Post Processing Challenge Sept 11, 2021

There are no rules as to how you apply your post processing to this image; but, please let us know what you have done so we can all learn.
If you would like to post a candidate image next week, please ensure it is of sufficiently high resolution for manipulation by the participants (3000px on the long side, 300dpi for example).

Most of all, let's have fun while we are learning or demonstrating how we use our post-processing software, imaginations and interpretations.

Sorry I'm late today.
On such a solemn day, the tranquility of (photo of ) a beaver swimming in Lake Temiskaming is soothing to me.

 

Solid color blue.

 

What beavers worry about.

 

Using PS CS6 I first used Autone, then I decreased Contrast, finally using Shadows/Highlights I brightened Shadows.

 

Cropped, ACR adjustments and a light application of a sketch plugin.

 

Adjusted lighting - extracted details - cropped (Color Efex, Topaz Adjust, PS CC render filter)

 

I was looking for a pond in which to relocate the Beaver and then I remembered the PPC from February 20.