I like the vivid colors of the pole and piling, so decided to straighten the vertical lines with Lens Correction and use them as borders. This filter distorted the boy, but not too noticeably. However, I inserted a layer copy of the uncorrected boy's head to reduce any distraction.

forum discussion: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1006&message=40923806&changemode=1

original image by akitu: