Very nice image Charlie. I have them all over my property in Texas. Maybe someday I'll get to stop working long enough where I can attempt to get a capture as sweet as yours.
While I feel the curves adjustment worked well here, I wonder if a Shadow/Highlight adjustment might have been just as good or better. You've got a great base image here, Photoshop allows several ways to skin a cat.
Heck, I love the ORIG and the repost. A crop from the right should be no more than half the distance from the frame edge to the start of the stem in the LRC. So sharp with lovely rich colors. The head angle is almost perfect--a fraction more towards you would have been fantastic. All in all, I would be proud to have this one in my collection.
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