Here are a couple more that I did yesterday. This is a very time consuming process, but I think the end results are worth it. The second photo I thought would be a pretty quick fix, three hours later, I was finally done. I took a nap this afternoon and had a dream that I was spotting photos...
I'm not sure if I should have lightened the first shot as much as I did, but I want the viewer to see some detail... what do you think?