Except that in this case it's obvious enough but I always think of manipulation as replacing objects or the sky or something severe. Here you're enhancing the colors and contrast only, with no replacement that I'm aware of. In a time when techniques like HDR are all the rage and often overdone, I really like what you've done here, using the colors ob the Bugs to turn a photo into art. Excellent job, John. Faved.
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