StevieB

Thanks, Volker - glad you liked it! I don't normally do a lot of "creative" stuff in post-processing, but I thought this one worked a bit at least!

Thanks PimpDaddy! Actually it wasn't that difficult. I made a duplicate layer, which I converted to B&W with the channel-mixer. I then subjected this new layer to some fierce use of the Gaussian blur filter. Finally I used a very wide brush with feathered edges to "wipe" part of the B&W layer to transparency, letting the original background layer show through. Probably took about 30 minutes, including thinking of it in the first place! :)