Picture of the Day

[Lestat]

weevil here is a little dr'd version of your picture.
i used photoscape and did auto levels, auto contrast, sharpened at 150% @ 0.1 pixel then used the "Deepen" feature which doesnt darken it, it just deepens the colors and such.
then did "backlight" a couple of times and it added a pseudo HDR effect. although a low level one.
the wood is a little dark, so i could throw it in photoshop and use the sponge on the wood to lighten it up a bit but i am at work so...
i could also take the burn tool and go around the sign where you see the halo from the hdr style effect.