Thanks Jeanette!
I really only did this with the gamma and RGB balance in Registax, I have GIMP but like PS, might need my teenager to show me the best way to drive those. I did have my 16 year old son who is a great artist with his graphics tablet, have a go at processing the shot but his looked funny. (is that the technical term

)
Have you seen my other Trifid and M22? (gratuitous self promotion here!

) Similar processing on these, very minimal like you said. I am surprised of the performance of the 1000D's images for a CMOS sensor...
Thanks for the compliment too!
Cheers
Chris