C r e a t e :
Starting with
this screen cap from
here I open it in PaintshopPro 8 and crop an area I like to a
square.
After resizing to 100x100 we get this:
Without sharpening I open up my first curves layer:
Then another:
Another:
Another:
I now merge all layers and apply this as a new layer:
Set the top layer to screen:
And add text (Mistral):
The end.