in elements 5, added clip art shrek( hope that is allowed now that i think of it) drew a shaky cone with my mouse, cropped and added lick marks by liquefying the castle
i guess i just don't have much "make it pretty" genes in me, the wise guy ones are just to dominant
it's really not fair or nice to ask questions like this, they can only lead someone like me into trouble, so I'm leaving now before I'm tempted to give a wise answer...LOL
If I can remember ... I was playing around with so many effects that day.
... I took the photo, enhanced it a bit (sharpness, brightness/contrast), then saved it ... then took it and changed it to IR, saved that one and then played with the curves (lighten/darken) and saved those. Then I went into the HDR Photo Merge in PSPPhoto and merged all the pics together ...
Truthfully I wasn't sure what I would get and was pleasantly surprised at the results.