I am having trouble trying accentuate the grasshopper in this image. Here is my take with RawTherapee Dev.
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Shifted the sky and a lousy extraction for a different perspective. Had to crop to keep image withing PixLS limits (might still be a bit too big; oh well). lol
Now the grasshopper is really at the top of the mountain
Lyle’s alpinist is hardly to top.
My try without recomposing the picture:
I was reminded of the 1970s TV series “Kung Fu” , starring [David Carradine] as Kwai Chang Caine, a Shaolin monk traveling the American West. In flashbacks, a young Caine was given the nickname “Grasshopper” by his master.
Sorry just my twisted old mind.
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Getting Aero Glass vibes from that lush green glow :-D.
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When developing this photograph, something seemed familiar to me…
Suddenly, I remembered that I had seen that grasshopper before…
I am sharing with you all an exclusive document in which I prove that this grasshopper has reached the top of the mountain using means of transport that are not permitted under grasshopper law. 
It was a rocky almost 700 foot ascent over a about a mile from the parking lot. Pretty impressive the bike made it up.
He did it.
And you were there to capture that moment.
Congratulations.
Thank you for sharing.
Definitely nice touch with the bokeh blur for the background, Popanz. Still, you already know I like to bend reality a bit. lololololol
Inspired by @lylejk I used RT’s perspective tool to lower the sky a tad along with a few other tweaks.
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