Backyard Shot Photoshopped

G'day, as always I'm trying to get better, so I used many new teqniques to get this one.
I'm beginning to pernamently use * Focus because the photos come out so well
Also did many new photoshop things, so let me know if you like it or not, or something that could have been better to start with.

The first is obviously the original, and the second is the photoshopped copy.

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