In a nutshell, I wasn't satisfied with the many things about the original image - the colors were bad, it lacked depth of field. and the lightnings in the bg were annoying imo. So, naturally, I decided to retouch it as best as I can. Took me few months of back and forth changes to make it properly. Think now it's on point, at least in my mind. Cheers! PS: Never do a grayscale battle painting if you wish to have it in color :)