I see what seems to be an attempt at texture/canvas in the background. IMHO it detracts, rather than adds. My only critique.

Very nice! This would fit quite nicely in Mic's JC comp. 

What are they going to do to the camel when they find it 
Very cool shot, nice planes too.

Thank you very much, M8's! 

An-225: That's just background garbage due to increased contrast and compression. 

Sytse: Bagged the limit, M8! 

Mic: Is that a competition? If it is, I don't do competitions, M8! Thank you just the same. I get my jollies making them and sharing them. That's sufficient for me. 

a1: Anything in particular you'd like to know about? 

Moosizzle: Camelburgers, M8, camelburgers! However, don't eat the humps. That might spark behavior which will cause you to be ejected from finer establishments everywhere. 

Spitfire Boy: Well, the right choice of weaponry and you chop 'em and cook 'em all at the same time. Of course the grunts have to go out and gather it all up! 

Hee, heeeeeeeee! A1, I meant that you had asked what I did to it and was wondering if there was something specific you wanted to know about what I did. 

Don't know about it having anything to do with Microsoft, A1. It's cropped out of a larger photo that I picked up at an image site. 

Here's what I did, A1:

1) Cropped the most interesting section out of a much larger image to use as a background.

2) Softened, increased brightness and saturation. Did that for three reasons. First, so that it wouldn't be so sharp that it would compete with the sharpness of the planes. Second, to give a feeling of heat. Last, to make it more lively.

3) The sky was very bland and without much of a gradient so I made a blue gradient to add interest, variety, three dimensionality and drama.

4) The sky was still too "flat" so I added stars in the darker areas and a moon. Didn't want the stars to jump out, just wanted them visible enough to break things up a bit. Used the moon to try to avoid a feeling of too much "dead" space.

5) Increased the contrast here and there to make the background "pop" more rather than being flat.

That's it. 

Yeah, it would be easy enough to do, Sytse. The stars aren't a problem as I could just add a new layer. It's just that with an image under 800 pixels wide to begin with I'm not too inclined to gild the lily, hee, hee!