With everything going on around you, maintaining balance, posture, and focus is all it takes to execute the perfect shot.
I just recently downloaded GIMP, so this was my first time using it on an image.
"The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence regardless to their chosen field of endeavor."
Vince Lombardi
Truthfully, I wasn't sure I like it in thumbnail. It appeared to be out of focus to me in too many areas, but when I uploaded it in the larger size, I could see what you were going for. Works well.
"Where there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see." ~Dorothea Lange